The 1975 - Notes on a Conditional Form (May 22, 2020) Album • Page 298

Tonight (I Wish I Was Your Boy)

 

One of Georges old demos lol

 

I'm not gonna read all 20+ pages that I missed in here, but on first listen I quite enjoy this overall. WAY more subdued and lowkey than I expected, but that's not really a bad thing. I should have expected it after all the pre-release singles, but People definitely threw it off lol.

Not a ton specifically stood out on first listen that I hadn't heard before, mostly because it's so long and the songs I already knew kinda stood out first, but I am sure subsequent listens will reveal more that I dig.

 

After a spin or two in the car I def prefer this guy on headphones

 

Jamie mentioned that they're still planning on doing a double album boxset for "Music For Cars"

I hope they throw in demos and more songs. That'd be really cool.

 

Excited to spin this in a bit - regardless of their antics (which have existed at least since 2016 Lol) the music is great and ultimately that’s all that matters

 

The bridge on roadkill tho !!!

This album is a journey I wish I didn’t listen to the singles so much hah...
whichever member it was that didn’t listen to any of them.. I’m trying to know what your thoughts are!

 

I really want to order the vinyl, but I’m trying to decide if I should wait for a box set that might never happen knowing this band

 

Lol Matty is just retweeting all the “negative” reviews

 

nm he’s actually just retweeting every single review

 

I really like a lot of this and I'm hoping new things stick out as I keep relistening. I've listened to it twice through today, but over the course of like 8 hours lol

 

I think this album is phenomenal

 

I can't describe why, but Having No Head feels very "final". Like, it feels like the end of this era moreso than any other track on the record. Almost like, out of all the massive instrumentals, this is George's magnum opus.

Also, it's quickly becoming my favorite instrumental they've ever done.

 

Yo what up, ross? Just giving you some love too up in here too lol

 

Can’t wait to listen on my good speakers so I can get me some of that Ross king shit

 

Ross is my favorite person in the whole world

 

My name is Ross and it’s so uncommon that I feel like I’m part of the band.

 

Have only listened once (so disregard everything I say if you want) but I liked parts of the record a lot and parts seemed to really drag. I'm definitely glad I didn't really listen to the singles because the tracks that jumped out at me the most were all released as singles.

The best songs on this already feel like they could go toe-to-toe with the best songs in the band's catalog up to this point, but I'm not sure if this fits together as well as Brief Inquiry did (which is my favorite of theirs). Sure I've only listened once and hopefully my impression changes with subsequent listens but their last record grabbed me first listen in a way this one didn't. Also I really really don't like Matty's rap-sing thing he does on a few songs but maybe I'll get used to it.

 

I think ABIIOR is a great album, but I can already tell that Notes holds my attention better, even though it’s longer and there’s more going on. With ABIIOR I tend to lose interest during Be My Mistake, then again during Man Who Married A Robot, and sort of into Inside Your Mind, too, although I’ve been coming around on that one lately. Notes, though, doesn’t seem to have anything I want to skip like that.

 

I never revisit Notes, might be my own fault for burning a whole in all of the singles way before the album came out. It's a very immediate reaction but i enjoyed this way more than Notes on first listen.

 

Yeah I agree, I think it's all about the pacing. There's more of a mixture throughout instead of ABIIOR where the back half was much more subdued

 

ABI definitely drags at parts but nowhere near this imo. Wild to see it ranked in the bottom half of their discography on here

 

got the album queued up, patiently waiting for my best friend to get off work so we can press play at the same time

so excited

 

ABIIOR
ILIWYS
NOTES
S/T

 

and away we go