The 1975 - Notes on a Conditional Form (May 22, 2020) Album • Page 308

Jesus. It feels about half an hour longer to me

 

Roadkill just clicked with me. My album listen this morning is going very well.

 

Kind of shocked at how much I dislike most of this album on first listen.

 

I've been quite nice in my posts, but honestly this is how I felt after my first listen. On my second, I couldn't stop thinking about how bored I was.

 

agreed tbh

 

There are some really great songs here and there (I really loved "If You're Too Shy," in particular), but a lot of it just feels like less successful retreads of things we've heard in the past. And my lord, this thing feels endless.

 

I’m slightly more positive about it but I literally had to nap after I listened yesterday and this morning I had to change it halfway through my commute because it was putting me to sleep :(

 

what constitutes a retread here? "nothing revealed" is in the same universe as "sincerity as scary" but i'd say that's about it?

they've never made a song like "what should i say" before

 

Agreed, there's a few outstanding songs (Shy, What Should I Say, as two examples) but as I mentioned earlier, this album feels like a 45/50 minute album stretched out to 80 minutes.

 

I mean, it was just my first listen, but a lot of this sounded very similar to A Brief Inquiry to me. I'll have to listen a few more times to answer your question more specifically.

There is definitely a "quantity over quality" problem here.

 

This band will always have the issue that they are so self referential that when ever they reuse a melody/beat/sound its hard to tell if its purposely referencing previous songs, or a "retread".

I also dont think much on here is a retread of anything. If anything the only song that qualifies to that would be Shy, as thats them sitting comfortably in that pop pocket they always have succeeded in.

Anyways, that 2nd verse on I think Theres Something You Should know HITS. Easily my fav moment as of right now.

 

I really like how George records a piano. IDK if he puts the mic really close to the strings or whatever, but there's always a very dry, percussive element to it.

 

I love some of the songs on here but this should have been like 2/3 different albums.

 

Album really drags after what should I say

 

I KNEW THIS WOULD BE MY LEAST FAVORITE RECORD BY THEM! lol

 

I think it’s because WSIS is so dope

 

there are.... only three songs after "what should i say"

 

two of which are two minutes long

"""""drags"""""

 

MYATS-Too Shy run this morning has me dancing my face off.

 

but they’re all boring and I lose interest. So to me it drags. Sorry?

 

Too Shy is the only song on this record I would call a retread tbh

When have they ever done something like Shiny Collarbone? Bagsby? Roadkill? I could just list almost every song lol.

 

Playing On My Mind really works for me, as well.

 

I've said it before and I will say it again, this band is exactly like if Ween sang about their feelings and this album is pretty much exactly like that lol

Like a modern Quebec

 

Yeah if anything this is too far of a departure, I don’t get the retread remarks

 

Bagsy is pretty weird I can’t figure it out yet haha