1975 Discography

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The1975 are an English pop rock band formed in Wilmslow, Cheshire in 2002.[1][2] The band consists of Matty Healy (lead vocals, guitar, primary songwriter), Adam Hann (lead guitar), Ross MacDonald (bass), and George Daniel (drums, primary producer).[3][4] The band's name was inspired by a page of scribblings found in Healy's copy of On the Road by Jack Kerouac that was dated "1 June, The 1975".

To keep the band together, Hann, MacDonald, and Daniel all went to university in Manchester while Healy briefly attended music school.[13][14] They played gigs and recorded their own music while working as delivery boys at a local Chinese restaurant.[4]

Before settling on The 1975, the band performed under multiple names including Me and You Versus Them, Those 1975s, Forever Drawing Six,[16] Talkhouse,[17] the Slowdown,[18] and Bigsleep.[19] They have been called Drive Like I Do[20] before renamed to the present band name in 2012.[21][22] Healy recounted that the final name was inspired by scribblings found on the back page of the book On the Road by Jack Kerouac.[3][23][24].mw-parser-output .templatequoteoverflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px.mw-parser-output .templatequote .templatequoteciteline-height:1.5em;text-align:left;padding-left:1.6em;margin-top:0

"I found a page of scribblings [on Jack Kerouac's On the Road]. It wasn't really disturbing or dark or anything...the important thing that stuck with me was that the page was dated '1st June, The 1975'. At the time I just thought that the word 'The' preceding a date was a strong use of language. I never thought it would be something that would later come to be so important. When it came to naming the band, it was perfect."

The band's self-titled debut album was recorded with Mike Crossey.[25] Between autumn 2012 and spring 2013, during which time the album was recorded, the band released four EPs. They toured to support and build momentum for the album, including numerous gigs and special appearances with other artists.

The album received positive reviews from critics, and topped the UK Albums Chart on 8 September.[26] As of March 2016, it had sold 410,981 copies in the UK,[27] and 390,000 copies in the US.[28] Critics at Pitchfork have favourably compared them to the Big Pink.[17] Sex EP was described by Paste as "equal parts ethereal and synth pop", with "haunting" and "smooth" vocals. Their "mellow", stripped down style was praised for its lack of "attention-grabbing production theatrics".[29][30]

The release of the band's first EP, titled Facedown, in August 2012 saw the band's first UK airplay on national radio with lead track "The City", which was also featured as part of a BBC Introducing show with Huw Stephens on BBC Radio 1.[31] The 1975 once again garnered national radio attention in late 2012, with BBC Radio 1 DJ Zane Lowe championing their single "Sex" from the eponymous EP, which was released on 19 November.[32] They embarked on a United Kingdom and Ireland tour extended into early 2013, before beginning a US tour in Spring 2014.[32] Upon the release of Music for Cars on 4 March 2013, the 1975 found mainstream chart success with "Chocolate", reaching number 19 in the UK Singles Chart. On 20 May 2013 the band released IV, which included a new version of "The City". The track charted in the UK and received airplay in several other countries.

The 1975 toured extensively to support releases and to build hype before releasing their debut. The band supported Muse on the second leg of The 2nd Law World Tour at the Emirates Stadium in London on 26 May 2013.[33] They also toured with the Neighbourhood in the United States in June 2013,[34] and supported the Rolling Stones in Hyde Park on 13 July.[35] In August, the band performed on the Festival Republic Stage at 2013 Reading and Leeds Festivals.[36]

In a feature article, Elliot Mitchell of When the Gramophone Rings wrote that releasing a string of EPs before the debut album was "a move that he deemed necessary to provide context to the band's broad sound, rather than just building up with singles alone." Healy said, "We wouldn't have been able to release the album without putting out the EP's first, as we wanted to make sure we could express ourselves properly before dropping this long, ambitious debut record on people."[36]

Their self-titled debut, The 1975, was released on 2 September 2013, co-produced by Mike Crossey, known for his work with Arctic Monkeys and Foals.[32] The 1975 were selling out shows even before the debut of their full-length album as Healy recalled in an interview with Larry Heath of The AU Review.[37] The lead single was a re-worked "Sex", which was released on 26 August 2013.[38] The song premiered on Zane Lowe's BBC Radio 1 show on 8 July 2013,[39] and a music video premiered on YouTube on 26 July. The 1975 debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart.

Public reaction to the band's music has been mixed, particularly on social media platforms like Twitter, "perhaps the last public space for unfettered music criticism in an increasingly anti-critical landscape", according to Vice magazine's Larry Fitzmaurice in 2016. In an essay on the critical response, he said they have been "the Most Hated and Loved Band in the World" and described "as underrated and overhyped, although the needle has far more often swung towards the former direction".[40] Veteran rock critic Robert Christgau said he thinks "they suck" and should not be called a "rock band" as they do not "rock".[41] In Fitzmaurice's opinion, the band's debut album was mainly a straightforward rock album recorded "with a soft-focus and especially British sensibility", while I Like It When You Sleep was only rock music in the loosest sense of the word. Overall, he said their music is pop "in the realm of Alternative", most comparable to INXS.[40]The 1975 toured in the UK in September 2013, among others performing in Kingston upon Hull as headliners at Freedom Festival, a celebration of the city's shortlisting for 2017 UK City of Culture designation,[42] and at iTunes Festival on 8 September as an opening act for indie electronic quartet Bastille.

The band undertook a North American tour in October 2013, a European tour for November, and in January 2014 the band performed in New Zealand and Australia.[43] In September 2013, the band performed three sold-out shows at London's Shepherd's Bush Empire.[44] In April 2014, the band performed for the first time in a major American music and arts festival: Coachella.[45] The band played at Royal Albert Hall the same month.[46] In May, the band's recorded output was distributed digitally while they were touring North America. Healy noted that the band had recording scheduled in Q2 2015.[47]

On 1 June 2015, the band's social accounts were terminated, which caused intense speculation.[48] A comic strip was posted on Healy's Twitter a day prior but was later posted on their manager's (Jamie Oborne) account, which suggested the band's break-up.[49] The next day, the accounts were reinstated, but the cover images and profile photos were white and light pink, instead of the usual black and white, revealing it to be a publicity stunt.[50]

On 8 October, the band announced their second album, I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It.[51][52] They premiered the lead single, "Love Me", simultaneously scheduling a support tour in Europe, North America, and Asia.[53] They premiered the second single, "UGH!", on 10 December on Beats 1.[54] The album's third single, "The Sound" debuted on BBC Radio 1 on 14 January 2016.[55] The 1975 released the fourth single "Somebody Else" on 15 February on Beats 1[56] before the album's release. "A Change of Heart" premiered on Radio 1 on 22 February, four days prior to the album's release.

The album was released on 26 February and topped the UK Albums Chart and the US Billboard 200.[6] The band released a free download for "How to Draw" on Twitter and through Target Exclusive.[59] It was shortlisted for the 2016 Mercury Music Prize[60] and nominated for Album of the Year at the 2017 Brit Awards.[61]

On 13 November 2016, member George Daniel teased the band's third album by releasing a video on his Instagram account captioned "2018", containing snippets of audio along with Healy playing the keyboards.[62]

On 3 April 2017, Healy tweeted "I like it when you sleep is coming to an end" before following up with "Music for Cars", which shares the name of their third extended play.[63] In March 2017, the band confirmed that two songs for the new album have already been written.[64] In June, Healy also confirmed that Drive Like I Do, one of the 1975's prior incarnations, will release a debut album as a side project 'in a few years'.[65]

In November, Healy teased the release of an EP within 2017.[66] Besides being confirmed, the EP was delayed to 2018, with manager Jamie Oborne stating that "something" would be released instead; this was the band's debut live album, DH00278.[67] He also confirmed that no singles from Music for Cars will be released in 2017, with the band confirming that something will be released on 1 June 2018.[68][69]In March 2018, the band deleted many media posts across their accounts going back to July 2017, during their final show at Latitude Festival for I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It.[70] On 22 April 2018, in response to a fan comment on Twitter, Oborne stated that their second album's campaign would remain for "a few more days".[71] At the end of April, cryptic posters titled "Music for Cars" appeared in London and Manchester, containing taglines and a Dirty Hit catalogue number, DH00327, amongst a black background.[72] Various billboards were also spotted in the United Kingdom, having used dtournement to apply themselves over existing advertisements.[73]The band updated their website to display a timer counting down towards 1 June at the beginning of May 2018, becoming active again on social media.[74] Within its first hours, it was revealed to contain a hidden zip file with four individual posters, each of the names leading to a hidden page on the website that displayed a conversation between a 'human' and a 'machine'.[75] Over social media, the band frequently released different posters, all titled "A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships".[76][77] On 31 May 2018, the band released the single "Give Yourself a Try", after premiering as Annie Mac's "Hottest Record in the World" on BBC Radio 1 that same day.[78]

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