Being Funny In A Foreign Language

Was getting a little bit bored along this album.

This pop/rock album was well received by the critics, but it's not my cup of tea. There is not a lot of difference between the songs in tempo, they all lack any urgence and everything is much too soft and slick in my opinion.

I've never gotten into the 1975 so I was looking forward to listening to this. Unfortunately, I found this album to be incredibly bland and uninteresting. I can't even describe it, it just felt soooooo generic.

This sounds like the sort of shit they dance to at Hillsong and all those other groovy-funky "let's make god cool, kids!" born-again churches. Like wherever it is Coldplay does these days. Bin. 2/5.

This band was already overrated even before Matty Healy proudly(!) admitted to watching female torture porn to get off. This LP is pure puff pastry radio fare made to be consumed, paid for, and forgotten. Get some better music taste and moral standards, my dude!

The mix is a little lean for my taste in this genre. Looking For Somebody (To Love) is a good single, almost like The Bleachers meets Michael Bolton. But I wish that bass and kick had a little more body on the low end in the natural mix. Oh Caroline and I'm In Love With You are limp and overproduced. This album came out hot as a pistol and then totally vanished into the ether.

Pop rock, folk rock, indie pop, synthwave. Ni fu ni fa.

1975 always made music that seemed like it was for mainstream people that wanted to feel edgy. The album was a bit of a snooze and there was a reference to a boner in less than 1 minute. Overall I thought it was impressively stupid but it was tolerable for the most part. 4.6/10

I thought I’d like this group, and I really did! I have been saying I wanted to hear the sax come back into popular music and here it is, along with some great tunes! I loved it!

I really like the 1975 and that’s okay

I liked this. Little bit of an odd vibe, shades of folk adjacent American indie in the Cloud Cult vein, Yacht Rock, Prog Pop a la Peter Gabriel. Still had its own definite voice and interesting writing.

Pretty interesting. 4 stars.

Rating: 8/10 Best songs: Happiness, I’m in love with you, Human too, About you

I enjoyed this one. I was settling into the 80s homage but just as that was starting to wear thin it switched up enough to keep my interest.

A band totally off my radar and I rather like its modern pop sensibilitys. I must explore more.

Although I'm inclined to like the retro sensibility of this, I found much of it to be hollow and overproduced. Fave Songs: Happiness, All I Need to Hear, Looking for Somebody (To Love)

People really like the 1975 and that’s okay

Unfunny

Adult contempo for the 2020s

That was nice

I’ve never fully enjoyed or fully disliked a 1975 album - I find they never quite have that consistency that makes a great album, but all have pretty high points and their musical evolution is generally interesting enough for me to keep coming back to them even when I know I probably won’t love the whole thing. This is arguably the most consistent of theirs, and the left-field alt-rock of Part of the Band may be my favourite The 1975 song (it always reminds me of Pavement for some reason? not sure if that’s anything to do with the music or just because it has a lot of inventive euphemisms like in Silent Kit or Harness Your Hopes). I also love All I Need to Hear, a really tender and low-key ballad that doesn’t sound too cloying like some of their earlier slower songs. Those are really the only two that stick with me, but the rest is still a pretty good listen on the whole, and I like that they’re taking risks and pushing themselves. Hopefully album 6 will be the one that really works for me

Bit soft, bit dull

Love the 1975. Listened to this before and I don't know why, but it just seems boring to me? 2 About You is really great though (not because of tiktok lmao I swear)

Nepo and the Bunnymen.