the 1975 album cover i like it when you sleep

But once the throbbing rhythms are peeled back, the lyrics reveal themselves to be quite profound, albeit sporadic. In the band’s typical fashion, Healy’s delivery of the lyrics is unintelligible, but the glitzy synths and zingy guitar make the track shine. “Love Me” is a fascinating meditation on what it’s like to walk a tightrope between not caring what people think, yet wanting validation all the same. “Love me,” Healy belts in the chorus, before he sings, less enthusiastically, “If that’s what you want to do.” Dripping with sarcasm, the song is an impassioned but passive message to the band’s zealous fanbase. This contrast works rather well in the album’s lead single, “Love Me,” a slick ‘80s tribute track with punchy lyrics. A sort of companion album to The 1975’s self-titled debut, the band’s 2016 sophomore LP I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It embodies the dichotomy that is Healy: painfully apathetic, yet incredibly vulnerable. A quick listen to the band’s provocative 2018 single “ Love It If We Made It” is enough to convince anyone of the group’s persistent nihilism.īut before lead singer and chief songwriter Matty Healy lost all hope in humanity, or his band gained the respect of Pitchfork and other top critics, he fell out of love and drowned in all the emotions that characterize heartbreak. This song contemplates suicide but ultimately resolves with the wonder of life, reflecting the beauty of the melody and harmonizing guitar, ending the album on a dark but hopeful note, leaving the listener in a harmonic melancholy as the last notes ring.Since The 1975 waltzed onto the scene in 2013 with the groovy stoner anthem, “Chocolate,” its members have grown increasingly disillusioned with … everything. The album ends with “She Lays Down”, a track that is very intimate for the listener because it is solely Matty Healy, his guitar, and you. The song “Somebody Else” represents a deep emotional release, still reliant on simple piano chords and complex synth beats, creating a distinct and new sound that The 1975 beautifully utilizes. The 1975 deepen their characters with lines that question love, death, and the uncertainties of life. As the music becomes more intense, so do the lyrics. “Please Be Naked”, a non-lyrical piece that combines a simple piano melody and intense synth, acts as a transition piece to the group’s more emotional music.

But as the the album progresses, the band introduces more unique pieces like “If I Believe You” which, with its added vocals, induces an evangelical gospel feeling.

Add in Matty Healy’s enthusiastic, sometimes sarcastic, vocals and the album appears to be a windows-rolled-down-roadtrip compilation. Elaborate guitar riffs mixed with unique synth rhythms induce a care-free, wholesome feeling. The following songs, “Love Me” and “UGH!”, are fast tempo and upbeat, setting the stage for that late 80s early 90s synth-pop sound. Rather than the angst they expressed in their first album, the band now introduces a more clear yet complex sound through this revitalized first track. Their self titled first track is a re-imagination of a song off their previous album. The reintroduces the England-based group’s eclectic sound, which ranges from gospel to late 80s synth-pop. I like it when you sleep, for you are so beautiful yet so unaware of it

The 1975 album cover i like it when you sleep