8.1
Avg Score
15
Opinions
#1,018
All Time
15
Tracks
“Matty Healy always said the first three 1975 albums would tell a story: his own, from teen dreamer living in an affluent hinterland of Manchester (2013’s self-titled debut) to pop star in the first flushes of fame (2016’s ‘I Like It When You Sleep For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware Of It’) and the Ziggy-ish conclusion to come. Instead, The 1975 took to the studio to produce not one but two a”
“The British band’s outrageous and eclectic third album attests to the worth of putting in an honest effort in the face of near-constant gloom.”
“There’s a scene in 30 Rock where Tracy Jordan (Tracy Morgan) is trying to write a Grammy-cinching song, combining the world’s most popular genres into one headache of a song. Stretch that song into an album and you have The 1975’s A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships. There is so much good here, but there’s also just so. much. “Be My Mistake” is the album’s standout. Sandwiched between “Love”
“The UK band's latest cuts through our social media malaise with some highly emotional songs and a sound that replicates the sonic placelessness of the streaming era”
“A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships is bolder in theme and aesthetic than The 1975's previous albums, but not all of the band's risks pan out.”
