As I mentioned in my July favourites, recently I seem to have only been listening to one album non-stop – that is The 1975’s (insanely long titled) I Like It When You Sleep Because You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware Of It.
I was really excited to get this album because I used to listen to the song The Sound, the first single from the album, all the time. After listening to a couple more tracks from the album on Spotify, I knew this was an album I needed to buy.
The album begins with the first track ‘The 1975’. This is basically an intro to the album, similar to their first album. I don’t really listen to this very often, but it is nice to have an intro to the album.
The first actual song on the album is Love Me – this is one of my favourites because I love the guitar riffs in it. Following Love Me is UGH! which has a similar sound to it. They work very well on the album next to each other. UGH isn’t as exciting as Love Me and has more of an electro style – something present in a lot of The 1975’s music.
A Change Of Heart is next, this is a lot more chilled out and relaxed compared to the other two and is a nice break; it’s not my favourite though because I don’t love the synth sounds after the chorus.
She’s American is the fifth track on the album. If I had to pick one favourite off the whole album, I think I would have to choose She’s American. It’s an amazing song and it’s so catchy I’m singing it for hours after I listen to it. My other favourites on the album include The Sound and This Must Be My Dream. I think these are my favourites because they are quite uplifting tunes.
I also love Somebody Else and Paris, two really chilled out songs. Nana is an acoustic style song, which is very different to the rest of the album. It’s a contrast that I really like. There are a couple of tracks which don’t feature much vocals, such as the title track. I thought these might be a little boring, and although I think I have to be in the mood for them, they are really impressively put together.
My only critisism of the album is the section of about four songs in the middle of the album between She’s American and Somebody Else. I tend to skip these few songs, I’m not sure whether I just want to get to Somebody Else or I haven’t given them a chance yet, but unlike the rest of the album I didn’t fall in love them straight away.
I really like The 1975’s latest album and I definitely recommend giving it a listen. I really like their ‘aesthetic’, the photos in the album booklet are really pretty and very handy in my blog photos, I may add! The 1975’s sound is unique and one of a kind – if I was to hear one of their songs I would probably know it was theirs straight away, even if I had never listened to it.
If you have listened to this album let me know your thoughts in the comments!
