1975, The - Notes On A Conditional Form

on 2xLP Clear Vinyl Who even are the 1975? Are they the upstart purveyors of synthy dance-rock as on their 2013 self-titled debut, the über-polished adult-contemporary outfit of 2016's I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It, or the auto-tuned, post-modern meme deconstructors of 2018's A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships? All and neither is as good an answer as you're likely to come up with listening to 2020's sprawling Notes on a Conditional Form. Produced by lead singer Matthew Healy and drummer George Daniel, the album feels like a companion piece to A Brief Inquiry, with songs that shift styles wildly from track to track. Perhaps the most inspired moment on the album comes right away with "The 1975," an ever-evolving self-titled song that the group rework on each album. This time, the spare electronic production frames a spoken-word essay read by Swedish teenage environmental activist Greta Thunberg, whose heartfelt call to action on climate ch