Wow. If the show could be summed up in one word that's what everyone would use. Other examples might include; incredible, amazing, omg, insane etc. So you might be wondering: "Why is everyone saying that? Why are their shows being hyped up so much online?" Well. let us tell you why.
The 1975, the "small, indie" band that years ago would have been typically used as the aesthetic on an hipster girl's tumblr page, (if you want to fall into stereotypes) but as of today are musicians who could not care less about what people think of them and create music that reflects different passages and periods in their lives. Whether you like it or not it's up to you but one thing you can't call The 1975 is "fake". Whether you identify more with the more grungy self-titled album, the 80s pop inspired "I Like It When You Sleep..." era or the experimental sounds of "A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships" their music can represent you in some way.
On their last UK tour they were performing in Academy-type venues with a simple backdrop of that box lit up in different colours and occasionally including a simple video background, but this time they went all out. In the intro, which still includes their trademark of built up humming and the slow tuning out of lights, a pink background suddenly flashed up of screen with the lyrics of the intro from their latest album which then followed with a dramatic introduction from frontman Matty Healy; "Please welcome, the greatest band in the world, The 1975!" before going straight into the album's lead single Give Your Self a Try accompanied with the mad animations in the background that reflect on the psychedelic direction of the song.
Now to some people, their newest album sounds like "a hot mess", but once you've listened to it properly in terms of it's lyrics and themes you can grab the understanding in how it reflects the more complicated aspects of life and growing up with the existentialism that comes with it. But even if you don't get it or like it you have to admit that the songs come with some incredible imagery.
From the brightness of TOOTIMETOOTIMETOOTIME to the city backdrop of Sincerity Is Scary to the electronic breakdowns of I Like America & America Likes Me, the show they put on was nothing short of breathtaking. Another major change compared to their previous tours is growth in confidence from Matty Healy, before he used to wander about the stage and for the most part would come across as a reserved individual but now he came across as a lot more happy and danced around the stage doing the most weird, awkward dad dances without a care in the world. And honestly it was a wonderful thing to see.
Along with the new songs we of course had to revisit some old ones. From the very David Bowie inspired Love Me to the heartbreaking/romantic (depending on who you ask) Robbers to the sombre Change of Heart, there was something for everyone and there was a never a point where someone was bored or having a miserable time. Apart from those two blokes who decided to swing at each other...oI nO fUcKiN fIgHtInG aT mY gIg, FuCk OfF.
We're not sorry.
The encore of the night was made up of four songs; Love It If We Made It which reflected on the current dark mood of everything going on in the world right now, the classic Chocolate, the upbeat and sarcastic The Sound and of course Sex, the perfect song to close out the entire set as everyone jumped around and moshed during it's breakdown.
The 1975 are heavily important in the current culture of rock music. We need musicians who don't care what others think and will always put on their best show that will never fail to impress. It's only the beginning of this era and who knows what will be happening next.
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