The 1975’s latest: Just As Good As Their First

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Christine Cardamone, staff writer

A greatly anticipated album “I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It” was recently released by The 1975.

As of this date, the British alternative rock band’s sophomore album is No. 1 on iTunes.

The abnormally long title of the album is “very representative of what the album is like,” Matty Healy, lead singer of The 1975, told NME.

“It’s quite bold and unafraid to be sentimental and dramatic,” he continued.

While often times sophomore albums result in failure, I found The 1975’s  second album to be an impressive follow-up to their debut effort.  Once you hear this album, you won’t want to listen to anything else. The album is perfect for dancing around with your friends or for a relaxing car ride.

This album circles back to their first, referencing lyrics and music overtures from their first album “The 1975.”

Just as their previous album, it begins with a minute-and-a-half track titled “The 1975,” a soft introduction with a glimmering twist. As the end of the song approaches, Healy comes to an abrupt stop, leading listeners to the second track, “Love Me.”

The band has incorporated and worked off of many lyrics recorded on their first album. You might wonder why they would do this, as if they are just re-treading old material. But somehow it works.

“Robbers” on their first album, begins with the lyrics, “She had a face straight outta magazine.” This is a song  about a beautiful girl that Healy has tried to love despite a falling apart. On the track “The City,”  Healy sings, “If you wanna find love than you know where the city is.”

These lyrics are referenced in their new song “A Change of Heart” in which Healy sings, “You used to have a face straight outta magazine, now you just look like anyone,” and “Never found love in the city” because of  a changed perspective on the girl he thought he was in love with.

With 17 tracks, each song is strikingly different from the next.

It’s simply impossible for this album, just as their first, to be over-played or become worn out. Their music is timeless.

“The emotion and investment I felt from my fans, I wanted to give that back directly,” Healy tells NME.

“And you can’t do that in 10 tracks”