Month: March 2016

Wilmslow, Cheshire,  alternative rock band the 1975 formed in 2002. The group consists of four members: Matthew Healy (lead vocals), Adam Hann (lead guitar), Ross Macdonald (bass), and George Daniel (drums). They released two studio albums. On September, 2, 2013, their self titled album “The 1975″ was released. On February, 26, 2016 the bands second album ” I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It” was released.

THE MOMENT WE’VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR…..THE LONG AWAITED ALBUM IS FINALLY HERE FROM THESE GUYS! ❤ Lets get into the actual album. This 17 track album is different from their previous album which their last album was more upbeat and this has something different with each song so you don’t know what to expect. With this album you have a mix of everything from instrumental to soft sounding stuff to upbeat. Honestly I prefer this album is way better and my favorite. I love it! Some hit singles include “UGH”, “Love Me”, “The Sound” just to name a few. If you haven’t heard this band then I suggest you do because I was introduced to the 1975 by one of my friends and I was feeling them from the start. 🙂 The first song I heard by them was “Chocolate” and I was like this song is dope from then on I was hooked.

Last night, I was fortunate enough to go back to The Pike Room in Pontiac, MI to see all local Michigan bands perform with some of my friends. We missed Boys of Fall, but were able to see all of the others perform. Now usually I would go into the set lists and stuff, but being as I can’t find them anywhere this concert review is just going to be from memory which isn’t much. Narco Debut went on stage before Brightwell, and Sycamour was last. That was my first time seeing Narco Debut and I liked what I heard. They had that soft sound like Boys of Fall does which is what attracted me to like them. Each band had a 5 track set except for Sycamour which came out and did an encore at the end. Brightwell did their hit single “Scripts” and their entire EP which consists of 5 tracks called “Alpha.”  Sycamour did a lot of their hits which I can’t recall names, but it was still pretty dope. Last night was my first time seeing most bands except Sycamour. My first time seeing them was at Chill On The Hill in 2014. All in all I thought all bands did pretty good, except I had my favorites as we all do so I was mainly their for Boys of Fall, Brightwell, and Sycamour. The Pike Room is a really small venue and that was my second time being their. The last time I was their I saw Paradise Fears with Action Item and I was in the back so I didn’t have a great view of the stage as I did last night I was literally right in the front row.  I’d recommend checking out all of the bands I mentioned. Sorry this isn’t the best, but I really didn’t have much to work with this time so I did my best.

Sycamour: http://TheHeartwood.com

Brightwell: http://youtu.be/Iybm4OxNA48

Boys of Fall: http://weareboysoffall.com/

Narco Debut: narcodebut.bandcamp.com