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Videos : The 1975 : Sex (Explicit)
Who Is The 1975?
The 1975 are an English, Manchester-based alternative rock band from Macclesfield in Cheshire. The group consists of Matthew Healy (vocals, guitar), Adam Hann (guitar), George Daniel (drums), and Ross MacDonald (bass). They have released four EPs: Facedown, Sex, Music for Cars and IV. Their self-titled debut album is scheduled to be released on 2 September 2013 through Dirty Hit/Polydor.
Matthew Healy, Ross MacDonald, Adam Hann and George Daniel met at Wilmslow High School near Manchester as teenagers and began to play music in 2002. After Hann invited the members to form a band, they passed their early days covering punk songs in a local club. Healy was originally the drummer, but took over vocals after the previous singer left to start another band. Daniel was recruited as the new drummer to complete the final line-up.
Having previously performed and released material under various guises including Talkhouse, The Slowdown, Bigsleep, and Drive Like I Do, the band eventually settled on the name The 1975. Healy recounts that the name was inspired by scribblings found in the back page of an old Beat poetry book dated "1 June, The 1975".
The band first appeared as The 1975 in January 2012, in the run up to the release of their first EP and after signing to UK based Indie label Dirty Hit. They performed as The 1975 for the first time in April as a support act for Little Comets on their nationwide tour.
The release of their first EP, entitled Facedown, in August 2012 saw the band's first UK airplay on national radio with lead track "The City", which featured as part of a BBC Introducing show with Huw Stephens on BBC Radio 1.
The 1975 once again garnered national radio attention in late 2012, with BBC Radio 1 DJ Zane Lowe championing their single "Sex". They embarked on a tour of the UK and Ireland which extended in to early 2013, before beginning a US tour in the spring. They found mainstream chart success in spring 2013 with single "Chocolate", which reached number 19 in the UK singles chart. The band supported Muse on the second leg of The 2nd Law World Tour at the Emirates Stadium in London on the 26th May 2013.
Their eponymous debut album, which is set for release in September 2013, will be co-produced by Mike Crossey, who has previously worked with Arctic Monkeys and Foals. A new recording of "Sex", releasing on 26th August, will be the album's lead single.
Critics at Pitchfork Magazine have favourably compared them to The Big Pink. Sex was described by Paste Magazine as "equal parts ethereal and synth pop", with "haunting" and "smooth" vocals. Their "mellow", stripped down style was praised for its lack of "attention-grabbing production theatrics". Though generally acknowledged as an alternative rock group, they have been influenced by diverse genres including electro-pop, electronic music, guitar pop, and R&B. Healy specifically cites Talking Heads, Prince, My Bloody Valentine, Michael Jackson, Peter Gabriel, Brian Eno, D'angelo and Sigur Rós as musical influences; he states that his greatest influence is the oeuvre of filmmaker John Hughes. Their "melancholic" black and white visual aesthetic is juxtaposed with major keys and what the band calls "classic pop sensibilities". Lyrically, The 1975 explore themes of discovery and novelty in the more specific context of sex, love, drugs, hope, death, and fear, thus the bases of rock music.
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Who Is The 1975?
The 1975 are an English, Manchester-based alternative rock band from Macclesfield in Cheshire. The group consists of Matthew Healy (vocals, guitar), Adam Hann (guitar), George Daniel (drums), and Ross MacDonald (bass). They have released four EPs: Facedown, Sex, Music for Cars and IV. Their self-titled debut album is scheduled to be released on 2 September 2013 through Dirty Hit/Polydor.
Matthew Healy, Ross MacDonald, Adam Hann and George Daniel met at Wilmslow High School near Manchester as teenagers and began to play music in 2002. After Hann invited the members to form a band, they passed their early days covering punk songs in a local club. Healy was originally the drummer, but took over vocals after the previous singer left to start another band. Daniel was recruited as the new drummer to complete the final line-up.
Having previously performed and released material under various guises including Talkhouse, The Slowdown, Bigsleep, and Drive Like I Do, the band eventually settled on the name The 1975. Healy recounts that the name was inspired by scribblings found in the back page of an old Beat poetry book dated "1 June, The 1975".
The band first appeared as The 1975 in January 2012, in the run up to the release of their first EP and after signing to UK based Indie label Dirty Hit. They performed as The 1975 for the first time in April as a support act for Little Comets on their nationwide tour.
The release of their first EP, entitled Facedown, in August 2012 saw the band's first UK airplay on national radio with lead track "The City", which featured as part of a BBC Introducing show with Huw Stephens on BBC Radio 1.
The 1975 once again garnered national radio attention in late 2012, with BBC Radio 1 DJ Zane Lowe championing their single "Sex". They embarked on a tour of the UK and Ireland which extended in to early 2013, before beginning a US tour in the spring. They found mainstream chart success in spring 2013 with single "Chocolate", which reached number 19 in the UK singles chart. The band supported Muse on the second leg of The 2nd Law World Tour at the Emirates Stadium in London on the 26th May 2013.
Their eponymous debut album, which is set for release in September 2013, will be co-produced by Mike Crossey, who has previously worked with Arctic Monkeys and Foals. A new recording of "Sex", releasing on 26th August, will be the album's lead single.
Critics at Pitchfork Magazine have favourably compared them to The Big Pink. Sex was described by Paste Magazine as "equal parts ethereal and synth pop", with "haunting" and "smooth" vocals. Their "mellow", stripped down style was praised for its lack of "attention-grabbing production theatrics". Though generally acknowledged as an alternative rock group, they have been influenced by diverse genres including electro-pop, electronic music, guitar pop, and R&B. Healy specifically cites Talking Heads, Prince, My Bloody Valentine, Michael Jackson, Peter Gabriel, Brian Eno, D'angelo and Sigur Rós as musical influences; he states that his greatest influence is the oeuvre of filmmaker John Hughes. Their "melancholic" black and white visual aesthetic is juxtaposed with major keys and what the band calls "classic pop sensibilities". Lyrically, The 1975 explore themes of discovery and novelty in the more specific context of sex, love, drugs, hope, death, and fear, thus the bases of rock music.
Contact The 1975
Website | Twitter | Facebook | Soundcloud | Vevo | YouTube | GM | World Booking | US Booking
Sources : The 1975 Photo | Sex (Explicit) Video | The 1975 Biography
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