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The 1975 Are An English Pop Band Formed In 2002 In Wilmslow Cheshire. Now Based In Manchester The Band Consists Of Lead Vocalist Producer Lyricist And Rhythm Guitarist Matty Healy The Son Of Actors Denise Welch And Tim Healy Lead Guitarist Adam Hann Bassist Ross MacDonald And Drummer/producer George Daniel. The Band's Origins Trace To Their Attendance At Secondary School And Playing Together As Teenagers. Initial Efforts To Sign With A Label Failed Leading To The Band's Manager Jamie Oborne To Form Dirty Hit Records. The Band Opened For Several Major Acts And Released A Series Of EPs Facedown Sex Music For Cars IV Throughout 2012 Before Releasing Their Self-Titled Debut Album 2013 Which Included The Popular Singles "Sex" "Chocolate" And "Robbers" And Reached Number One In The United Kingdom. Their Second Album I Like It When You Sleep For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware Of It 2016 Reached No. 1 In The US UK Canada Australia And New Zealand. Following The Touring Cycle For The Record The Band Announced Their Third Album Under The Working Title Of Music For Cars Before Going On Hiatus Again Throughout 2017. Returning In 2018 The Band Announced That The Album Had Evolved Into Their Third Campaign Cycle Consisting Of Their Third And Fourth Studio Albums. The First A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships 2018 Was Released To Widespread Critical Acclaim And Became Their Third No. 1 Album In The UK. The Second Notes On A Conditional Form Was Released In May 2020 And Became Their Fourth Consecutive No. 1 Album In The UK. The 1975 Has Garnered Acclaim For Their Relevant Lyricism And Exploration Of An Eclectic Range Of Genres Such As Pop Rock Synth-Pop R&B Electropop New Wave Forms Of Electronic Music Such As UK Garage 2-Step And Ambient And Forms Of Rock Music Such As Shoegaze Post-Punk And Post-Rock As Well As Elements Of Jazz Soul And Gospel. Healy Meanwhile

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Matty Healy Penned This Song In Dedication To A Girl Angela Who Was Also A Patient In Rehab While He Was There To Recuperate From Heroin Addiction Which Is The Subject Matter Of The Previous Track On The Album “It’s Not Living If It’s Not With You ”. The Title Of The Song Is From David Foster Wallace’s "Infinite Jest" A Book Healy Was Reading While In Rehab Which Opens With The Sentence “I Am Seated In An Office Surrounded By Heads And Bodies.” Matty Told Pitchfork "That Was Kind Of The Joke. Because Nobody Reads It All The Way! Everyone Our Age Has Got A Battered Quarter-Read Copy Of Infinite Jest." "This Seems Like A Rehab Song. Is Angela The Person You’re Singing To Here Somebody You Met There?" Yeah It Was Only Me And This Other Person—me In My Own Compound And She Had Her Own Compound Across The Way. We Rarely Saw Each Other Apart From Some Shared Therapy And She Was Such A Beautiful Lovely Woman. I Felt A Real Connection And An Empathy With Her. And We Soon Found Out That We Lived On The Same Road In Manchester! And We Were In Barbados. It Was Crazy Man. One Road In The Whole World. The Title Of This Song Is From David Foster Wallace’s "Infinite Jest". What Significance Does That Book Hold For You? I Was Reading That When I Was In Rehab. There Was No One There. It Was Me And My Nurses Who’d Come In And Check On Me And Then Angela Miles Away. I Was Surrounded By No One And The Book Was Just Open On The Front Page As Most Copies Of Infinite Jest Are. The Quote Comes From The Literal Opening Lines Of The Book. That Was Kind Of The Joke. Because Nobody Reads It All The Way! Everyone Our Age Has Got A Battered Quarter-Read Copy Of "Infinite Jest."" – Matt Healy Pitchfork

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A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships Is The Third Studio Album By English Band The 1975. It Was Released On 30 November 2018 By Dirty Hit And Polydor Records. Initially Titled "Music For Cars" The Album Was Intended As The Follow-Up To "I Like It When You Sleep For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware Of It". The Term Later Denoted An Era Encompassing Both Their Third Album And "Notes On A Conditional Form" Released In 2020. The Band Halted Recording Of The First Part After Lead Singer Matthew Healy Left For A Drug Rehabilitation Clinic In Barbados Seeking Treatment For His Heroin Addiction. Following The Singer's Return The Band Spent Several Months Completing The Album In Northamptonshire And Los Angeles. A Maximalist Experimental Album "A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships" Combines Rock And Pop Music Interspersed With Ambient Interludes. Eschewing The 1980s-Influenced Sound Of Its Predecessor The Album Embraces A Desolate Soundscape Informed By Electronica. Noted For Its Incorporation Of Various Genres The Record Heavily Draws From Jazz R&B Electropop Indie Rock And Britpop Among Others. The Songs Are Characterised By Their Electronic Beats Gospel Choirs Neo-Soul Horns And Downtempo Rhythms. Guest Contributions Are Featured From The London Community Gospel Choir No Rome The Japanese House And Roy Hargrove. Exploring The Role Of Digital Communication And The Internet In Contemporary Life "A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships" Is A Concept Album Connected By Several Over-Arching Threads. The Album Serves As A Cautionary Political Statement Questioning The Implications Of Society's Relationship With Technology And Its Impact On Millennials. It Marks A Shift In Healy's Portrayal Of Heroin Addiction Embracing Sincerity And Honesty To Speak On The Desolation It Causes. Eschewing Metaphors And Ambiguity The Album Utilises Black Humour Simple Lyrics And Straightforward Storytelling Covering Dark Topics Such As Nihilism Suicide Depression Anxiety Dissociation Trauma Cynicism And Death Among Others. "A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships" Was Preceded By The Singles "Give Yourself A Try" "Love It If We Made It" "TooTimeTooTimeTooTime" "Sincerity Is Scary" And "It's Not Living If It's Not With You ". The Album Received Widespread Acclaim From Contemporary Music Critics Who Praised The Production Quality And Portrayal Of Modern Life With Some Critics Calling It A Millennial Version Of Radiohead's OK Computer. In Addition To Appearing On Numerous Publications' Year-End And Decade-End Lists It Won The British Album Of The Year At The 2019 Brit Awards. The Album Became The 1975's Third Consecutive Number One On The UK Albums Chart And Was Later Certified Gold By The British Phonographic Industry BPI . It Also Peaked At Number Four On The US Billboard 200 Chart And Attained Top-Ten Positions In Several Countries Including On Ireland New Zealand And Australia. To Further Promote The Album The Band Embarked On Their Music For Cars Tour.

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