Being Funny in a Foreign Language is The 1975’s direct response to overproduced, commercial electronic pop. They deserve the Brit award for album of the year
It’s also a direct response to the overproduced, gratuitously sample-heavy electronic pop music we’ve been surrounded by for the past five or so years. While making the album, The 1975 sought to capture the pure essence of their band – to simply “play it and record it,” as Healy told the New York Times last year. “Any kid can make a bedroom thing that sounds crazy,” he said. “What you can’t do is have been in a band for 20 years and be great players and go into a room and have that freedom.
Discussing Being Funny with friends recently, I mentioned that it was a relief to listen to an album that’s playful, skilfully made and intellectually stimulating enough to engage with like a good book. That may be one of the worst things I’ve ever said out loud, but it’s true – obviously pop music should always make youBeing Funny makes me wonder if I have another demand of pop music – that it sometimes has the ability to make me a better person.
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