I remember вЂњFrail State of MindвЂќ and вЂњThen Because She GoesвЂќ were the first two things for the record, and as soon as I had those two songs, I was like, вЂњOkay, I think I understand this record.вЂќ It's kind of like a faded Polaroid of garage and slacker, emo music. I wrote and tracked that in a night and it was just there, so that was a really good one. A lot of it was quite fun and nice-вЂњMe and You Together SongвЂќ happened really quickly. I remember making вЂњPeopleвЂќ on the bus-that was a moment where we knew we were onto something. I suppose in that pursuit I learn what all of those things were to me, and now itвЂ™s just become a musical vocabulary.ДЄny memorable moments while making this album? Any kind of like вЂњahaвЂќ moment that you had with a specific lyric? I want my band to be all these kinds of things. I think the artists IвЂ™ve gone on about for a long time, The Streets, My Bloody Valentine, Brian Eno, Sigur RГіs-theyвЂ™re always in there. Or if you listen to вЂњBagsy Not In Net,вЂќ itвЂ™s kind of like The Streets. You can hear it if you listen to вЂњPeopleвЂќ-itвЂ™s obviously Refused. We consume music a certain way and we create music exactly the same way. Yeah, I can make something that sounds like Orange Juice or Peter Gabriel but I can also make something that sounds like fucking Boards of Canada or I can make something that sounds like Glenn Branca because I love music. itвЂ™s music at the end of the day-itвЂ™s all music. I think people learn, as well, especially in England, if youвЂ™re good at one thing it takes away your ability to be good at another. I couldnвЂ™t decide on one thing because I loved things for what they were. I didnвЂ™t grow up wanting to be in a particular band-I grew up wanting to be in every band. What was your approach when it came to engaging with and shifting within so many different genres in this album? It has gospel, Jamaican dancehall, ambient sounds, 80s synth-pop. I think itвЂ™s because IвЂ™m not into deconstructing everything with the postmodern lens anymore. Something like вЂњThe Birthday PartyвЂќ or вЂњRoadkill,вЂќ thereвЂ™s almost bits in there. ThereвЂ™s always like a wink or a nod or a knowing in what IвЂ™m doing. The only time that my ego even comes out is when IвЂ™m taking a sledgehammer to it. It cuts with me, but it almost cuts more because youвЂ™re a bit like, вЂњOh shit, I like that because that's how I feel.вЂќ I could probably expose myself by being more vulnerable in other places, but I think that the places where I show my vulnerability are places that everybody relates to. The big ones, the big players, the big kind of ingredients to existential thinking.

So the stuff that IвЂ™m kind of talking about nowadays on my past two records, since IвЂ™ve really gotten through a lot of the surface stuff like ego, now itвЂ™s all about purpose and truth. ItвЂ™s just that the stuff that I have to draw from either becomes hyper-specific or really fundamental. But itвЂ™s not that the well is dry because IвЂ™ve put everything in previously. Every time I make a record I put everything into it, so by the time I record the next one, of course IвЂ™m a slightly different person. The line вЂњLife feels like a lie, I need something to be trueвЂќ in вЂњEverything Revealed, Nothing DeniedвЂќ immediately comes to mind. You are so vulnerable in this album, and itвЂ™s most noticeably reflected in your lyric choices. Take вЂњLove It If We Made It,вЂќ a song Pitchfork called вЂњ a generational anthemвЂќ for its raw authenticity Healy stripped headlines straight from the news, and transformed them into lyrical mementos. Their eponymous debut album, released in 2013, garnered attention for its relatable angst backdropped with 80s synth-pop melodies, while in their last, A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships from 2018, the band meditated on the now. The 22-track release was recorded a year ago, while the band was on tour, and so far, promoting an album with stay-at-home orders in place hasnвЂ™t been easy.ДЇounded seventeen years ago in Manchester, England, The 1975 came of age during the Internet Era, with plenty of growing pains along the way. On May 22, the band is releasing their fourth album, Notes On A Conditional Form, originally scheduled for February 21, and then April 24. The musician, 31, has been quarantining with his bandmate George Daniel since March, but when Healy and I speak, he is driving around the English countryside. Matty Healy, the lead singer of The 1975, is experiencing somewhat spotty service.

The 1975 albums and songs