![]() You said I'm full of diseases/Your eyes were full of regret/And then you took a picture of your salad/And put it on the Internet. The first ballad of the record, the all-electronic orchestration adds in artificial choir vocals to create a sound akin to an old 8-bit Nintendo soundtrack as the lyrics spell out the breakdown of a relationship with painful and often hilarious accuracy. Cooing falsetto vocal flips and repetitive, bass-heavy backing send the listener into a trance-like state, evoking a drug comedown at 4am, before a stabbing synth-line ups your heart-rate and turns this mournful ode into an unlikely (and ironic) club tune. The constant juxtaposition of ideas that make The 1975 so interesting comes to a head here as Matty spins a tale of woe and cocaine addiction over a minimalist Prince-style dance beat you can't help but shake you a** too. Lyrically, the themes of shallow fame and worn out parties will be returned to a lot, Matty's celebrity clearly troubling and fascinating him in equal measure. ![]() ![]() ![]() Channelling late 80s-era Bowie and INXS, within the context of the whole album this seems like the only appropriate choice for the first single, perfectly bridging the gap between their debut's jangly guitar-led sound and the follow up's more ambitious tone, integrating new instrumental colours alongside a "Girls"-esque catchy chorus. ![]()
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