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Stoke of Genius:
By
Adam Rosario
2013
has been a mixed bag for music, with some artists gaining bad
publicity for crude and stupid public displays, and some questionable
material has been released by some of the biggest artists in the
world currently.
At
the start of the year many thought that 2013 was going to be the
revival of guitar music, and in some ways these predictions have been
proven correct. Arctic Monkeys are returning with a nailed on number
one album in AM while bands like Drenge, Peace and Palma Violets are all gaining airplay on the radio waves and selling out
venues up and down the country.
There
is one band however who are a complete breath of fresh air. A band
who’ve toured for years and played under various different names
(Talkhouse, Drive Like I Do, BigSleep and The Slowdown being just
four). They mix synths, guitar, heavy bass and drums to create a
fresh sound. The 1975 are that band. Like their aforementioned
peers, they’ve been selling out venues up and down the country, and
early next year, they’ll headline the legendary Brixton Academy...oh yeah, and it’s sold out.
Having released
four EP's over the past year, The 1975 have become one of the most
exciting bands to watch develop. Each EP has been met with critical
success, gaining rave reviews and decent sales, showing they are a
band who are worth keeping an eye on. Their hit single ‘Chocolate’
hit the top 20 and was one of the first guitar based songs of the
year to reach that feat.
Their
self-titled debut album has smashed the charts and landed at number
one this weekend. It has to be said the main star of the band is the
frontman, Matt Healy, but the other three members are just as
important to the sound, as without them, there’s no way they’d be
this technically brilliant. Intricate riffs played by Healy and lead
guitarist Adam Hann are combined with a rhythm section, comprised of
George Daniel on drums and Ross MacDonald on bass.
They’ll also
be hitting the road properly soon, with The Sugarmill in
Stoke-on-Trent being one of the dates (Sep 22). Having played two
sets at the Reading Festival, I was fortunate enough to catch bits of
both. They played a main set on the Festival Republic Stage –
although they could’ve easily headlined the NME Tent in my honest
opinion, based both on their performance and the crowd size and
reaction – and they performed a secret set on the BBC Introducing
stage. They only played three songs for this surprise, but they
played as if it was a full set. As a touring band, they’ve shown
that they can play to any crowd, including two very different ones on
the same day.
The Sugarmill
is one of The 1975’s last ‘small’ shows on their tour, as they
start to play the bigger academies and theatres in the coming months.
They’ve been playing together under different names for over 10
years, so they will have no problem with putting on a more than
adequate show for the fans. NME's Best Midlands Venue is to hold the
sold-out show to warm the band up for the ‘big venues’. The
Sugarmill is the perfect setting for this preparation.
Key Tracks:
Chocolate
Sex
Settle Down
The City
Heart Out
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