I LIKE IT WHEN YOU SLEEP, FOR YOU ARE SO BEAUTIFUL YET SO UNAWARE OF IT
| The 1975
I LIKE IT WHEN YOU SLEEP, FOR YOU ARE SO BEAUTIFUL YET SO UNAWARE OF IT
Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It (stylised in sentence case) is the second studio album by English rock band The 1975, released on 26 February 2016 through Dirty Hit, Polydor, Vagrant and Interscope. Upon its release, the album received positive reviews from critics and is regarded by many as one of the best albums of 2016. The album was a commercial success, topping the charts in both the United Kingdom and the United States. Its box set received a nomination for Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package at the 2017 Grammy Awards. -wikipedia
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Pitchfork
The 1975's second album has a much more distinct and iconoclastic character than their slick debut, drawing from the effervescent polish of early '80s Hot 100 pop.
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NME
the album is hugely eclectic – there’s everything from semi-rapping to post-rock instrumentals and acoustic tearjerkers
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Spin
These songs have strong, familiar features, but they build off of one another; every one of them is full of hyperactive, bats**t detail that makes it immediately attributable to this band alone.
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Rolling Stone
when they hit the right kind of moody sheen (“Somebody Else,” “Loving Someone”), the 1975 are an enjoyable balance of desire and distraction
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The Guardian
great pop, if not great art
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Pop Matters
Every song is a highly compacted vista of musical ideas, effusive desires, and epic, you're-my-everything romantic tragedies, but, impressively, nothing feels overstuffed or out of place.
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Vulture
This record is light-years beyond anything they’ve done before.
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Independent
While this follow-up shares some of the annoying mannerisms that curdled one’s enjoyment of The 1975’s 2013 debut, it’s ultimately a much more enjoyable and considered work, one which starts to deliver on the immense hype that accompanied their emergence.
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Playlist Play
Despite still struggling with some challenged lyricism and ever-present self-indulgence, the risks taken in engineering and homage to influencing figures counterbalance the shortcomings with ease.
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Drowned In Sound
What they’ve made is a bold body of work that sounds effortless and odd and sophisticated.
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Atwood Magazine
The record is bold, brash and is a weird mishmash of sounds that absolutely shouldn’t work together. But the ability for the oddities to blend is a musical symbiosis that gives the record its strength.
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Stereo Gum
an album brave enough to be ridiculous, and we don’t get enough of those
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Nylon
A brilliant album deserves an equally brilliant time.
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Slant Magazine
a sprawling, compelling ode to the entire pop canon of the 1980s, with enough ingenuity and sheer bravado that its best moments sound like a rewriting of the decade, not simply a revival of it
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DIY Magazine
A perfect mix of the spectacular and calamitous.
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musicOMH
there is plenty to admire here
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Clash Music
This is a band looking to spread their wings, and for the most part the assortment of ideas meshes agreeably.
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Entertainment Weekly
a delightful, overshare-y trip that celebrates a new era of boundaryless pop
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The Daily
Fans of The 1975 will thoroughly enjoy this entire album
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The Verge
The best album released this month
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The Line of Best Fit
it’s exhilarating to hear a band stretch past their comfort zone in so many different ways
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Evening Standard
it’s the refashioned retro pop that makes this epic album such a flamboyant triumph
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KLSU
Frankly, I don’t need to listen to anything else right now because this album explores every dynamic facet of what makes the band who they are, and blurs genre lines.
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Pop Buzz
Exciting, thrilling, moving, smart, funny - ILIWYSFYASBYSUOI should do plenty to please the already converted while expanding their tastes in the process.
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Panther Print
Even though this album is completely new both artistically and musically, it still has a nostalgic, sentimental feel that both old fans and new fans alike can relate to.
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Impact
this album was fantastic
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All Music
it's that uncompromising mix of POP (in capitalize letters) and inventive, exploratory musicianship that help make it such a rewarding listen
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The Young Folks
it is ultimately a winning collection of guitar pop that shines a light on an era of music that time seems to have forgotten, and has very few modern rock (or “indie,” as meaningless as that term is) signifiers. It is a sterling and frequently catchy hour-plus of throwback sophisti-pop that marks a successful evolution for a group once undeservedly tagged as a flash in the pan.
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Sputnik Music
The 1975 have definite potential
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All Things Loud
Don’t expect this flame to die out any time soon, because Healy and co. sound like they’re here to stay.
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Exclaim!
Given some judicious editing, this could have been a truly great album; as it stands, we'll have to settle for just really, really good.
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CU Independent
The 1975 aren’t always preaching the truth or baring their souls, but when they do, they’re still among today’s best.
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Savage Thrills
it seems to be made of hits, of songs that transcend the masses. Each song is so personal, so human, so exposed and maybe that’s the main factor that this album possesses and that makes it a must have.
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The AU Review
Though the title may be a mouthful, its poetic vibe manages to emulate throughout the entity record.
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Medium
For me, this is a favorable album. Good enough, but not stellar. But what it is, it’s great art. It evokes divided opinions.
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chorus.fm
this masterpiece of an album contains 17 songs, laden with instrumental elements and melodies that span across genres – ranging from the expected R&B flare, gospel influences, horns, and of course, pop melodies that come straight out of the ‘80s
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Redbrick
If you like The 1975, go and listen to their first album for more interesting ideas.
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BVNW News
it’s certainly toward the top of my list of favorite albums
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The Arts Desk
It’s an album that contains all that’s wrong with current pop. There’s nothing rooted about it, nothing of Britain's reality or even an escapist alternative, nothing that says anything, nothing lovely or loveable or fierce or funny or brave or brilliant. Its existence is, quite simply, utterly depressing.
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Path Finder
In the end, it was mediocre, but I think it will live up to their reputation as a band in the long run.
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The London Ginger
The whole album flows naturally, kicking off with the song “The 1975”, which is almost an anthem that empowers the album. It immediately is followed by “Love Me” and its amazing rhythm created by guitars, a cool bass and drum flow, and incredible synthesisers. And trust me, the lyrics are worth having a look – they are a great criticism to our current social media moving world, and our status in it.
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Melodic Magazine
The 1975 has released another fantastic album, while it may struggle in length, and it will propel the British band to even greater heights.
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Music Feeds
A whirlwind of sound, genres and themes, I Like It could be considered either refreshing or distracting. The 1975 has always experimented with a miscellany of musical styles, but some of the instrumental interludes dim the overall flow of the album.
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Quays News
The album is undoubtedly overflowing with the sounds of 1980’s pop music- excitingly ambitious, packed with synth and featuring beautifully crafted music and lyrics.
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AAA Backstage
The poppy, heartbreaker, teen boyband sound has developed and emerged into a distinct combination of electronica and 80s pop-rock, a sound that’s somewhat unique and exciting when compared to the current pop charts.
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Satellite
Should you listen? To the singles yes, but a full experience would only be recommended for die hard fans.
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Under The Rockies
The world needs to hear this album simply because of the creative efforts and investment that was bled into it. This is dedication to the art of music, and taking the expressive liberty in creating an album that screams familiarity, but with a refreshing lyrical and musical take on things.
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Indientry
I like it when you sleep, for you are so beautiful yet so unaware of it lives up to the success of The 1975, if not topping it. The album sounds like a movie soundtrack, and evokes stronger emotions than nearly any other artist today.
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Renowned for Sound
an incredibly emotional record, frantically moving from vibrant pop to soulful croons within minutes. And while it boasts an impressive 17 tracks, not one feels out of place, and nothing feels overdone as each track pulses with a unique and intense energy.
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Pancakes and Whiskey
full of contradictions, but somehow both work in a mesmerizing and powerful way
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Edinboro Now
The 1975 have done an excellent job setting themselves apart from other similar bands by blending pop tones with the ethereal making “I Like It When You Sleep…” an instant classic.
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September Issues
The 1975 did a great job, especially in terms of managing to innovate and evolve while keeping the sound and the essence that got them to where they are now. I can’t help but to think of the album as the perfect travel companion.
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Forge Press
The 1975 are proving shrewd songsmiths, with a refocusing of their creative efforts befitting its younger following.
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Indie Current
With a run time of well over an hour, I like it when you sleep… is a long and breathtaking journey that hits all of the right notes without ever feeling drawn-out. It’s an incredible accomplishment for a seasoned band, much less a band still in the early stages of their career.
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INAG
an unashamed pop record full of ambition that in some places feels as excessive as its baroque title
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Las Vegas Weekly
But the record’s bigger issue is that it doesn’t seem to know what it wants to be, emulating several different bands of the past without creating a style of its own.
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The Fire Note
A journey that covers a lot of musical territory, but is well worth the effort and is, no doubt, far from over.
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Vox Magazine
If you’re a fan, expect more catchiness and an abundance of sunny pop on The 1975’s sophomore album. If you’re not the band's biggest fan but enjoy a good dose of indie pop, give these guys a second chance. The new sound suits them well, even if it’s rehashed.
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Cryptic ROck
Their songs are contagious, and those who do not appreciate them at first listen will eventually catch the bug of their music.
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XS Noise
this is fascinating, hugely enjoyable album that suggests The 1975 are here to stay
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MVC Delta
It is exactly what Healy wanted it to be: an ambitious, dynamic, dramatic, passionate investment in the pursue of his truth
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The Upcoming
The album is not groundbreaking, but rather a collection of mostly excellent pop songs with interesting lyrics.
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Whats Good
Production wise, each song is treated differently. ... there is almost something for everyone ... If you're still sceptical, that’s fine. So was I when I first heard this band, but giving them the chance to impress me was one of the best decisions I’ve made as a listener of music.
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The Edge
a pleasantly eclectic collection of songs, which are decidedly hit or miss. Luckily, there are slightly more hits than misses, and even though there’s clear evidence of experimentation, the record still maintains The 1975’s signature feel for strangely poetic melodies.
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Highlight Magazine
the record will cater to an audience who appreciates easy listening
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THOMASMJ99'S MUSIC BLOG
This is the best pop-rock album since ‘A.M’.
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Campus Voice
The album was brilliant! The 1975 stayed true to themselves as they lured me into each song with emotion on topics that are deep and heavy but, original and executed with a flair and swagger that only they could pull off.
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Stitched Sound
This album is sonically erratic, and beautifully so. It’s a distillation of their debut album, delving deeper into their own multidimensional sound, characterized by intricate detail.
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The Odyssey Online
the band has decided to release a new, pure gold album so that it can bless our ears
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Empty Lighthouse
like a total blast from the past, well, the 80's that is
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God Is In The TV
The album is a huge leap in quality from the first record. ... This is an exhausting and compelling record that’s so fully realised it’s hard to imagine where they’d go from here.
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BURN FM
If you liked how chaotic the first album was in its style and topics, you will love this album. It takes everything from the first, and distills it into this near masterpiece.
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Mind Equals Blown
The 1975, meanwhile, avoid what they do best in an effort to change their routine and totally fall back into John Hughes’ decade.
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The Jet Fuel Review Blog
The album is bold, sharp-witted, and a proper follow-up to their début.
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The Sound Board Reviews
an album that is an emotional rollercoaster and just so relatable no matter who you are
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Wildcat Scratch Post
The lyrics are more earnest and the hooks are more memorable. The entire theme of the album is out in left field comparatively speaking, but in this instance, it was the right choice. The 1975 is evolving, and so is their music.
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Demo Magazine
an incredibly impressive record
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timotheories
this might be one of your new favourites albums to emote to
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Amoeba Music
With their new album, the 1975 are cementing their reputation as creators of some of the best modern dance music to keep you moving and singing all of 2016.
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LA Music Blog
showcases The 1975’s ability to move across genres broader than the indie pop they stuck to on their debut.
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IDOBI
Buy It, to hear a combination of stress free sounds, depraved lyrics, and dance beats from another era that only The 1975 can deliver.
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Alt Music Box
‘I like it when you sleep…’ works. It’s a fun, interesting listen, but the 1975 have yet to fully hit their stride.
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Pop Culture Daily
“I Like it When You Sleep” is a clever illusion of catchy tunes with appalling, almost unintelligible at-first-listen lyrics.
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Mashable
The British band’s sophomore album is destined to be called “surprisingly good” until people drop the qualifier and just enjoy it — because if you're looking to have a good time, it gets the job done.
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Buzznet
Equally jam-packed with killer lines that keep you on your toes as it is aesthetically pleasing, this record has the potential to skyrocket these four boys from Manchester who started playing together as teens to a higher level – how they handle the fame is entirely up to them, but we think they’ve got this covered.
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Thomasbleach
a strong record that further cements that this band are not going anywhere anytime soon and they are in fact the real deal
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Pop Crush
Anyone with an album title as overwrought and ridiculous as I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It understands all those nuanced teen emotions you never quite return to once you hit your mid-20s. It's easy to forget those long-ago feelings of excess and overindulgence; thank god The 1975 are here to remind us.
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Hit The Floor Magazine
It’s a good album but it’s just not anything more than just good.
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Sketchy Record Reviews
The album I feel is unique, whilst also calling back on the bands influences, innovating on the genres enough to create something interesting and catchy.
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Gigwise
Exceeding the national average, excelling in pop and smashing your expectations - accept nothing less from The 1975.
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Marble Music
If this album proves ten years down the line to be the band’s masterpiece then it sure isn’t a bad one to have, but wouldn’t it be nice to think that this is just a glimpse at where the boys from Chesire can take us in the future.
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The VLM
There’s no doubt this will be a success, as they have managed to retain the alt/indie essence of their debut but the 80s synth-pop influence is at times overpowering.
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Never Enough Notes
The second album from The 1975 proves the band are not a one-hit-wonder and, we would argue, this release will be a contender for the best album of 2016.
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Vidette Online
While the title is obnoxious, it kind of fits everything that The 1975 is bringing to the table.
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B Side Magazine
Though the album as a whole is solid, it’s fair to say that it’s also disjointed.
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The Gizzle Review
‘I like it when you sleep…’, then, is an album that pulls in every direction, with striking and infectious rhythms, tightly constructed hooks, and a consistent, ethereal soundworld that borders on hypnotic.
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Backyard Pulp
I’ve rarely encountered an album that succeeds in capturing the “big-as-life” vibe, while simultaneously belonging in your pocket.
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The Daily Illini
With a massive 17 tracks that span just shy of 80 minutes, The 1975 still manage to hold the attention of the listener throughout.
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Conquering Anthropophobia
The album has a handful of excellent songs that would have made for an excellent compilation, but now they’re outliers that make a below average record above average.
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Reading Eagle
This is pleasing stuff, and the 1975 certainly knows its way around a sexy love song.
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UCLA Radio
I recommend it to pop fans or anyone who enjoyed Carly Rae Jepsen’s “EMOTION”- I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware Of It wears its heart on its sleeve and transcends genre.
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There Goes the Fear
‘I like it when you sleep…’ has a lot of great single moments, providing a great snapshot of what pop looks like in 2016: loads of electronic warblings, bubbly synth lines, handclaps and tacked-on backing vocals
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The Indie Sound
a beautiful rebirth of sound, attitude and style for the young band out of Cheshire
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Black and Redgister
Space-y, in love, psychedelic, retro, vintage, whatever you call it, buy the album.
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Tongue Tied Magazine
All in all, the album was a definite success.
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Peppperdine University Graphic
The album contains everything from semi-rapping, to a simple acoustic that will leave you in tears, to songs that will surely have you dancing and shouting the lyrics anywhere you are.
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MU Times
While the sound on this album is not drastically different to that on the self-titled (ambient background electronics, huge hooks, ringing guitars), it is a rather more expansive and synthetic take.
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Digital High
But at the core it’s still genuine The 1975; a product longtime listeners and new can respect.
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Surviving the Golden Age
Ultimately, The 1975 are a band whose mainstream appeal is almost offensive. A group this boring (to put it frankly) shouldn’t be reflective of alternative music or the face of the indie genre at all.
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The Salt Lake Tribune
But the band has truly dosed this release up with enough modern production and sound elements to keep from falling into any traps. This is pleasing stuff and the 1975 certainly knows its way around a sexy love song.
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Caroline Fassl
'I Like It When You Sleep...' got me dancing, gave me chills, made me cry, and inspired a fairly lengthy album review all in about 74 minutes.
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KNOX News
As the release bounces through its sonic shifts, the mercurial Healy reveals his affecting vulnerable side along with his bluster and sarcasm.
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The Music Box
An extraordinary album which pushes the boundaries through experimentation, sharp lyrics and unashamedly brilliant Pop music.
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Evigshed Magazine
All in all, this second album feels like an audacious bet and somewhere disorienting but it is mainly an intelligent step forward for the band. It stands as an epic piece of art in music culture itself.
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Muzoic
It can be called one of the most memorable studio works in the new year in the aforementioned stylistic formats.
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Daily Vault
An album like this has a definite home in 2016, and even if it runs too long with too many ambient and prefab cuts, the best songs show the direction pop music can take while building on what has come before.
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Satellite Thought Transmissions
A great counterpart to their debut album. Definitely worth the buy! (And it’s so aesthetically pleasing to look at, too.)
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The Brown Daily Herald
This album is the greatest work of The 1975’s career. The band members take musical risks and expand both their style and scope of material.
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Rae Reviews
from listening to I like it when you sleep…, it is evident they are heading in the right direction
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Whimsical Rambles
I love this album; each song is beautifully made, both vocal-wise and production-wise.
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One Music
a catchy, cathartic, deconstruction and indulgence in the music known as "Pop." While the album has a habit of getting long winded or heavy handed, it is a very enjoyable product overall.
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The Current Shift
This album is very much a step in the right direction for a group with a huge following.
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Daily Bruin
The album is saved by the catchiness of the singles, the heartfelt emotions and the sheer beauty of some of the instrumental passages.
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The Guardian
But even though there are intriguing depths behind the 1975’s worship of surfaces, I Like It When You Sleep feels a little like what pop albums used to feel like – the hits, padded out by filler.
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Entertainment Monthly
takes the synth-tinged music from the last album and turns it up a notch or six, leaving the guitar sounds on the back burner in favor of experimenting with glossy ’70s and ’80s sounds
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Obey The Subliminal
I like the way they’ve done this on both albums as a symbol of continuity and look forward to seeing if there will be another instalment.
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Shanelle Wolfe
well worth the listener’s time
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Reflector Online
This album will no doubt bring in thousands of new fans and it will keep the old fans even closer. Good work, The 1975.
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Decaf Magazine
this album is a great switch for the band itself.
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Donut Shop Magazine
An album with this much depth can become as much as you want it to become, and that’s the real beauty of it.
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Full Shelf
this record has a completely different vibe entirely, and it stands well on its own
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Basementality Media
many of the deeper cuts here stand up well behind the big singles
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Tune Time!
I managed to listen to the entire album on the bus and initially reacted with an underwhelming… eh
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Uinterview
may seem chaotic and messy, but it is strongest precisely in its impulsivity. This is a true post-modern work, dynamic and unpredictable.
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According to Carmen
The songs are both catchy up with an up beat and some songs are way too relatable.
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Irish Times
They say you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, but does that go for album titles, too? Ludicrous pretension aside, there is surprisingly more to this Manchester quartet than there would seem.
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