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'''''Notes on a Conditional Form''''' is the fourth studio album by English band [[the 1975]]. It was released on 22 May 2020 through [[Dirty Hit]] and [[Polydor Records]]. In February 2017, the band announced the follow-up to their second album, [[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It|''I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It'']] (2016), would be titled ''Music For Cars'', a reference to their third extended play of the [[Music for Cars|same name]] (2013). Initially intended as the final chapter of a planned trilogy, ''Music For Cars'' later evolved into an "era" consisting of two albums. The first part, [[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships|''A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships'']], released in November 2018. Recording of the second part took place over 19 months, spanning 15 studios in four countries. In addition to extended sessions in London, four months in Los Angeles and a long-term residence at Angelic Residential Recording Studio, large parts of the album were recorded in a mobile studio while the band performed on their [[Music for Cars Tour]]. Due to vinyl manufacturing issues and lead singer Matthew Healy's tendency to announce arbitrary release dates, it faced several delays. Ultimately, the 1975 submitted the album two weeks before the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] forced most of the world into [[COVID-19 lockdowns|lockdowns]].
Contrasting its tighter, more calculated predecessor, ''Notes on a Conditional Form'' is a [[Maximalism|maximalist]] [[Experimental music|experimental]] album. It purposely subverts the finality of ''A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships'', exploring an expansive array of genres while incorporating sounds, styles and [[Texture (music)|textures]] extrapolated from a diverse set of scenes and eras. The album's free-flowing structure contains traditional songs, [[Classical music|classical]] [[Orchestra|orchestral]] interludes and [[Ambient music|ambient]] [[Electronic music|electronic]] instrumentals. The songs feature loose, winding [[stream of consciousness]] [[Song structure|structures]] and espouse [[neo-noir]] ambience, characterized by [[Downtempo|downcast]] [[String section|string arrangements]], [[Distortion (music)|distorted]] [[Sampling (music)|sampling]] techniques, electronic pulses, pensive [[Acoustic guitar|acoustic guitars]] and sudden contrasts. Unlike their prior albums, it features several external guest collaborators. [[Phoebe Bridgers]] represents the most prominent contributor to the album, providing vocals on four songs. Elsewhere, FKA Twigs provides background vocals on two songs and Tim Healy contributes to a duet with his son. Additionally, Cutty Ranks and Swedish teenage [[climate change]] activist [[Greta Thunberg]] each provide solo vocal performance on their respective songs.
''Notes on a Conditional Form'' is described as both genreless and multi-genre, generally following two main stylistic threads. The first is electronic "British nighttime music", extensively incorporating [[House music|house]], [[UK garage]], ambient, [[Lo-fi music|lo-fi]], [[techno]], [[electronica]], [[dubstep]], [[dance-pop]], [[electropop]], and [[synth-pop]]. The second thread is guitar-based, blending [[Acoustic music|acoustic]]-driven [[Folk music|folk]], [[emo]] and [[Country music|country]] with [[indie rock]], [[pop-punk]], [[alternative rock]], [[shoegaze]], [[dream pop]], [[pop rock]] and [[Britpop]]. Thematically, the album eschews the explicitly political messages present on its predecessor and is considered the most personal album in the band's repertoire. It focuses on the intricacies of human existence; emotions of love and loss, the highs and lows of the human experience, self-discovery and the meaning of life. The album narrates navigating anxiety, mental health issues and the challenges of modern life–technology, depression, intimacy, life, and death. Lyrically, it deals with drug addiction, touring, atheism, love, politics and the fallibility of the band's own writing.
==Background==
The 1975 released their second studio album, [[I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It|''I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It'']], in February 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/i-like-it-when-you-sleep-for-you-are-so-beautiful-yet-so-unaware-of-it-mw0002906304|title=I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It - The 1975|last=Collar|first=Matt|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=4 January 2021}}</ref> Domestically, it topped the [[UK Albums Chart]] and the [[Scottish Singles and Albums Charts|Scottish Albums Chart]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-1975-score-second-chart-topping-album-with-i-like-it-when-you-sleep-for-you-are-so-beautiful-yet-so-unaware-of-it__14023/|title=The 1975 score second chart-topping album with I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|date=5 March 2016|access-date=5 March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-albums-chart/20160304/40/|title=Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100|publisher=Official Charts Company|date=5 March 2016|access-date=26 January 2021}}</ref> In the United States, the album peaked at number one on the US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]], [[Top Alternative Albums]] and [[Top Rock Albums]] charts.<ref name="BB2001">{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/the-1975/chart-history/TLP|title=The 1975 – Billboard 200 Chart History|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=19 March 2016|access-date=26 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/the-1975/chart-history/ALT|title=The 1975 – Alternative Albums Chart History|work=Billboard|date=19 March 2016|access-date=26 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/the-1975/chart-history/RCK|title=The 1975 – Rock Albums Chart History|work=Billboard|date=19 March 2016|access-date=26 January 2021}}</ref> Elsewhere, it topped the charts in Australia, Canada and New Zealand,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=The+1975&titel=I+Like+It+When+You+Sleep,+for+You+Are+So+Beautiful+yet+So+Unaware+of+It.&cat=a|title=I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It - The 1975|publisher=[[ARIA Charts]]|date=13 March 2016|access-date=26 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/the-1975/chart-history/CNA|title=The 1975 – Billboard Canadian Albums Chart History|work=Billboard|date=19 March 2016|access-date=26 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://charts.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=The+1975&titel=I+Like+It+When+You+Sleep,+for+You+Are+So+Beautiful+yet+So+Unaware+of+It.&cat=a|title=I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It - The 1975|publisher=[[Official New Zealand Music Chart]]|date=7 March 2016|access-date=26 January 2021}}</ref> and peaked within the top 10 in Austria, Ireland and Norway.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=The+1975&titel=I+Like+It+When+You+Sleep,+for+You+Are+So+Beautiful+yet+So+Unaware+of+It.&cat=a|title=I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It - The 1975|publisher=[[Ö3 Austria Top 40|Ö3 Austria]]|date=11 March 2016|access-date=26 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170214154349/http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%252Fmusicvideo%252Fmusic%252Farchive%252Findex_test.jsp&ct=240002&arch=t&lyr=2016&year=2016&week=9|title=I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It - The 1975|publisher=[[Irish Recorded Music Association|IRMA]]|date=3 March 2016|access-date=26 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=The+1975&titel=I+Like+It+When+You+Sleep,+for+You+Are+So+Beautiful+yet+So+Unaware+of+It.&cat=a|title=I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It - The 1975|publisher=[[VG-lista]]|date=9 March 2016|access-date=26 January 2021}}</ref> The album was later certified Platinum in the United Kingdom and Gold in the United States, denoting sales of over 300,000 and 500,000 units, respectively.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.triblive.com/aande/music/acclaimed-british-band-the-1975-returns-to-pittsburgh/|title=Acclaimed British band The 1975 returns to Pittsburgh|last=Brendza|first=Zach|work=[[Pittsburgh Tribune-Review]]|date=9 May 2017|access-date=26 January 2021}}</ref> A critical success, ''I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It'' appeared on numerous year-end lists and was considered by various publications as one of the best albums of the 2010s.<ref name="MC">{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/i-like-it-when-you-sleep-for-you-are-so-beautiful-yet-so-unaware-of-it/the-1975|title=Reviews for I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It by The 1975|publisher=[[Metacritic]]|access-date=25 February 2016}}</ref> The album spawned seven singles: "[[Love Me (The 1975 song)|Love Me]]" (2015), "[[Ugh! (song)|Ugh!]]" (2015), "[[Somebody Else (The 1975 song)|Somebody Else]]" (2016), "[[The Sound (song)|The Sound]]" (2016), "[[A Change of Heart (The 1975 song)|A Change of Heart]]" (2016), "[[She's American]]" (2016) and "[[Loving Someone]]" (2016).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-announce-listening-party-for-i-like-it-when-you-sleep-2659422|title=The 1975 announce online listening party for 'I Like It When You Sleep'|last=Lavin|first=Will|work=[[NME]]|date=4 May 2020|access-date=11 February 2021}}</ref>
In February 2017, lead singer Matthew Healy [[Twitter|tweeted]] "Music For Cars – 2018". On the 27 April episode of [[Zane Lowe]]'s [[Apple Music 1|Beats 1 Radio]] program, he announced the 1975's third album would be released in 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.spin.com/2017/04/the-1975-music-for-cars-new-album/|title=The 1975 Announce New Album Music for Cars|last=Gordon|first=Jeremy|work=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]|date=4 April 2017|access-date=14 September 2020|archive-date=2 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210102162918/https://www.spin.com/2017/04/the-1975-music-for-cars-new-album/|url-status=live}}</ref> The singer also revealed the title, ''Music For Cars'', telling Lowe: "[the album] has always been called that, and we were always gonna do a trilogy of records [...] I'm not saying that after this album it's the end of the 1975, but it's definitely the end of an era".<ref name="Legaspi">{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-announce-new-album-music-for-cars-192434/|title=The 1975 Announce New Album 'Music for Cars'|last=Legaspi|first=Althea|work=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=28 April 2017|access-date=24 January 2021}}</ref> Discussing the title with Tom Connick of ''[[NME]]'', Healy confirmed it as an intentional reference to the band's third [[extended play]] of [[Music for Cars|the same name]] (2013), saying: "We're using it as the album title now because of how meta and self-referential everything has become in the world of [t]he 1975, and ''Music For Cars'' was always my favorite title of everything we'd ever done, so it kinda made sense to wrap it up that way."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.altpress.com/news/the_1975_music_for_cars_new_album_title/|title=The 1975 reveal why their new album is going to be called 'Music For Cars'|last=Dickman|first=Maggie|work=[[Alternative Press (magazine)|Alternative Press]]|date=20 October 2017|access-date=24 January 2021}}</ref> Musically, the 1975 wanted to create the "the most important pop [album]" of the decade, aiming to achieve the same impact as [[Radiohead]]'s ''[[OK Computer]]'' (1997) and [[the Smiths]]' ''[[The Queen Is Dead]]'' (1986).<ref name="Trendell">{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/1975-next-album-needs-like-ok-computer-queen-dead-2016877|title=The 1975: Our next album needs to be like 'OK Computer' or 'The Queen Is Dead'|last=Trendell|first=Andrew|work=NME|date=17 March 2017|access-date=24 January 2021}}</ref>
By March 2017, the 1975 had written two songs for ''Music For Cars''.<ref name="Trendell"/> This increased to two hours and 13 minutes worth of material by August, with the band having begun the editing process. Later that month, Healy revealed the name of a new song on the album, "[[Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America]]" (2020).<ref name="NewTrack">{{cite web|url=https://www.readdork.com/news/it-looks-like-matty-healy-has-revealed-a-new-track-title-from-the-1975s-music-for-cars/|title=It looks like Matty Healy has revealed a new track title from The 1975's 'Music For Cars'|work=[[Dork (magazine)|Dork]]|date=31 August 2017|access-date=24 January 2021}}</ref> Despite the volume of material already created, the band's manager Jamie Osborn stated that new recording sessions for the album were planned for September.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.readdork.com/news/the-1975-are-starting-their-first-music-for-cars-studio-session-in-a-matter-of-days/|title=The 1975 are starting their first 'Music For Cars' studio session 'in a matter of days'|work=Dork|date=17 September 2017|access-date=24 January 2021}}</ref> In April 2018, posters promoting ''Music For Cars'' began emerging around [[London]] and [[Manchester]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/the-1975/14266|title=The 1975's 'Music For Cars' album era has begun!|last=Graves|first=Shahlin|work=Coup de Main|date=29 April 2018|access-date=24 January 2021}}</ref> However, in May of the same year, the 1975 announced that ''Music For Cars'' was no longer an album title, but rather an [[Hyponymy and hypernymy|umbrella term]] to classify "whatever music comes out in this timeframe". Citing changing circumstances during the recording process, Healy began referring to the title as an "era" spanning two albums.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/matty-healy-explains-1975s-new-album-isnt-called-music-cars-says-hes-not-going-stop-band-2329622|title=Matty Healy explains why The 1975's new album isn't called 'Music For Cars' and says he's 'not going to stop' the band|last=Daly|first=Rhian|work=NME|date=31 May 2018|access-date=14 September 2020|archive-date=2 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210102162823/https://www.nme.com/news/music/matty-healy-explains-1975s-new-album-isnt-called-music-cars-says-hes-not-going-stop-band-2329622|url-status=live}}</ref> Regarding the decision to release two separate bodies of work rather than a [[double album]], Healy felt they were: "prog and annoying [...] they're self-serving".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stereogum.com/1999066/the-1975-give-yourself-a-try/music/|title=The 1975 – 'Give Yourself A Try' Video|last=Rettig|first=James|work=[[Stereogum]]|date=31 May 2018|access-date=24 January 2021}}</ref>
The first album of the ''Music For Cars'' era, ''[[A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships]]'', was released on 30 November 2018 to critical acclaim.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-mw0003209553|title=A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships - The 1975|last=Collar|first=Matt|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=4 January 2021|archive-date=2 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210102165430/https://www.allmusic.com/album/a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-mw0003209553|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships/the-1975|title=A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships by The 1975|publisher=Metacritic|access-date=22 November 2018}}</ref> It was shortlisted for the 2019 [[Mercury Prize]] and went on to win the award for [[Brit Award for British Album of the Year|British Album of the Year]] at the [[2019 Brit Awards]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/20/brit-awards-winners-calvin-harris-the-1975-jorja-smith/|title=Calvin Harris and the 1975 lead winners at 2019 Brit Awards|work=[[The Guardian]]|last=Beaumont-Thomas|first=Ben|last2=Mohdin|first2=Aamna|date=20 February 2019|accessdate=24 February 2019}}</ref> Commercially, the album topped the charts in the United Kingdom and peaked within the top five of the United States.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/20181207/7502/|title=Official Albums Chart Top 100|publisher=Official Charts Company|date=7 December 2018|access-date=26 January 2021}}</ref><ref name="BB2001"/> It spawned five singles: "[[Give Yourself a Try]]" (2018), "[[Love It If We Made It]]" (2018), "[[TooTimeTooTimeTooTime]]" (2018), "[[Sincerity Is Scary|Sincerity is Scary]]" (2018) and "[[It's Not Living (If It's Not with You)|It's Not Living (If It's Not With You)]]" (2018).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.keyproduction.co.uk/blog/2018/the-1975-a-brief-inquiry-into-online-relationships-double-lp/|title=The 1975 "A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships" Standard & Coloured Vinyl|publisher=Key Production|date=18 December 2018|access-date=11 February 2021}}</ref> The second album, ''Notes on a Conditional Form'', was intended to be released in May 2019.<ref name="Gonzales">{{cite web|url=https://www.vogue.com/article/matty-healy-1975-new-album-2020|title=In The 1975's New Album, Matty Healy Takes a Sledgehammer to His Ego|last=Gonzalez|first=Carolina|work=[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]|date=19 May 2020|access-date=28 September 2020|archive-date=20 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200920173948/https://www.vogue.com/article/matty-healy-1975-new-album-2020|url-status=live}}</ref> Shortly after the release of "[[The 1975 (2019 song)|The 1975]]" in July 2019, the album became available for pre-order on [[Apple Music]] with a release date of 21 February 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.altpress.com/news/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-release-date/|title=The 1975 fans uncover release date for 'Notes on a Conditional Form'|last=Shoemaker|first=Whitney|work=Alternative Press|date=25 July 2019|access-date=26 January 2021}}</ref> The official artwork was unveiled, featuring a bright yellow stripe on the left side and "Notes on a Conditional Form" written in various languages.<ref name="NMEDelay">{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/1975-matty-healy-new-release-date-notes-on-a-conditional-form-2596266|title=The 1975 push back release date for new album 'Notes on a Conditional Form'|last=Lavin|first=Will|work=NME|date=13 January 2020|access-date=26 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://floodmagazine.com/65211/listen-the-1975-announce-new-album-with-activist-greta-thunberg/|title=The 1975 Announce New Album with Activist Greta Thunberg|last=Sterling|first=Scott|work=Flood Magazine|date=24 July 2019|access-date=26 January 2021}}</ref> In January 2020, Healy announced on [[Instagram|Instagram Live]] that issues with the [[Phonograph record|vinyl]] production had delayed the album's release to 24 April.<ref name="NMEDelay"/> The band was unable meet the release date, and it was moved a second time to 22 May.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/new-1975-album-music-for-cars-release-date-tour-dates-2151640|title=The 1975's new album 'Notes On A Conditional Form': Release date, tour dates and everything we know so far|last=Connick|first=Tom|work=NME|date=30 March 2020|access-date=21 January 2021|archive-date=14 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114122843/https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/new-1975-album-music-for-cars-release-date-tour-dates-2151640|url-status=live}}</ref> A revised album cover was also revealed, with the artwork was only used for the digital version.<ref name="Cover"/> The new version features the album's name, the band's name and the phrase "Music For Cars" on the top, while the initials of ''Notes on a Conditional Form'' are featured in the upper-right corner.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.altpress.com/news/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-cover/|title=The 1975's ‘Notes On A Conditional Form' cover reveal has fans talking|last=Ross|first=Amanda|work=Alternative Press|date=30 March 2020|access-date=26 January 2021}}</ref> Regarding the multiple delays, Healy said they were caused by giving interviewers arbitrary release dates.<ref name="Gordon">{{cite web|url=https://theface.com/music/the-1975-takeover-matty-healy-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form?token=724|title=The 1975: dreaming in quarantine|last=Gordon|first=Jeremy|work=[[The Face (magazine)|The Face]]|date=5 May 2020|access-date=28 September 2020|archive-date=12 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210112125742/https://theface.com/music/the-1975-takeover-matty-healy-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form?token=724|url-status=live}}</ref> Ultimately, ''Notes on a Conditional Form'' was released on 22 May 2020.<ref name="Collar">{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/notes-on-a-conditional-form-mw0003328609|title=Notes on a Conditional Form - The 1975|last=Collar|first=Matt|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=31 July 2020|archive-date=2 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210102162919/https://www.allmusic.com/album/notes-on-a-conditional-form-mw0003328609|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Recording and production==
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The recording of ''Notes on a Conditional Form'' took place over 19 months in 15 different studios, spanning four countries.<ref name="Guardian Interview">{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/16/the-1975-matty-healy-im-not-an-avocado-not-everyone-thinks-im-amazing|title=The 1975's Matty Healy: 'I'm not an avocado – not everyone thinks I'm amazing'|last=Lynskey|first=Dorian|work=The Guardian|date=16 May 2020|access-date=26 January 2021}}</ref> The 1975 began writing the album during the same period as ''A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships'' and continued throughout 2019 during their [[Music for Cars Tour]].<ref name="Gonzales"/><ref name="SacherAlbum">{{cite web|url=https://www.brooklynvegan.com/the-1975s-notes-on-a-conditional-form-is-a-fascinating-adventurous-end-of-an-era-review/|title=The 1975's 'Notes On A Conditional Form' is a fascinating, adventurous end of an era – review|last=Sacher|first=Andrew|work=[[BrooklynVegan]]|date=22 May 2020|access-date=21 January 2021|archive-date=15 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115021733/https://www.brooklynvegan.com/the-1975s-notes-on-a-conditional-form-is-a-fascinating-adventurous-end-of-an-era-review/|url-status=live}}</ref> Their tour bus was retrofitted as a mobile studio to aid in recording the album while the band toured. Most of the [[Electronic music|electronic]] production elements were made on the bus, while the guitars and vocals were done between tour dates. In an interview with Gregory Adams of [[Guitar World|''Guitar World'']], the band's guitarist Adam Hann explained the challenges of simultaneously recording and touring: "It's proven to be quite difficult to write, record and finish an album while continuously touring and marketing [''A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships''] [...] We underestimated how difficult it would be to just drop in and out of studios to get it finished."<ref name="GuitarWorld">{{cite web|url=https://www.guitarworld.com/features/the-1975s-adam-hann-talks-embracing-heavy-riffs-recording-on-the-road-and-why-he-loves-john-petruccis-signature-model|title=The 1975's Adam Hann talks embracing heavy riffs, recording on the road and why he loves John Petrucci's signature model|last=Adams|first=Gregory|work=[[Guitar World]]|date=9 July 2020|access-date=26 January 2021}}</ref> The 1975 spent four months recording the album in [[Los Angeles]], working at [[EastWest Studios|EastWest]] and [[Conway Recording Studios]], among others.<ref name="Snapes">{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/jul/20/matt-healy-of-the-1975-im-not-scared-of-myself-any-more|title=Matt Healy of the 1975: 'I'm not scared of myself any more'|last=Snapes|first=Laura|work=The Guardian|date=20 July 2018|access-date=26 January 2021}}</ref><ref name="Notes">{{cite AV media notes|others=The 1975|title=[[Notes on a Conditional Form]]|year=2020|type= inlay cover|publisher=[[Dirty Hit]] and [[Polydor Records]]}}</ref> For the last stages of the album, the band took up residence together at the Angelic Residential Recording Studio, a recording complex located in [[Northamptonshire]], where they completed "super-extended" sessions.<ref name="Gordon"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/wjwbam/matty-healy-1975-interview-noisey-cover-autumn-2019|title=Matty Healy Isn't Shutting Up, Ever|last=O'Neill|first=Lauren|work=[[Vice (magazine)|Vice]]|date=24 October 2019|access-date=11 February 2021}}</ref> Regarding this portion of the album's creation, Healy said: "[''Notes on a Conditional Form'' is] the first record I suppose that's just us in a room."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shortlist.com/news/exclusive-the-1975s-matty-healy-dishes-on-new-album-notes-on-a-conditional-form-401922|title=The 1975's Matty Healy dishes on new album Notes On A Conditional Form|last=De Wolfe|first=Danielle|work=[[ShortList]]|date=28 February 2020|access-date=26 January 2021}}</ref> The final recording sessions took place in the basement of their record label's office in [[Sydney]], Australia, while the band toured [[Australasia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/the-1975/16675|title=Interview: The 1975 - 'Let's make things about purpose...'|last=Graves|first=Shahlin|work=Coup de Main|date=20 May 2020|access-date=26 January 2021}}</ref> Ultimately, the 1975 submitted the album two weeks before the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] forced most of the world into [[COVID-19 lockdowns|lockdowns]].<ref name="Hyman">{{cite web|url=https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/matty-healy-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form.html|title=Matty Healy, Reformed Asshole (Sort Of)|last=Hyman|first=Dan|work=[[New York (magazine)|Vulture]]|date=12 May 2020|access-date=26 January 2021}}</ref>
''Notes on a Conditional Form'' was initially conceived as an [[Ambient music|ambient]], electronic-influenced companion to its predecessor.<ref name="GuitarWorld"/> Rather than create a separate, entirely instrumental electronic album, the 1975 grew comfortable with their "far-reaching" identity and decided to incorporate the same ideas into ''Notes on a Conditional Form''.<ref name="BBInterview">{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/9377746/the-1975-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form|title=Liner 'Notes': The 1975's Matty Healy Talks Releasing an Opus Under Quarantine|last=Unterberger|first=Andrew|work=Billboard|date=14 May 2020|access-date=27 January 2021}}</ref> Healy guided the album's creative direction, working closely with the band's primary producer and drummer, George Daniel. The pair worked together on all aspects of songwriting, with Larry Fitzmaurice of [[The Fader|''The Fader'']] describing them as a "two-headed creative braintrust".<ref name="FaderCover"/> The singer refers to their working relationship as a [[Symbiosis|symbiotic]] creative partnership. He credits this to their decades of friendship, saying their shared cultural experiences often transfers into the band's work. This relationship resulted in what the singer calls a "shared musical vocabulary" that allows them to "have an inherent way of communicating".<ref name="IDInterview">{{cite web|url=https://i-d.vice.com/en_uk/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form|title=The 1975's Matty Healy: 'This is gonna be one of my last interviews'|last=Greenwood|first=Douglas|work=[[I-D]]|date=18 May 2020|access-date=18 January 2021|archive-date=13 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210113013114/https://i-d.vice.com/en_uk/article/k7qqde/the-1975-matty-healy-exclusive-interview-notes-on-a-conditional-form|url-status=live}}</ref> During the album's recording, Healy focused on multiple larger, more loosely-defined ideas at once, while Daniel had a detail-oriented approach and expanded their work. According to the singer, Daniel told him: "Matty, you have the ability to express yourself through your words, through lyrics and interviews, but I don't have that, so it's important for me to express myself sonically."<ref name="Dombal">{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/features/moodboard/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview/|title=The 1975's Matty Healy on 9 Things That Inspired New Album Notes on a Conditional Form|last=Dombal|first=Ryan|work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|date=21 May 2020|access-date=18 January 2021|archive-date=12 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210112213417/https://pitchfork.com/features/moodboard/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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Most of the songs on ''Notes on a Conditional Form'' began as snippets and rough ideas created by Healy or Daniel.<ref name="Bloom">{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/the-1975-break-down-the-birthday-party-on-song-exploder-listen/|title=The 1975 Break Down 'The Birthday Party' on Song Exploder: Listen|last=Bloom|first=Madison|work=Pitchfork|date=12 August 2020|access-date=9 January 2021|archive-date=11 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111151621/https://pitchfork.com/news/the-1975-break-down-the-birthday-party-on-song-exploder-listen/|url-status=live}}</ref> The former would utilize a guitar or piano to develop an idea, while the latter would program a snippet on his computer. Daniel, the superior producer of the pair, typically created instrumentals and brought them to Healy, who was able to add the lyrics. To gain inspiration, the two would often spend time listening to music together. After discovering a song they enjoyed, the pair would analyze it to find their favourite elements. They would then attempt to recreate the "vibe" of those elements rather than the specific sound. Regarding this process, Healy told Fitzmaurice: "A lot of the time, I'll say to [Daniel], 'You know that song we heard the other day? Imagine [[Neil Young]] doing that — do that.{{' "}}<ref name="FaderCover"/> In an interview with Ryan Dombal of [[Pitchfork (website)|''Pitchfork'']], Healy highlighted "Having No Head" as an example of this. It began while he and Daniel were listening to [[virtuoso]] pianist [[Frédéric Chopin]]. Chopin's music sparked a conversation about their love for pianos in [[Ambient music|ambient]] music, and the pair discussed their desire to create a song that evolved from that idea. That conversation eventually led to the creation of "Having No Head".<ref name="Dombal"/>
Other songs on ''Notes on a Conditional Form'' were created as patchworks, with Healy saying: "The 20th century was about the creation of things, and the 21st century is about repurposing."<ref name="Dombal"/> "[[If You're Too Shy (Let Me Know)]]" was created by repurposing several different songs. The 1975 combined an ambient song, a [[Sampling (music)|sample]] of operatic vocals, and the chorus from an unfinished demo that Healy struggled to write. They combined these parts with two additional songs, re-working it in the style of [[Tears for Fears]] to create the final version.<ref name="Dombal"/><ref name="Kennedy">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLSZDEJY2CI&ab_channel=RadioX|title=The 1975 breakdown Notes On A Conditional Form track by track|last=[[Radio X (United Kingdom)|Radio X]]|publisher=[[YouTube]]|date=30 May 2020|access-date=18 January 2021|archive-date=21 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121185820/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLSZDEJY2CI&ab_channel=RadioX|url-status=live}}</ref> Many originated from the band's affection for sampling; Daniel and Healy would often search for free [[a cappella]] vocals on [[YouTube]], going down a self-described "rabbit hole".<ref name="Wetmore1">{{cite web|url=https://www.papermag.com/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview-2646017442.html?rebelltitem=40#rebelltitem40|title='Notes on a Conditional Form' Track-by-Track|last=Wetmore|first=Brendan|work=[[Paper (magazine)|Paper]]|date=22 May 2020|access-date=15 January 2021}}</ref> During the recording of the album, Daniel found an a cappella sample of "[[Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)]]" (1971) by [[the Temptations]]. He brought it to Healy, and the pair decided to distort it by increasing the pitch.<ref name="Dombal"/> Daniel then combined it with a piano piece he created, which "existed as something that [the 1975] loved and [they] weren't really too sure what to do" with. They found the new song evocative of an unfinished collaboration with [[No Rome]], which also sampled [[Hiroshi Sato (musician)|Hiroshi Satoh]]. Merging all of these, the band created "Tonight (I Wish I Was Your Boy)".<ref name="Wetmore1"/>
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''Notes on a Conditional Form'' is markedly more collaborative compared to the 1975's previous albums.<ref name="dorkreview">{{cite web|url=https://www.readdork.com/reviews/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form|title=The 1975 - Notes On A Conditional Form|last1=Shutler|first1=Ali|last2=Ackroyd|first2=Stephen|work=[[Dork (magazine)|Dork]]|date=19 May 2020|access-date=16 January 2021}}</ref> Healy said the band's reluctance to feature external vocalists in the past was a form of self-protection. He disliked the commercial nature of modern features, feeling that they only served to cross-pollinate [[Streaming media|streams]] among popular artists and lacked authenticity. Regarding the collaborations on ''Notes on a Conditional Form'', the singer said: "I think there's an authenticity to the collaboration[s] on this record because it came from nothing but friendship and excitement of music."<ref name="Wetmore1"/> Swedish teenage activist [[Greta Thunberg]] provides the sole vocals on "The 1975", delivering a speech on [[climate change]]. Her inclusion stemmed from the 1975 wanting: "[Her voice] to be documented in a formal place in pop culture."<ref name="Agnew">{{cite web|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-the-1975s-matty-healy-on-drug-addiction-greta-thunberg-and-isolation-2mcdp5l62|title=Interview: The 1975's Matty Healy on drug addiction, Greta Thunberg and isolation|last=Agnew|first=Megan|work=[[The Times]]|date=10 May 2020|access-date=26 January 2021}}</ref> Similarly, the vocals on "Shiny Collarbone" are performed solely by [[Cutty Ranks]]. Healy was unsatisfied with his vocals on the song, so Daniel found a set of Ranks samples and manipulated them to work with a [[UK garage]] sound. Ranks offered to provide the vocals after the band reached out to clear the sample, so Daniel sent him the lyrics, and the singer re-recorded them.<ref name="Wetmore1"/><ref name="Apple">{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/notes-on-a-conditional-form/1473599936|title=Notes On a Conditional Form by The 1975|publisher=[[Apple Music]]|access-date=12 January 2021|archive-date=1 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210101063324/https://music.apple.com/us/album/notes-on-a-conditional-form/1473599936|url-status=live}}</ref> [[FKA Twigs]] provides the introductory vocals on "If You're Too Shy (Let Me Know)" and additional vocals on "What Should I Say", and Healy duets with his father, [[Tim Healy]], on "Don't Worry".<ref name="Notes"/><ref name="IDInterview"/> Additional contributions were announced with [[Beabadoobee]], No Rome and [[the Japanese House]] before the album's release but did not make the final tracklist.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.complex.com/pigeons-and-planes/2019/12/dirty-hit-the-1975-matty-healy-interview|title=Artistic Integrity, Creative Freedom, and the Rise of Dirty Hit|last=Kim|first=Michelle|work=[[Complex Networks|Complex]]|date=13 December 2019|access-date=25 January 2021}}</ref>
[[Phoebe Bridgers]] represents the most prominent collaborator on ''Notes on a Conditional Form'', contributing to four songs.<ref name="Gordon"/> Healy called her debut studio album, [[Stranger in the Alps|''Stranger in the Alps'']] (2017): "One of [his] favourite female vocals that [he had] heard in so long."<ref name="Wetmore1"/> He exchanged [[internet memes]] and "mutually appreciative" Instagram messages with Bridgers, a longtime fan of the band, and they began talking about each other's music.<ref name="Gordon"/> Daniel, a friend of Bridgers, invited the singer and her drummer, Marshall Vore, to hang out with the band during their recording sessions in Los Angeles.<ref name="IDInterview"/> By the time the 1975 began the recording process, she had become "inherently" part of the album, with Healy saying she added a "[[Country music|country]]-[[emo]] [[Americana (music)|Americana]]" element.<ref name="Gordon"/> Discussing their collaboration in greater detail, Healy said that working with other artists usually gives him anxiety. This feeling did not manifest itself with Bridgers, which the singer said was akin to playing an instrument.<ref name="Apple"/> The first song they worked on was "Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America", first teased in 2017, and Bridgers recorded an entire solo version.<ref name="NewTrack"/><ref name="Wetmore1"/> Impressed with her performance, Healy sought to increase her presence on the album, saying: "Fucking hell, if it sounds that good, every harmony that I don't like, I'm gonna get [Bridgers] to do it."<ref name="Gordon"/> She later travelled to England to record harmonies for "Then Because She Goes", "Roadkill" and "Playing on My Mind", telling Salvatore Maicki of ''The Fader'': "I love their turnaround time, it's fucking great. That's, like, true [[punk rock]]."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thefader.com/2019/10/30/phoebe-bridgers-1975-collaboration-new-album-2020|title=Phoebe Bridgers might be singing harmonies on The 1975's new album|last=Maicki|first=Salvatore|work=The Fader|date=30 October 2019|access-date=27 September 2020|archive-date=5 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805052914/https://www.thefader.com/2019/10/30/phoebe-bridgers-1975-collaboration-new-album-2020|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Music and structure==
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The 1975 designed ''Notes on a Conditional Form'' as a "left-field" [[Experimental music|experimental]] album that draws influence from the British club scene, [[Burial (musician)|Burial]] and [[the Streets]].<ref name="Radio">{{cite web|url=https://www.radio.com/blogs/tiana-timmerberg/matty-healy-details-experimental-nature-upcoming-notes-conditional-form|title=Matty Healy Details 'Experimental' Nature of Upcoming 'Notes On A Conditional Form'|last=Timmerberg|first=Tiana|publisher=[[Radio.com]]|date=18 December 2018|access-date=27 January 2021}}</ref><ref name="Earls">{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/1975-say-next-album-notes-conditional-form-sounds-like-streets-burial-2430754|title=The 1975 reveal surprise new influences for next album 'Notes On A Conditional Form'|last=Earls|first=John|work=NME|date=14 January 2019|access-date=26 January 2021}}</ref> Healy classifies the album as "British night-time" music meant to represent "the consumption of dance music in the UK, smoking weed in cars and night time."<ref name="Carr">{{cite web|url=http://pilerats.com/written/get-to-know/the-1975-matt-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form-feature-interview-2/|title=Striving for boldness (and avoiding boredom) with The 1975|last=Carr|first=Debbie|work=Pilerats|date=May 2020|access-date=26 January 2021}}</ref> He credits this to recording much of ''Notes on a Conditional Form'' in London as opposed to Los Angeles, while also mining the music of the band's youth, saying: "Growing up in [[Cheshire]], South Manchester, at that time after 7 o'clock every night every radio station is just [[Dance music|dance]] music."<ref name="Wetmore1"/><ref name="Earls"/> Speaking on the extensive incorporation of house music and UK garage into the album's sound, Daniel commented that it felt natural, saying that the band has been making house music since they were 15 years old. Owing to the sonic variety and experimental concept of the album, the band decided to include it, with Healy saying: "We were just really into the culture of house music."<ref name="Wetmore1"/> The singer created most of the songs as ambient pieces, which he called the genre the "engine" of ''Notes on a Conditional Form'', and then added [[Rhythm|rhythms]]. Healy cited listening to ambient musician [[Brian Eno]] as the most formative experience of his musical career. He wanted to mirror the same feeling on the album, saying: "It just commands you how to feel [...] it just tells you, in its own abstract way. You feel it, and it moves you."<ref name="RollingInterview">{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-matty-healy-george-daniel-interview-noacf-1002602/|title=The 1975 Would Like to Invent the Future|last=Spanos|first=Brittany|work=Rolling Stone|date=22 May 2020|access-date=27 January 2021}}</ref>
According to Healy, ''Notes on a Conditional Form'' was created as a reaction to the success of ''A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships'', having made to feel intimidated and "quite small". Consequently, they looked to their teenage selves for inspiration and "really look[ed] at what [their] DNA is musically", thus creating an album with a "no-fucks-given" perspective that purposely subverts the finality of its predecessor.<ref name="Wetmore1"/><ref name="RollingInterview"/> The result is a sonically experimental album that explores an expansive array of genres, incorporating sounds, styles and textures extrapolated from a diverse set of scenes and eras.<ref name="Dombal"/><ref name="Sodomsky">{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form/|title=The 1975: Notes on a Conditional Form|last=Sodomsky|first=Sam|work=Pitchfork|date=22 May 2020|access-date=13 September 2020|archive-date=2 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210102162932/https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Wood">{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-05-21/the-1975-matty-healy-notes-on-a-conditional-form|title=The 1975's Matty Healy has an adorable new puppy and a bonkers new album|last=Wood|first=Mikael|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=21 May 2020|access-date=27 January 2021}}</ref> Brenton Blanchet of ''[[Clash (magazine)|Clash]]'' said ''Notes on a Conditional Form'' serves to "cement [the 1975] as genre shapeshifters", building upon the experimentation of their third studio album.<ref name="Blanchet">{{cite web|url=https://www.clashmusic.com/reviews/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form|title=The 1975 - Notes On A Conditional Form|last=Blanchet|first=Brenton|work=[[Clash (magazine)|Clash]]|date=17 May 2020|access-date=15 January 2021}}</ref> Matt Collar of [[Allmusic]] shared this sentiment and commented that it continues the "self-aware, implicitly obvious" experimentation of its predecessor.<ref name="Collar"/> Similarly, Douglas Greenwood from ''[[i-D]]'' said: "To call it an experiment would be untrue; an experiment exists to prove a hypothesis. The 1975, in their eyes, don't have anything to prove".<ref name="IDInterview"/> Lindsay Zoladz of ''[[The New York Times]]'' viewed ''Notes on a Conditional Form'' as disregarding traditional album structures, classifying it as a "curated collection of peaks and valleys".<ref name="Zoladz">{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/21/arts/music/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-review.html|title=The 1975: Self-Aware, Self-Indulgent and, Yes, Sincere|last=Zoladz|first=Lindsay|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=21 May 2020|access-date=14 January 2021}}</ref> This opinion was further bolstered by Mitch Mosk of ''[[Atwood Magazine]]'', who said the album traverses "lush valleys" of ambience and "stirring peaks" of intimacy, ultimately deeming it genreless.<ref name="mosk1">{{cite web|url=https://atwoodmagazine.com/noacf-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-album-review/|title=The 1975's Epic 'Notes on a Conditional Form' Is an Odyssey of Sound & Substance|last=Mosk|first=Mitch|work=[[Atwood Magazine]]|date=22 May 2020|access-date=15 January 2021}}</ref> His colleague Ben Niesen echoed these statements, deeming it "less of a record and more of a portfolio".<ref name="Roundtable">{{cite web|url=https://atwoodmagazine.com/no75-the-1975-notes-roundtable-album-review/|title=Roundtable: A Review of The 1975's 'Notes on a Conditional Form'|last1=Lane|first1=Lexi|last2=Mosk|first2=Mitch|last3=Dunn|first3=Matthew|last4=McHale|first4=Maggie|last5=Garcia|first5=Erica|last6=Niesen|first6=Ben|last7=Schaarschmidt|first7=Nina|work=Atwood Magazine|date=1 June 2020|access-date=5 January 2021}}</ref>
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Jeremy Gordon of ''[[The Face (magazine)|The Face]]'' called ''Notes on a Conditional Form'' a "genre-[[Agnosticism|agnostic]]" playlist, noting ambient numbers and "neon-bright" [[synth-pop]] are combined with "emotive [[techno]] bleeding into [[Jangle|jangly]] [[Indie pop|indie-pop]] bleeding into [[Folk music|folk]] and beyond."<ref name="Gordon"/> Echoing his statement, Arielle Gordon of [[Uproxx]] said the album offers a curated "curated cabinet of wonders" that blends [[art rock]], [[nu metal]], folk, [[Jungle music|jungle]] and [[Britpop]],<ref name="Uproxx">{{cite web|url=https://uproxx.com/critic-polls/the-2020-uproxx-music-critics-poll/|title=The 2020 UPROXX Music Critics Poll|work=Uproxx|date=15 December 2020|access-date=15 December 2020}}</ref> while Brittany Spanos of ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' noted the presence of [[emocore]] in addition to house, UK garage and ambient music.<ref name="RollingInterview"/> Shahin Rafikian of ''Barricade Magazine'' deemed it a multi-genre collection of [[Lo-fi music|lo-fi]] [[House music|house]], folk, [[Rock music|rock]] and ambient music.<ref name="Rafikian">{{cite web|url=https://barricademagazine.com/rail/strongreview-the-1975-emnotes-on-a-conditional-formemstrongemnbspem|title=Review: The 1975, Notes On A Conditional Form|last=Rafikian|first=Shahin|work=Barricade Magazine|date=27 May 2020|access-date=16 January 2021}}</ref> Ali Shutler and Stephen Ackroyd of ''[[Dork (magazine)|Dork]]'' observed two distinct stylistic threads throughout ''Notes on a Conditional Form''. The first is an [[Acoustic music|acoustic]]-driven driven blend of [[alternative rock]], folk and country music, while the second is British "nighttime".<ref name="dorkreview"/> Similarly, Andrew Sacher of ''[[BrooklynVegan]]'' noted a combination of electronic music and guitar-oriented subgenres, which Clair Biddles from ''[[The Line of Best Fit]]'' identifies as [[indie rock]].<ref name="SacherAlbum"/><ref name="Biddles">{{cite web|url=https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/reviews/albums/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-album-review|title=The 1975 fall prey to their own self-indulgent trap|last=Biddles|first=Claire|work=[[The Line of Best Fit]]|date=17 May 2020|access-date=15 January 2021}}</ref> Kitty Empire of ''[[The Guardian]]'' felt the album was rooted in [[2-step garage|two-step]] and UK garage,<ref name="Empire">{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/23/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-review-greta-thunberg-mc-cutty-ranks-fka-twigs|title=The 1975: Notes on a Conditional Form review – an uncertain record for uncertain times|last=Empire|first=Kitty|work=The Guardian|date=23 May 2020|access-date=16 January 2021}}</ref> while Larry Fitzmaurice of ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' said it was connected by [[Electropop|electronic pop]] and dance music.<ref name="Fitzmaurice">{{cite web|url=https://ew.com/music/music-reviews/1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-review/|title=The 1975 run wild on the maximalist Notes on a Conditional Form|last=Fitzmaurice|first=Larry|work=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=21 May 2020|access-date=15 January 2021}}</ref> In contrast, Brendan Wetmore of ''[[Paper (magazine)|Paper]]'' argued that ''Notes on a Conditional Form'' wasn't a dance record "in any traditional or modern sense", noting it was characterized by its use of house music.<ref name="Wetmore1"/> Unlike the 1975's previous releases, the album is heavily informed by modern country music. It exudes a strong influence on the album's chord shapes and Healy's vocal performance. Additionally, the band uses the genre to critique the [[Culture of the United States|American culture]] that country music is rooted within.<ref name="RollingInterview"/> The singer was inspired by the thematic similarities between the genre and [[pop-punk]] music. Healy told Lisa Wright of [[DIY (magazine)|''DIY'']] that both focused on living and dying in one's hometown.<ref name="Wright">{{cite web|url=https://diymag.com/2019/11/01/turn-on-tune-in-drop-out-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview-matty-healy-november-2019|title=Turn On. Tune In. Drop Out: The 1975|last=Wright|first=Lisa|work=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]]|date=1 November 2019|access-date=31 December 2020|archive-date=2 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210102162807/https://diymag.com/2019/11/01/turn-on-tune-in-drop-out-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-interview-matty-healy-november-2019|url-status=live}}</ref> While country music portrays this as desirable, pop-punk expresses this as a negative sentiment. Healy told Spanos that it was rare for him to hear country music growing up, shaping his view of it as "kind of exotic and pioneering."<ref name="RollingInterview"/>
''Notes on a Conditional Form'' has a free-flowing [[Maximalism|maximalist]] structure composed of traditional songs, instrumental tracks and interludes, while [[Orchestra|orchestral]] pieces and ambient electronic explorations provide the the album's "connective tissue".<ref name="BBInterview"/><ref name="Fitzmaurice"/><ref name="Bosher">{{cite web|url=https://exepose.com/2020/06/02/album-review-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form/|title=Album Review: The 1975 - Notes on a Conditional Form|last=Bosher|first=Tom|work=[[Exeposé]]|date=2 June 2020|access-date=16 January 2021}}</ref> It features loose, winding [[stream of consciousness]] [[Song structure|song structures]] that alternate between moments of disorder and "rigid flow"; serving as a contrast to its "tighter, more calculated" predecessor.<ref name="Rafikian"/><ref name="dorkreview"/><ref name="Small">{{cite web|url=https://consequenceofsound.net/2020/05/album-review-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form/|title=The 1975's Notes on a Conditional Form Marks a Definitive Moment in Time: Review|last=Small|first=Samantha|work=[[Consequence of Sound]]|date=22 May 2020|access-date=31 December 2020|archive-date=16 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201216204312/https://consequenceofsound.net/2020/05/album-review-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form/|url-status=live}}</ref> Some songs, such as "[[People (The 1975 song)|People]]", utilize traditional [[Pop music|pop]] structures, while on others such as "Yeah I Know", Healy deliberately restricts the amount of space for lyrics, using only four [[Syllable|syllables]].<ref name="GuitarWorld"/><ref name="Homewood">{{cite web|url=https://www.musicweek.com/talent/read/matthew-healy-on-how-the-1975-wrote-notes-on-a-conditional-form/079615|title=Matthew Healy on how The 1975 wrote Notes On A Conditional Form|last=Homewood|first=Ben|work=[[Music Week]]|date=4 April 2020|access-date=28 December 2020|archive-date=23 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201223091753/https://www.musicweek.com/talent/read/matthew-healy-on-how-the-1975-wrote-notes-on-a-conditional-form/079615|url-status=live}}</ref> The songs espouse [[neo-noir]] ambience, characterized by [[Downtempo|downcast]], anxious [[String section|string arrangements]], sonic rhymes, sudden contrasts, electronic pulses, pensive acoustic guitars, and [[Melancholia|melancholic]] orchestral flourishes.<ref name="Zoladz"/> Reflecting the band's house music influences, Daniel "[buries] and [blares] house's most beloved tropes" such as pitch-shifting nodes, shuffling UK garage beats, pounding drums, splintering strains of [[UK bass]], electronic [[Drum beat|drum patterns]], and distorted sampling techniques.<ref name="Wetmore1"/><ref name="gormely">{{cite web|url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/the_1975_notes_on_a_conditional_form_album_review|title=The 1975's 'Notes on a Conditional Form' Is Less Navel Gazey Than It Has Any Right to Be|last=Gormely|first=Ian|work=[[Exclaim!]]|date=22 May 2020|access-date=14 January 2021}}</ref><ref name="Sodomsky"/> Biddles opined that the extensive use of "technically impressive and expressive" electronic tracks and instrumentals could be credited to Daniel, who she viewed as a more prominent contributor on ''Notes on a Conditional Form''.<ref name="Biddles"/> Lauren Mullineaux of ''[[Beats Per Minute (website)|Beats Per Minute]]'' shared this sentiment, crediting Daniel for creating sonic cohesion across the album's musical juxtaposition, with "Having No Head" representing his self-introduction.<ref name="Mullineaux">{{cite web|url=https://beatsperminute.com/album-review-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form/|title=Album Review: The 1975 – Notes On A Conditional Form|last=Mullineaux|first=Lauren|work=[[Beats Per Minute (website)|Beats Per Minute]]|date=27 May 2020|access-date=17 January 2021}}</ref>
==Themes and lyrics==
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Unlike its predecessor, which served as a cautious political commentary and cultural critique, ''Notes on a Conditional Form'' is centred around the intricacies of human existence. It narrates the emotions of love and loss and highlights the highs and lows of the human experience, with Samantha Small of [[Consequence of Sound|''Consequence of Sound'']] calling it "the most painstakingly human album in their repertoire".<ref name="Small"/><ref name="Blum">{{cite web|url=https://www.chicagomaroon.com/article/2020/6/2/1975s-notes-conditional-form-remarkably-timely-new/|title=The 1975's 'Notes on a Conditional Form': A Remarkably Timely New Album|last=Blum|first=Emilie|work=[[The Chicago Maroon]]|date=2 June 2020|access-date=17 January 2021}}</ref> The album uses straightforward storytelling and self-reflection to express the band's personal philosophies, ruminating on self-discovery and the meaning of life. ''Notes on a Conditional Form'' focuses on modern life challenges, specifically technology, depression, intimacy, life, and death.<ref name="Rafikian"/> Healy writes about establishing and navigating personal connections in the online world, the nuances of "messy" relationships, facing challenges without resorting to substance abuse, self-medication, and confronting feelings of apathy and powerlessness.<ref name="DeVille">{{cite web|url=https://www.stereogum.com/2083454/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-review/reviews/premature-evaluation/|title=Premature Evaluation: The 1975 ''Notes On A Conditional Form''|last=DeVille|first=Chris|work=Stereogum|date=19 May 2020|access-date=9 January 2021}}</ref> Healy uses the album's lyrics to project topics that are "fatalistic, romantic, and tissue-thin in their sensitivity".<ref name="FaderCover"/> While incorporating certain themes found on previous albums, ''Notes on a Conditional Form'' deconstructs and recontextualizes them for a more refined approach that speaks fundamentally to universal truths of love, fear and death.<ref name="Wynne"/>
According to Healy, ''Notes on a Conditional Form'' represents his search for the definitive answers to life, saying it is about inherent and universal feelings but ultimately is "really just about [himself]"; his fears, desires and loves.<ref name="Carr"/><ref name="VarietyInterview">{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2020/music/news/the-1975-christopher-cross-greta-thunberg-matty-healy-interview-1234614113/|title=How Yacht Rocker Christopher Cross Almost Sank The 1975's New Album|last=Turman|first=Katherine|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=22 May 2020|access-date=30 January 2021}}</ref> The singer struggled to find inspiration, believing himself not exciting enough to write about.<ref name="Gordon"/> Unlike on the 1975's previous albums, he used retrospection to look back on his life and career, drawing inspiration from that.<ref name="Guardian Interview"/> Regarding the decision to avoid this in the past, Healy said he "[puts] everything" into the band's music and had no interest in "going to look backward and go over the same things".<ref name="Wynne"/> The singer commented that his 20s represented a chaotic period; his busy career left him unable to live a domestic life and acquire important life experiences, resulting in stunted emotional growth. This lack of emotional maturity caused damage to his relationships, specifically the break-up with his long-term girlfriend, Gabriella Brooks. Now in his 30s, Healy sought to reflect on his life and the choices he has made.<ref name="Guardian Interview"/> He wanted to create a "snapshot in time" similar to [[Bruce Springsteen]]'s [[Nebraska (album)|''Nebraska'']] (1982), focusing on themes of domesticity and mental health.<ref name="Radio"/> Striving to deconstruct his ego and capture the shared experiences of human existence,<ref name="BBInterview"/> Healy wanted to reveal all parts of his personality, making sure he included the "shitty bits". The singer did this to remove the myth surrounding himself, saying that relatability comes from the "day-to-day weird wanks with this whole idea that we reach, and we aspire."<ref name="Carr"/>
[[File:Joan Didion at the Brooklyn Book Festival.jpg|thumb|left|[[Joan Didion]], specifically her essay collection ''[[Slouching Towards Bethlehem]]'' (1968) and documentary ''[[Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold|The Center Will Not Hold]]'' (2017), served as a major thematic influence on the album.|200x200px]]
''Notes on a Conditional Form'' was deliberately written to oppose the explicit messages present on ''A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships''. The latter was meant to inform the listener how to think, with Healy comparing it to an essay that presents an opinionated idea to generate discussion and debate. The former is designed to force the listener to find their own interpretation of its meaning, with the singer purposely choosing a title that was "unable to express anything". Regarding the reasoning behind this, he said it was to challenge both himself and the listener, a premise that excited him.<ref name="VarietyInterview"/> Elaborating further, Healy told Dombal: "People often think I'm expressing my opinion on things with my lyrics, but I'm really just asking questions and pointing toward things."<ref name="Dombal"/> However, he noted that both ''Notes on a Conditional Form'' and ''A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships'' are driven by the same question: "Can the centre hold?"<ref name="Dombal"/> The question stems from the [[Joan Didion]] documentary [[Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold|''The Center Will Not Hold'']] (2017), which Healy watched while in rehab. The singer commented that Didion's work, particularly her essay collection [[Slouching Towards Bethlehem|''Slouching Towards Bethlehem'']] (1968), significantly impacted the album. He admired her deconstruction of counterculture movements from an outside perspective, viewing these moments as distorted rather than a glamorous utopia.<ref name="Dombal"/> Applied to the overall theme of the album, Healy said: "Can the centre hold with all of this shit? Politically, economically, climate-wise – it feels like we're getting under a lot of pressure."<ref name="Gordon"/>
''Notes on a Conditional Form'' begins with an outwardly-looking worldview, calling for society to deal with climate change through rebellion. This theme is carried onto the second track, "People", which suggests these efforts may be futile and too late.<ref name="Sodomsky"/> However, Ian Gormely of ''[[Exclaim!]]'' views this as a "bait and switch", with the album switching to a "deep dive" into Healy's psyche. The remainder of the album is explicated by introspection, Healy's feelings of isolation, uncertainty, and anxiety. Gormely attributes this thematic pivot to a split with his girlfriend of four years: "an event that would send anyone, let alone a famously self-aware rock star, into a tailspin."<ref name="gormely"/> This introspection presents itself in "Playing on My Mind" as Healy asks introspective lines such as "Will I live and die in a band?", while also evaluating his present and ruminating on the future ("Will I get divorced when I'm old?").<ref name="Wynne"/> Sam Sodomsky of [[Pitchfork (website)|''Pitchfork'']] remarked that this impact created a sense of solitude on the album, thematically connecting the songs. Specifically, he noted a change in Healy's depiction of romance, commenting that the singer adds a "familiar, unglamorous intimacy to his portraits of relationships" and appeared "more interested in observing from the sidelines" rather than as an active protagonist.<ref name="Sodomsky"/> As the album progresses, it focuses on the fundamental encounters of human life, with Healy saying: "I'm just a different person. I've been through it [...] My second record was all about my ego and negotiating it—what I was scared of. All of those kinds of things. I'm at a different place now."<ref name="Wynne"/>
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|source = — Healy, on the theme of the shared human experience.<ref name="NMEInterview">{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/the-1975-cover-interview-2020-notes-on-a-conditional-form-i-hope-my-honesty-not-seen-as-self-indulgent-2673818|title=The 1975: 'I just hope that my honesty is not seen as self-indulgent'|last=Stubbs|first=Dan|work=NME|date=22 May 2020|access-date=27 January 2021}}</ref>
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Lyrically, it deals with drug addiction, touring, atheism, love, politics and the fallibility of the 1975's own writing.<ref name="Mullineaux"/> The lyrics express generational resonation, exploring themes of youth and romance while presenting "half existential questions that mock themselves with self-aware humour."<ref name="Bosher"/><ref name="blum2">{{cite web|url=https://www.popmatters.com/1975-notes-conditional-form-review-2646052665.html?rebelltitem=1#rebelltitem1|title=The 1975's 'Notes on a Conditional Form' Is Laudably Thought-Provoking and Thrilling|last=Blum|first=Jordan|work=[[PopMatters]]|date=22 May 2020|access-date=17 January 2021}}</ref> Dan Stubbs of ''NME'' observed the pervading theme of the album was Healy's role as a "kind of ''Man Who Fell To Earth'' figure, askew from the world he finds himself in, sometimes amused, sometimes bemused."<ref name="Stubbs">{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-review-2656276|title=The 1975 – 'Notes On A Conditional Form' review|last=Stubbs|first=Dan|work=NME|date=1 May 2020|access-date=28 September 2020}}</ref> Zoladz observed that the album was markedly more introverted, a shift from outward extroversion seen on the band's previous albums. She found the album explores how the threat of global catastrophes impacted young people's psyche, resulting in generational anxiety.<ref name="Zoladz"/> The theme of anxiety represents a reoccurring topic throughout the album, dealing with apprehensiveness towards life, love, marriage, starting a family and ageing.<ref name="NMEInterview"/> Paul Schrodt of [[Slant Magazine|''Slant Magazine'']] said Healy was unable to hide behind his "ironic postmodernist guise", focusing instead on deconstructing his mythology and letting "his ambition and sincerity openly roam, sitting uncomfortably alongside more familiar sides of his personality."<ref name="gormely"/><ref name="Schrodt">{{cite web|url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review-the-1975-sprawling-notes-on-a-conditional-form-is-a-sincere-ode-to-rock/|title=Review: The 1975's Sprawling Notes on a Conditional Form Is a Sincere Ode to Rock|last=Schrodt|first=Paul|work=[[Slant Magazine]]|date=23 May 2020|access-date=5 January 2021}}</ref> Conrad Duncan of [[Under the Radar (magazine)|''Under the Radar'']] commented that the album was a reflective and "oddly sober" re-evaluation of Healy's persona, attempting to find what comes after commercial success and critical acclaim when "old flaws and insecurities resurface".<ref name="Duncan">{{cite web|url=http://www.undertheradarmag.com/reviews/the_1975_notes_on_a_conditional_form/|title=
The 1975 — Notes on a Conditional Form|last=Duncan|first=Conrad|work=[[Under the Radar (magazine)|Under the Radar]]|date=21 May 2020|access-date=5 January 2021}}</ref>
==Songs==
===Tracks 1–6===
"The 1975", an ambient [[Spoken word|spoken-word]] [[protest song]], opens ''Notes on a Conditional Form''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/protest-songs-blowin-wind/|title=Greta Thunberg helps bring back the protest song it all its terrifying glory|work=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]|last=Kerridge|first=Jake|date=28 July 2019|access-date=28 July 2019}}</ref><ref name="1975Thunberg">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-49098434|title=The 1975: Greta Thunberg writes climate essay for new album|publisher=[[BBC]]|date=25 July 2019|access-date=28 July 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-share-emotive-new-video-for-song-collaboration-with-greta-thunberg-2677467|title=Watch The 1975's emotive new video for Greta Thunberg collaboration|last=Aubrey|first=Elizabeth|work=NME|date=28 May 2020|access-date=28 January 2021}}</ref> It represents the first version to feature complete lyrics, as the 1975's previous three albums each opened with a self-titled instrumental with identical lyrics: "Go down / Soft sound / Midnight / Car lights."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stereogum.com/2052472/the-1975-the-1975-intro-notes-on-a-conditional-form/music/|title=The 1975 – "The 1975"|work=Stereogum|last=Helman|first=Peter|date=24 July 2019|access-date=29 July 2019}}</ref> Thunberg delivers a monologue based on the January 2019 speech "Our House Is on Fire", which she gave at the [[World Economic Forum]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/the-1975-share-new-song-with-climate-activist-greta-thurnberg-listen/|title=The 1975 Share New Song With Climate Activist Greta Thunberg: Listen|work=Pitchfork|last=Strauss|first=Matthew|date=24 July 2019|access-date=28 July 2019}}</ref> She calls for reducing [[greenhouse gas]] emissions, telling listeners: "We are right now at the beginning of a climate and ecological crisis. And we need to call it what it is: an emergency."<ref name="1975Thunberg"/> As the song concludes, Thunberg calls for [[civil disobedience]], saying: "it is time to rebel."<ref name="1975Thunberg"/> "The 1975" immediately transitions into "People", an [[Industrial music|industrial]]-influenced protest song that promotes change and rebellion as Healy encourages listeners to "[[Woke|wake up]]".<ref name="Collar"/><ref name="Lorusso">{{cite web |last=Lorusso |first=Marissa |title=The 1975's 'People' Thrashes With Millennial Anxiety |url=https://www.npr.org/2019/08/22/753143575/the-1975s-people-thrashes-with-millennial-anxiety |publisher=[[NPR]] |accessdate=22 August 2019 |date=22 August 2019 |archive-date=22 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190822221550/https://www.npr.org/2019/08/22/753143575/the-1975s-people-thrashes-with-millennial-anxiety|url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="PeopleDIY">{{cite web|url=https://diymag.com/2019/08/22/the-1975-people-track-review|title=The 1975 - People|last=Jamieson|first=Sarah|work=DIY|date=22 August 2020|access-date=20 January 2021|archive-date=3 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200403205217/https://diymag.com/2019/08/22/the-1975-people-track-review|url-status=live}}</ref> The song originated after the 1975 performed in [[Alabama]], where the singer gave an impromptu speech on the state's controversial [[Abortion in Alabama|abortion ban]], calling it [[Misogyny|misogynistic]] and hypocritical. The band was advised to quickly leave the state after being notified of an increased threat level, owing to Alabama's [[Open carry in the United States|open carry]] law. Upon arriving in [[Texas]], Healy was infuriated by the incident and wrote "People"–an [[anarcho-punk]] and [[screamo]] song–on the tour bus.<ref name="NMEInterview"/><ref name="Stubbs"/><ref name="Twang">{{cite web |last=Hunt |first=El |title=The 1975's 'The Birthday Party' is foot-scuffin' country twang for the internet age |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/the-1975-the-birthday-party-track-review-2611801 |website=NME |accessdate=19 February 2020 |date=19 February 2020 |archive-date=19 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200219234156/https://www.nme.com/reviews/the-1975-the-birthday-party-track-review-2611801 |url-status=live }}</ref> He wrote the lyrics to express the [[Millennials|millennial]] generation's emotions living through global, political and environmental upheaval, including desperation, urgency and anxiety.<ref name="Lorusso"/>
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"The End (Music for Cars)" is an ambient orchestral instrumental, composed of [[Violin|violins]], [[Viola|violas]], [[Cello|cellos]], a [[harp]], [[double bass]]', [[French horn|French horns]], [[Trumpet|trumpets]], [[Types of trombone|tenor trombones]], a [[tuba]], [[Flute|flutes]], [[Oboe|oboes]], a [[piccolo]], a [[clarinet]] and a [[bassoon]].<ref name="Notes"/><ref name="Harvilla">{{cite web|url=https://www.theringer.com/music/2020/5/22/21267356/1975-new-album-review-notes-on-a-conditional-form|title=The 1975 Are Doing Too Much—but Also All the Right Things|last=Harvilla|first=Rob|work=[[The Ringer (website)|The Ringer]]|date=22 May 2020|access-date=14 September 2020|archive-date=2 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210102162942/https://www.theringer.com/music/2020/5/22/21267356/1975-new-album-review-notes-on-a-conditional-form|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Watson">{{cite web|url=https://diymag.com/2020/05/18/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-album-review|title=The 1975 – Notes on a Conditional Form|last=Watson|first=Elly|work=DIY|date=22 May 2020|access-date=28 January 2021}}</ref> It is a reworking of "HNSCC", an ambient song about one of Healy's family members' death, originally included on ''Music for Cars''.<ref name="Apple"/> The 1975 wrote "[[Frail State of Mind]]" after feeling overwhelmed by the success of ''A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships''. Channelling their teenage selves, Daniel and Healy shut themselves out from the outside world and wrote the song to represent a collective global [[Panic attack|anxiety attack]].<ref name="aubrey">{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-1975-open-up-about-latest-single-upcoming-new-album-revealing-new-interview-2560718|title=Watch The 1975's Matty Healy open up about their latest single and upcoming new album in revealing new interview|last=Aubrey|first=Elizabeth|work=NME|date=24 October 2019|access-date=14 September 2020|archive-date=2 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210102162804/https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-1975-open-up-about-latest-single-upcoming-new-album-revealing-new-interview-2560718|url-status=live}}</ref> Their work resulted in an experimental UK garage and [[electronica]] [[ballad]] that ruminates on the feelings of [[Depression (mood)|depression]],<ref name="Collar"/><ref name="billboard">{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/8540384/the-1975-frail-state-of-mind|title=The 1975 Expose Their 'Frail State of Mind' in Antsy New Single|last=Mamo|first=Heran|work=Billboard|date=24 October 2019|access-date=12 September 2020|archive-date=2 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210102162916/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/8540384/the-1975-frail-state-of-mind|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Stereogum">{{cite web|url=https://www.stereogum.com/2062164/the-1975-frail-state-of-mind/music/|title=The 1975 - "Frail State Of Mind"|last=Deville|first=Chris|work=Stereogum|date=24 October 2019|access-date=12 September 2020|archive-date=2 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210102162805/https://www.stereogum.com/2062164/the-1975-frail-state-of-mind/music/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Kazue">{{cite web|url=https://theponder.co/the-1975-frail-state-of-mind/|title=The 1975 - Frail State of Mind|last=Kazue|first=Benjo|work=The Ponder|date=29 October 2019|access-date=13 September 2020|archive-date=2 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210102162928/https://theponder.co/the-1975-frail-state-of-mind/|url-status=live}}</ref> fear, apprehensiveness, disappointment, insecurity and [[anti-social behaviour]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/1975-frail-state-of-mind-new-song-902514/|title=The 1975 Explore Their 'Frail State of Mind' on New Song|last=Spanos|first=Brittany|work=Rolling Stone|date=24 October 2019|access-date=12 September 2020|archive-date=2 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210102162806/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/1975-frail-state-of-mind-new-song-902514/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="talon">{{cite web|url=http://www.talon.news/arts-life/the-1975-frail-state-of-mind/|title=Music Review: The 1975-Frail State of Mind|last=Gorman|first=Reese|work=[[Oklahoma Christian University|Talon]]|date=25 October 2019|access-date=13 September 2020|archive-date=2 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210102162925/http://www.talon.news/arts-life/the-1975-frail-state-of-mind/|url-status=live}}</ref> It has an unconventional ambient-influenced song structure that omits a formal chorus, combining a [[dubstep]] beat with elements of [[trip hop]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://consequenceofsound.net/2019/10/the-1975-enter-a-frail-state-of-mind-on-new-song-stream/|title=The 1975 enter a "Frail State of Mind" on new song: Stream|last=Corcoran|first=Nina|work=[[Consequence of Sound]]|date=24 October 2019|access-date=12 September 2020|archive-date=25 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191025134228/https://consequenceofsound.net/2019/10/the-1975-enter-a-frail-state-of-mind-on-new-song-stream/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Grime (music genre)|grime]], [[drum and bass]], [[Dubstep|post-dubstep]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/1975-frail-state-mind-track-review-2560647|title=The 1975's disorientating 'Frail State Of Mind' sounds like pranging out on the nightbus home|last=Daly|first=Rhian|work=NME|date=24 October 2019|access-date=12 September 2020|archive-date=2 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210102162805/https://www.nme.com/reviews/1975-frail-state-mind-track-review-2560647|url-status=live}}</ref> [[tech house]],<ref name="Kazue"/> [[dance-pop]],<ref name="Manno2">{{cite web|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/the-1975/notes-on-a-conditional-form-review/|title=The 1975 Are Far Too Ambitious on Notes on A Conditional Form|last=Manno|first=Lizzie|work=Paste|date=20 May 2020|access-date=31 December 2020|archive-date=2 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210102162805/https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/the-1975/notes-on-a-conditional-form-review/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[electropop]] and [[folktronica]].<ref name="Harvilla"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-1975s-notes-on-a-conditional-form-review-unconditionally-impressive-11590614348|title=The 1975's 'Notes on a Conditional Form' Review: Unconditionally Impressive|last=Richardson|first=Mark|work=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|date=27 May 2020|access-date=13 September 2020|archive-date=2 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210102162805/https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-1975s-notes-on-a-conditional-form-review-unconditionally-impressive-11590614348|url-status=live}}</ref>
"Streaming" follows "Frail State of Mind" and is the second instrumental on ''Notes on a Conditional Form''.<ref name="dorkreview"/> The song began as a loose, [[Synthesizer|synth]]-heavy ambient piece,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/TwitterMusic/status/1263896107156934667|title='Streaming' was kind of incidental. It started as a loose, synth ambient piece of music. – Matty|publisher=[[Twitter]]|date=22 May 2020|access-date=20 January 2021}}</ref> with Healy describing it as a tribute to UK garage music, [[Midwestern United States|Midwestern American]] emo and the ambient musicians of the 1975's formative years–[[Cult of Luna]], [[Godspeed You! Black Emperor]] and [[Sigur Rós]]. The band was particularly inspired by the later's ethereal compositions, noting they "[strive] to sound like a river or a landscape". They sought to emulate this on the song, crafting it to invoke the listener's relationship with nature, texture and temperature. It originally had a much longer length, but the band chose to trim it and allow room for more "actual" songs.<ref name="Apple"/> "Streaming" transitions directly into "[[The Birthday Party (song)|The Birthday Party]]", an acoustic-driven folk and country ballad.<ref name="Twang"/><ref name="Zoladz"/><ref name="Sacher">{{cite web|url=https://www.brooklynvegan.com/the-1975-share-new-americana-tinged-song-the-birthday-party/|title=The 1975 share new Americana-tinged song 'The Birthday Party'|last=Sacher|first=Andrew|work=BrooklynVegan|date=19 February 2020|access-date=8 January 2021|archive-date=10 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200910205055/https://www.brooklynvegan.com/the-1975-share-new-americana-tinged-song-the-birthday-party/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Kaye">{{cite web|url=https://consequenceofsound.net/2020/04/the-1975-phoebe-bridgers-jesus-christ-2005-god-bless-america-stream/|title=The 1975 joined by Phoebe Bridgers on new song "Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America": Stream|last=Kaye|first=Ben|work=[[Consequence of Sound]]|date=3 April 2020|access-date=28 September 2020|archive-date=30 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200930091417/https://consequenceofsound.net/2020/04/the-1975-phoebe-bridgers-jesus-christ-2005-god-bless-america-stream/|url-status=live}}</ref> It was the first song written specifically for ''Notes on a Conditional Form'', originating from a [[jam session]] during their time in Los Angeles.<ref name="VarietyInterview"/> Written during a turbulent period of the singer's life, he sought to "try and make art out of the boring, sad parts of [his] life, because it's better than them being boring and sad."<ref name="Bloom">{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/the-1975-break-down-the-birthday-party-on-song-exploder-listen/|title=The 1975 Break Down 'The Birthday Party' on Song Exploder: Listen|last=Bloom|first=Madison|work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|date=12 August 2020|access-date=9 January 2021|archive-date=11 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111151621/https://pitchfork.com/news/the-1975-break-down-the-birthday-party-on-song-exploder-listen/|url-status=live}}</ref> It has an unconventional [[Impressionism in music|impressionist]] song structure,<ref name="DeVille"/> with Healy delivering the lyrics in a conversational, spoken word stream of consciousness that details an internal [[monologue]], characteristically found in country music.<ref name="Twang"/><ref name="LeasBP">{{cite web|url=https://www.stereogum.com/2073946/the-1975-the-birthday-party-notes-on-a-conditional-form/music/|title=The 1975 – 'The Birthday Party'|last=Leas|first=Ryan|work=Stereogum|date=19 February 2020|access-date=6 January 2021|archive-date=5 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201205062328/https://www.stereogum.com/2073946/the-1975-the-birthday-party-notes-on-a-conditional-form/music/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/06/01/the-1975-has-more-to-say|title=The 1975 Has More to Say|last=Battan|first=Carrie|work=[[The New Yorker]]|date=25 May 2020|access-date=8 January 2021|archive-date=10 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201110003252/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/06/01/the-1975-has-more-to-say|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Blackburn">{{cite web|url=https://themusic.com.au/reviews/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-emily-blackburn/7nLq4OPi5eQ/22-05-20/|title=The 1975 / Notes On A Conditional Form|last=Blackburn|first=Emily|work=[[The Music (magazine)|The Music]]|date=21 May 2020|access-date=6 January 2021}}</ref> The song is told through the perspective of Healy at a house party, recounting a series of awkward and uninteresting encounters he has with its various guests.<ref name="Boddez">{{cite web|url=https://vancouverweekly.com/polarizing-and-provocative-the-1975-return-with-notes-on-a-conditional-form/|title=Polarizing and provocative: The 1975 return with 'Notes On A Conditional Form'|last=Boddez|first=Ben|work=Vancouver Weekly|date=29 May 2020|access-date=5 January 2021|archive-date=8 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210108113831/https://vancouverweekly.com/polarizing-and-provocative-the-1975-return-with-notes-on-a-conditional-form/|url-status=live}}</ref> Thematically, it deals with society's relationship with intoxication, the challenges of [[sobriety]] and issue avoidance.<ref name="Twang"/><ref name="LeasBP"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://floodmagazine.com/78101/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form/|title=The 1975, 'Notes on a Conditional Form'|last=Swhear|first=Alex|work=Flood Magazine|date=21 May 2020|access-date=6 January 2021|archive-date=25 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925183021/https://floodmagazine.com/78101/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form/|url-status=live}}</ref> "The Birthday Party" was intended to be released as the [[lead single]], but was later replaced by "People".<ref name="Apple"/>
===Tracks 7–12===
The seventh track on ''Notes on a Conditional Form'', "Yeah I Know", is variously described as an instrumental or interlude.<ref name="Schrodt"/><ref name="Insider"/> The song was inspired by Radiohead, [[Thom Yorke]], [[Hyperdub]] and the ultra-[[Minimal music|minimal]] [[rave]] music Healy listened to in his youth. He wanted it to have a stark simplicity, so the 1975 utilised a single [[Modular synthesizer|modular synthesiser]], a [[drum kit]], one beat, and only four lines.<ref name="Apple"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/TwitterMusic/status/1263897764188106765|title=Yeah I Know is one modular synth sound, one beat and three or four lyrics. Stark simplicity, with purpose. – Matty|publisher=Twitter|date=22 May 2020|access-date=20 January 2021}}</ref> Their work resulted in an experimental electronic,<ref name="Stubbs"/><ref name="Schrodt"/> UK garage and ambient song that contains influences of [[Glitch (music)|glitch]],<ref name="Golacs">{{cite web|url=https://soundazed.com/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-album-review/|title=The 1975 – Notes On A Conditional Form – Album Review|last=Golacs|first=Nori|work=Soundazed|date=3 July 2020|access-date=15 January 2021}}</ref> [[Intelligent dance music|IDM]] and [[garage rock]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.popmatters.com/best-albums-of-2020-2649094823.html?rebelltitem=37#rebelltitem37|title=The 60 Best Albums of 2020|work=PopMatters|date=7 December 2020|access-date=28 January 2021}}</ref><ref name="Nolan">{{cite web|url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/album-review-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-22816963|title=Album Review: The 1975 – Notes On A Conditional Form|last=Nolan|first=Paul|work=[[Hot Press]]|date=28 May 2020|access-date=4 February 2021}}</ref><ref name="HortonAlbum">{{cite web|url=https://www.musicomh.com/reviews/albums/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form|title=The 1975 – Notes On A Conditional Form|last=Horton|first=Ross|work=[[musicOMH]]|date=22 May 2020|access-date=18 January 2021|archive-date=8 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210108012920/https://www.musicomh.com/reviews/albums/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form|url-status=live}}</ref> Sacher compared it to [[Sbtrkt|SBTRKT]], early [[James Blake (musician)|James Blake]] and Burial's [[Untrue (album)|''Untrue'']] (2007).<ref name="SacherAlbum"/> The production is composed of glitching, chirping layered vocals and a "crispy" drum loop.<ref name="dorkreview"/><ref name="Blanchet"/> Healy's vocals in the verses are heavily processed and sung in a monotonous tone, while the chorus is produced in a minimalist style with repetitive, high-pitched vocals.<ref name="Boddez"/> The lyrics of "Yeah I Know" evoke feelings of chaos, spiralling uncertainty, wandering thoughts and an inability to focus as Healy sings: "Time feels like it's changed, I don't feel the same anymore."<ref name="dorkreview"/> The following song, "Then Because She Goes", features background vocals from Bridgers.<ref name="Notes"/> Healy described it like a [[Polaroid Corporation|Polaroid]] "gasping for air", wanting the track to sound as if it were drowning. The band drew inspiration from mid-1990s [[shoegaze]] and artists such as [[Pavement (band)|Pavement]], [[Liz Phair]], [[Life Without Buildings]] and [[My Bloody Valentine (band)|My Bloody Valentine]], seeking to make a "little moment" of fleeting beauty.<ref name="Apple"/> Combining these influences, they created an experimental shoegaze,<ref name="Boddez"/><ref name="RockCellar">{{cite web|url=https://www.rockcellarmagazine.com/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-samples-christopher-cross-temptations-listen/|title=The 1975 Sampling Christopher Cross and The Temptations on 'Notes on a Conditional Form' Shows the Band's Appreciation of What Came Before|work=RockCellar Magazine|date=26 May 2020|access-date=30 January 2021}}</ref> alternative rock and [[dream pop]] song.<ref name="mosk1"/><ref name="Klinge">{{cite web|url=https://fusion.inquirer.com/entertainment/new-album-from-the-1975-steve-earle-david-bromerg-review-20200528.html|title=New album from the 1975 takes a wild, trend-hopping ride through pop-stardom|last=Klinge|first=Steve|work=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]|date=28 May 2020|access-date=2 February 2021}}</ref> Described as "purposefully unfinished" by Courteney Larocca of [[Insider Inc.|''Insider'']], it has an unconventional song structure that intentionally omits a proper introduction and bridge.<ref name="Apple"/><ref name="Insider">{{cite web|url=https://www.insider.com/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-review-tracklist-breakdown-2020-5|title=The 1975's 'Notes on a Conditional Form' has absolutely no skips — but that doesn't mean it's perfect|last1=Ahlgrim|first1=Callie|last2=Larocca|first2=Courteney|work=[[Insider Inc.|Insider]]|date=22 May 2020|access-date=5 January 2021|archive-date=2 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210102162811/https://www.insider.com/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-review-tracklist-breakdown-2020-5|url-status=live}}</ref> It contains warm instrumentation with upbeat rhythms,<ref name="dorkreview"/><ref name="Edwards">{{cite web|url=https://riotmag.co/album-review-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form|title=Album Review: The 1975 // Notes On A Conditional Form|last=Edwards|first=Caroline|work=Riot Magazine|date=23 May 2020|access-date=2 February 2021}}</ref> incorporating elements of [[post-grunge]],<ref name="HortonAlbum"/> [[soft rock]],<ref name="Blanchet"/> Britpop,<ref name="Small"/> indie rock and [[pop rock]].<ref name="blum2"/><ref name="Pappis">{{cite web|url=https://ourculturemag.com/2020/05/28/album-review-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form/|title=Album Review: The 1975, 'Notes on a Conditional Form'|last=Pappis|first=Konstantinos|work=[[Our Culture Mag]]|date=28 May 2020|access-date=9 January 2021|archive-date=11 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111125204/https://ourculturemag.com/2020/05/28/album-review-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form/|url-status=live}}</ref> The song has a sombre tone, dealing with the threat of loss while focusing on the everyday drama within a relationship.<ref name="dorkreview"/><ref name="Edwards"/>
Healy rewrote "Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America", the album's ninth song, several times. Originally the song focused on a single subject but was reworked to address the [[prison–industrial complex]] and critique the effects of [[Religious persecution|religious oppression]] on young people, "regardless of sexuality".<ref name="Homewood"/> After meeting Bridgers, Healy asked her to record a solo version. The band used her vocals on the second verse, making the song into a duet.<ref name="Wetmore1"/>
A minimalist folk and acoustic ballad,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://soundigest.com/2020/04/07/the-1975-and-phoebe-bridgers-jesus-christ-2005-god-bless-america/|title="Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America" from The 1975|last=Gross|first=Kiku|work=Soundigest|date=7 April 2020|access-date=28 September 2020|archive-date=28 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028003453/https://soundigest.com/2020/04/07/the-1975-and-phoebe-bridgers-jesus-christ-2005-god-bless-america/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gigwise.com/news/3375886/new-the-1975-song--jesus-christ-2005-god-bless-america-features-phoebe-bridgers|title=New The 1975 song 'Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America' features Phoebe Bridgers|last=Atkinson|first=Jessie|work=[[Gigwise]]|date=3 April 2020|access-date=27 December 2020|archive-date=23 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123191738/https://www.gigwise.com/news/3375886/new-the-1975-song--jesus-christ-2005-god-bless-america-features-phoebe-bridgers|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="BBJesus">{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/9350464/the-1975-jesus-christ-2005-god-bless-america|title=The 1975 Look Inward on Meditative 'Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America' With Phoebe Bridgers|last=Kaufman|first=Gil|work=Billboard|date=3 April 2020|access-date=28 September 2020|archive-date=4 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200404021846/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/9350464/the-1975-jesus-christ-2005-god-bless-america|url-status=live}}</ref> the song incorporates lo-fi, emo, and [[alternative country]] elements.<ref name="EastoeAlbum">{{cite web|url=https://www.gigwise.com/reviews/3380472/album-review-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form|title=Album Review: The 1975 – Notes On A Conditional Form|last=Eastoe|first=Dillon|work=Gigwise|date=18 May 2020|access-date=28 September 2020|archive-date=13 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200813112730/https://www.gigwise.com/reviews/3380472/album-review-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="SacherAlbum"/> It features a soft, sparse, stripped-down production containing gentle, windy atmospherics and electronic [[Texture (music)|textures]] composed primarily of vocals and acoustic guitars.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/3162116/the-1975-phoebe-bridgers-jesus-christ-2005-god-bless-america/|title=The 1975 Sing About Love Types On 'Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America'|last=Alston|first=Trey|publisher=[[MTV News]]|date=3 April 2020|access-date=27 December 2020|archive-date=11 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111193742/http://www.mtv.com/news/3162116/the-1975-phoebe-bridgers-jesus-christ-2005-god-bless-america/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="BBJesus"/><ref name="ShutlerJC">{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/jesus-christ-2005-god-bless-america-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-2639925|title=The 1975's Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America' – the NME track review|last=Shutler|first=Ali|work=NME|date=2 April 2020|access-date=27 December 2020|archive-date=14 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114194937/https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/jesus-christ-2005-god-bless-america-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-2639925|url-status=live}}</ref> The song deals with themes of heartbreak, faith, sexuality, love, vulnerability, defeat and fragility. Healy and Bridgers sing from the perspective of two [[closeted]] religious individuals struggling with an internal conflict between religion, [[sexual orientation]], and personal identity.<ref name="ShutlerJC"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.spin.com/2020/04/the-1975-share-jesus-christ-2005-god-bless-america-featuring-phoebe-bridgers/|title=The 1975 Share 'Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America' Featuring Phoebe Bridgers|last=Kohn|first=Daniel|work=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]|date=3 April 2020|access-date=27 December 2020|archive-date=21 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201221001643/https://www.spin.com/2020/04/the-1975-share-jesus-christ-2005-god-bless-america-featuring-phoebe-bridgers/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://genius.com/a/the-1975-s-jesus-christ-2005-god-bless-america-addresses-the-inner-conflict-between-sexual-identity-faith|title=The 1975's "Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America" Addresses The Inner Conflict Between Sexual Identity & Faith|last=Loo|first=Kevin|publisher=[[Genius (website)|Genius]]|date=3 April 2020|access-date=28 December 2020|archive-date=18 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200618115715/https://genius.com/a/the-1975-s-jesus-christ-2005-god-bless-america-addresses-the-inner-conflict-between-sexual-identity-faith|url-status=live}}</ref> Lyrically, the song revolves around [[Christianity and homosexuality|Christianity's suppression of queer identities]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://barricademagazine.com/rail/the-1975-grace-us-with-jesus-christ-2005-god-bless-america|title=The 1975 Grace Us With "Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America" — Barricade Magazine|last=Kolbe|first=Patricia|work=Barricade|date=6 April 2020|access-date=28 December 2020|archive-date=23 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123191738/https://barricademagazine.com/rail/the-1975-grace-us-with-jesus-christ-2005-god-bless-america|url-status=live}}</ref> Bridgers also appears on the following song, "Roadkill", providing the background vocals. An upbeat alternative rock and country song,<ref name="mosk1"/><ref name="Manno2"/> it draws influence from [[country rock]],<ref name="Smyth">{{cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-review-a4448091.html|title=The 1975 - Notes on a Conditional Form review: A confusing, exhausting mess|last=Smyth|first=David|work=[[Evening Standard]]|date=22 May 2020|access-date=3 February 2021}}</ref> Americana,<ref name="Blum"/> [[country pop]],<ref name="Edwards"/> [[indie pop]] and folk music.<ref name="Blanchet"/><ref name="RollingInterview"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-review-passionate-if-indulgent-work-pushes-boundaries-1.4250407|title=The 1975: Notes on a Conditional Form review – passionate if indulgent work pushes boundaries|last=Murphy|first=Lauren|work=[[The Irish Times]]|date=15 May 2020|access-date=9 January 2021|archive-date=2 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210102162926/https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-review-passionate-if-indulgent-work-pushes-boundaries-1.4250407|url-status=live}}</ref> Healy said the song described his experiences touring the United States, offering anecdotes about his time "searching for things" and eventually burning out. More specifically, it focuses on the [[Southern United States]], detailing the backwards [[Homophobia|homophobic]] attitudes he observes ("Well, I touch down run to my connection / A man in the gift shop called me a fag"), urinating on himself ("Well, I pissed myself on a Texan intersection") and the expectations placed upon him to speak out against all societal issues ("And I took shit for being quiet during the election / Maybe that's fair, but I'm a busy guy").<ref name="Notes"/><ref name="Boddez"/><ref name="Rivers">{{cite web|url=http://www.noripcord.com/reviews/music/1975/notes-conditional-form|title=The 1975: Notes On A Conditional Form|last=Rivers|first=Joe|work=No Ripcord|date=16 June 2020|access-date=5 January 2021|archive-date=26 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200926183022/http://www.noripcord.com/reviews/music/1975/notes-conditional-form|url-status=live}}</ref>
The album's 11th song, "[[Me & You Together Song]]", was originally conceived for the soundtrack of ''German'', a film Healy planned on making. He wrote the song with [[Amy Watson]] and Chelsea Pollard in mind, attempting to capture the idealism of a teenage romance.<ref name="Wright"/> It is a [[Melancholia|melancholic]] and sonically [[Nihilism|nihilistic]] [[love song]] that deals with unrequited affection, rejection and heartbreak.<ref name="Wetmore">{{cite web|url=https://www.papermag.com/the-1975-me-and-you-together-song-tour-2644829860.html?rebelltitem=7#rebelltitem7|title=The 1975 Release New Song and Tour Dates|last=Wetmore|first=Brendan|work=Paper|date=16 January 2020|access-date=31 December 2020|archive-date=13 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210113215751/https://www.papermag.com/the-1975-me-and-you-together-song-tour-2644829860.html?rebelltitem=7#rebelltitem7|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Holecek">{{cite web|url=https://soundigest.com/2020/01/21/the-1975-me-and-you-together-song/|title=The 1975 Daydream About Love in Their Latest, 'Me & You Together Song'|last=Holecek|first=Chelsea|work=Soundigest|date=21 January 2020|access-date=31 December 2020|archive-date=14 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114105906/https://soundigest.com/2020/01/21/the-1975-me-and-you-together-song/|url-status=live}}</ref> The song features a nostalgic and [[Retro style|retro]] soft rock production evocative of [[1990s in music|1990s rock]] music and composed in dream pop and [[pop rock]] styles.<ref name="Wetmore"/><ref name="Hosken">{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/3165495/the-1975-guys/|title=The 1975's 'Guys' Is A Tearjerker About Friendship|last=Hosken|first=Patrick|publisher=[[MTV News]]|date=13 May 2020|access-date=13 January 2021|archive-date=15 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115174425/http://www.mtv.com/news/3165495/the-1975-guys/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Manno2"/> Additionally, it incorporates elements of shoegaze,<ref name="Marotta">{{cite web|url=https://vanyaland.com/2020/01/16/the-1975-dazzle-with-the-kaleidoscopic-me-you-together-song/|title=The 1975 dazzle with the kaleidoscopic 'Me & You Together Song'|last=Marotta|first=Michael|work=Vanyaland|date=16 January 2020|access-date=31 December 2020|archive-date=14 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114195135/https://vanyaland.com/2020/01/16/the-1975-dazzle-with-the-kaleidoscopic-me-you-together-song/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Zaleski">{{cite web|url=https://music.avclub.com/the-1975-gets-restless-on-the-sprawling-unfocused-note-1843592861|title=The 1975 gets restless on the sprawling, unfocused Notes On A Conditional Form|last=Zaleski|first=Annie|work=[[The A.V. Club]]|date=22 May 2020|access-date=31 December 2020|archive-date=14 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114014447/https://music.avclub.com/the-1975-gets-restless-on-the-sprawling-unfocused-note-1843592861|url-status=live}}</ref> [[post-Britpop]],<ref name="Leas1">{{cite web|url=https://www.stereogum.com/2069956/the-1975-me-and-you-together-song-notes-on-a-conditional-form/music/|title=The 1975 – 'Me & You Together Song'|last=Leas|first=Ryan|work=Stereogum|date=16 January 2020|access-date=31 December 2020|archive-date=14 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114183408/https://www.stereogum.com/2069956/the-1975-me-and-you-together-song-notes-on-a-conditional-form/music/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Small"/><ref name="Sodomsky">{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form/|title=The 1975 – Notes on a Conditional Form|last=Sodomsky|first=Sam|work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|date=22 May 2020|access-date=31 December 2020|archive-date=2 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210102162932/https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form/|url-status=live}}</ref> indie pop,<ref name="Roundtable"/><ref name="Adams">{{cite web|url=https://exepose.com/2020/02/16/single-review-the-1975-me-you-together-song/|title=Single Review: The 1975 – Me & You Together Song|last=Adams|first=Bridie|work=[[Exeposé]]|date=16 February 2020|access-date=31 December 2020|archive-date=14 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114141104/https://exepose.com/2020/02/16/single-review-the-1975-me-you-together-song/|url-status=live}}</ref> indie rock,<ref name="Duncan">{{cite web|url=http://www.undertheradarmag.com/reviews/the_1975_notes_on_a_conditional_form/|title=The 1975 — Notes on a Conditional Form|last=Duncan|first=Conrad|work=[[Under the Radar (magazine)|Under the Radar]]|date=21 May 2020|access-date=5 January 2021|archive-date=12 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210112084233/http://undertheradarmag.com/reviews/the_1975_notes_on_a_conditional_form|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Biddles"/><ref name="Kaufman">{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8548238/the-1975-me-you-together-song-tour-dates|title=The 1975's 'Me & You Together Song' Is a Pure Bop About Endless Love: See Tour Dates|last=Kaufman|first=Gil|work=Billboard|date=16 January 2020|access-date=31 December 2020|archive-date=14 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114113314/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8548238/the-1975-me-you-together-song-tour-dates|url-status=live}}</ref> pop-punk and [[Sunshine pop|soft pop]].<ref name="Rivers"/><ref name="SacherAlbum"/><ref name="Sullivan">{{cite web|url=https://soundigest.com/2020/02/11/the-1975-me-you-together-song-nostalgic-music-video/|title=The 1975 Transport Us Into an Early 2000s Rom-Com With Their "Me & You Together Song" Video|last=Sullivan|first=Kelsey|work=Soundigest|date=11 February 2020|access-date=31 December 2020|archive-date=15 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115140255/https://soundigest.com/2020/02/11/the-1975-me-you-together-song-nostalgic-music-video/|url-status=live}}</ref> Lyrically, it describes falling in love with a friend who does not feel the same.<ref name="Tetenburg">{{cite web|url=https://www.euphoriazine.com/blog/2020/01/music/tracks-the-1975-me-you-together-song/|title=Review: The 1975 – Me & You Together Song|last=Tetenburg|first=Dana|work=Euphoria|date=20 January 2020|access-date=31 December 2020|archive-date=23 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123200943/https://www.euphoriazine.com/blog/2020/01/music/tracks-the-1975-me-you-together-song/|url-status=live}}</ref> "I Think There's Something You Should Know" is a house,<ref name="Watson"/><ref name="BBJapan">{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard-japan.com/d_news/detail/88355/2|title=仮定形に関する注釈 The 1975 (Album Review)|last=Honke|first=Issei|work=[[Billboard Japan]]|date=25 May 2020|access-date=10 February 2021|language=ja}}</ref> dubstep and [[future garage]] song.<ref name="SacherAlbum"/><ref name="Edwards"/> A majority of the song is an instrumental,<ref name="Williams">{{cite web|url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/19451|title=Contemplative, confessional and incohesive: Notes on a Conditional Form reviewed|last=Dearden-Williams|first=Elizabeth|work=[[Varsity (Cambridge)|Varsity]]|date=14 June 2020|access-date=3 February 2021}}</ref> with a piano-based production that combines dream-like electro beats, noisy drums, chanting and glitching vocal effects with elements of [[2-step garage]], ambient and glitch music.<ref name="Williams"/><ref name="Shaffer">{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/the-1975s-notes-on-a-conditional-form-1001396/|title=The 1975's ‘Notes on a Conditional Form' Is a Meandering Search for Meaning|last=Shaffer|first=Claire|work=Rolling Stone|date=21 May 2020|access-date=5 January 2021|archive-date=9 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109000708/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/the-1975s-notes-on-a-conditional-form-1001396/|url-status=live}}</ref> The song includes a single [[Breakdown (music)|breakdown]]–reminiscent of electropop music–one minute into its run, while the chorus uses a simple and repetitive structure.<ref name="Edwards"/> Healy discusses his mental state, with the singer expressing feelings of unrest ("I'm feeling like someone, like somebody else / I don't feel myself, it could be my health").<ref name="Notes"/><ref name="Boddez"/><ref name="Watson"/> He explicitly wrote the song about impostor syndrome, depression and isolation, noting people are generally unwilling to discuss these issues.<ref name="Apple"/> Healy also uses post-modernism in the song, purposely referencing the band's "Somebody Else" to tell a continuation of its story.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/TwitterMusic/status/1263902061416140802|title=Referencing old lyrics is very me, because it’s never a different story, it’s a continuation of the story. I think post-modernism drives a lot of my work. – Matty|publisher=Twitter|date=22 May 2020|access-date=20 January 2021}}</ref>
===Tracks 13–17===
The 13th song on ''Notes on a Conditional Form'', "Nothing Revealed / Everything Denied" is a [[neo soul]], [[Electronic music|electro]]-[[Gospel music|gospel]] and [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]] song.<ref name="Duncan"/><ref name="Harvilla"/><ref name="Hasted">{{cite web|url=https://theartsdesk.com/new-music/album-1975-notes-conditional-form|title=Album: The 1975 - Notes On A Conditional Form|last=Hasted|first=Nick|work=[[The Arts Desk]]|date=22 May 2020|access-date=3 February 2021}}</ref> The production comprises piano-driven instrumentation,<ref name="Small"/> gospel choirs, a soulful lo-fi [[Hip hop music|hip hop]] groove, vibrant bassline, [[blues]]-indebted piano riff, [[jazz]] chords and elements of [[Soul music|soul]], gospel and hip hop music.<ref name="Boddez"/><ref name="Empire"/><ref name="Edwards"/> Healy's vocals range from [[falsetto]] in the chorus' to deeply manipulated during the rap portion of the song, which Callie Ahlgrim of ''Insider'' compared to British grime musicians, specifically [[Stormzy]].<ref name="Edwards"/> It explores Healy's search for truth in an increasingly confusing world ("Life feels like a lie / I need something to be true / Is there anybody out there?"), while also confessing to embellishing moments in his previous songs.<ref name="Boddez"/> The song references their past work, specifically the lyrics "I never fucked in a car, I was lying / I do it on my bed, lying down, not trying", which disavows the first lines of "Love It If We Made It" and "[[Sex (The 1975 song)|Sex]]" (2013).<ref name="Harvilla"/><ref name="Insider"/> It is followed by "Tonight (I Wish I Was Your Boy)", an [[alternative R&B]] and neo soul song.<ref name="Duncan"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.complex.com/music/best-albums-of-2020-so-far/g-herbo-ptsd|title=The Best Albums of 2020 (So Far)|work=[[Complex Networks|Complex]]|date=16 June 2020|access-date=28 January 2021}}</ref> It begins with a pitched-up soul sample of "Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)", heavily modified through a [[vocoder]]. The song then drops into a [[reggae]]-inspired tempo, while the hazy production shifts to offbeat guitar upstrokes, a rumbling beat, a reggae rhythm, brass instrumentation, synths and influences of electropop, jazz, electronic and [[ska]].<ref name="Williams"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-radio-roundup-1-june-2020-the-1975-jayda-g-and-more-2679897|title=NME Radio Roundup 1 June 2020: The 1975, Jayda G and more|work=NME|date=1 June 2020|access-date=4 February 2021}}</ref> Lyrically, the song sees Healy coming to terms with the end of a relationship.<ref name="Edwards"/> "Shiny Collarbone" is an instrumental [[deep house]],<ref name="BBJapan"/> [[dancehall]] and house interlude performed by Ranks.<ref name="Boddez"/><ref name="SacherAlbum"/><ref name="Manno2"/> The song has a "sun-drenched" production that incorporates crunchy house beats with trip hop and electronica elements.<ref name="blum2"/><ref name="Biddles"/><ref name="Mylrea"/> It includes a reggae and hip hop-inspired [[tribal house]] [[Drop (music)|drop]] toward the end of the song, composed of drums and "weird" percussion–a choice inspired by [[Jamie xx]]'s music.<ref name="Wetmore1"/><ref name="Blackburn"/>
Healy did not want to release "If You're Too Shy (Let Me Know)" as a single before the album's release, telling Andrew Unterberger of [[Billboard (magazine)|''Billboard'']] that the 1975 "always write one of those songs like every f--king year -- like every album", comparing it to "The Sound" and "It's Not Living (If It's Not With You)".<ref name="BBInterview"/> However, after debuting the song live, videos of the performance went viral among their fanbase and quickly became a fan-favourite.<ref name="Ackroyd">{{cite web|url=https://www.readdork.com/bangers/the-1975-if-youre-too-shy-let-me-know|title=The 1975 - If You're Too Shy (Let Me Know)|last=Ackroyd|first=Stephen|work=Dork|date=23 April 2020|access-date=18 January 2021|archive-date=27 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027030451/https://www.readdork.com/bangers/the-1975-if-youre-too-shy-let-me-know|url-status=live}}</ref> It begins with a [[New-age music|new-age]] ambient instrumental featuring ethereal backing vocals by FKA Twigs,<ref name="Mosk1">{{cite web|url=https://atwoodmagazine.com/iyts-the-1975-if-youre-too-shy-let-me-know-song-review/|title=The 1975's 'If You're Too Shy (Let Me Know)' Is the Energy Shot We Need Right Now|last=Mosk|first=Mitch|work=Atwood Magazine|date=24 April 2020|access-date=18 January 2021|archive-date=28 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028102356/https://atwoodmagazine.com/iyts-the-1975-if-youre-too-shy-let-me-know-song-review/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Kolbe1">{{cite web|url=https://barricademagazine.com/rail/the-1975-gift-us-if-youre-too-shy-let-me-know|title=The 1975 Gift Us 'If You're Too Shy (Let Me Know)'|last=Kolbe|first=Patricia|work=Barricade Magazine|date=23 April 2020|access-date=18 January 2021|archive-date=21 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121185733/https://barricademagazine.com/rail/the-1975-gift-us-if-youre-too-shy-let-me-know|url-status=live}}</ref> who sings in a choral, wordless operatic style.<ref name="Spin2020">{{cite web|url=https://www.spin.com/featured/30-best-songs-2020/|title=The 30 Best Songs of 2020|date=11 December 2020|access-date=18 January 2021|archive-date=17 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201217174210/https://www.spin.com/featured/30-best-songs-2020/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="NYT2020">{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/07/arts/music/best-songs.html|title=Best Songs of 2020|last=Zoladz|first=Lindsay|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=7 December 2020|access-date=18 January 2021|archive-date=13 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210113195048/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/07/arts/music/best-songs.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Shutler1">{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/the-1975-if-youre-too-shy-let-me-know-review-notes-on-a-conditional-form-2652488|title=With The 1975's massive new single 'If You're Too Shy (Let Me Know)', Britain's best band keep getting better|last=Shutler|first=Ali|work=NME|date=23 April 2020|access-date=18 January 2021|archive-date=21 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121185811/https://www.nme.com/blogs/the-1975-if-youre-too-shy-let-me-know-review-notes-on-a-conditional-form-2652488|url-status=live}}</ref> A piercing guitar riff signals the beginning of the song,<ref name="Ackroyd"/> which transitions into a 1980s-influenced pop and synth-pop song.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-if-youre-too-shy-let-me-know-new-987808/|title=The 1975 Detail Online Romance on Sleek New Song 'If You're Too Shy (Let Me Know)'|last=Spanos|first=Brittany|work=Rolling Stone|date=23 April 2020|access-date=18 January 2021|archive-date=28 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028062717/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-if-youre-too-shy-let-me-know-new-987808/|url-status=live}}</ref> Its retro production incorporates elements of [[techno]]-[[funk]],<ref name="Miller">{{cite web|url=https://soundigest.com/2020/04/28/the-1975-if-youre-too-shy-single/|title=Stories of Lust Take Flight in 'If You're Too Shy' by The 1975|last=Miller|first=Bri|work=Soundigest|date=28 April 2020|access-date=18 January 2021|archive-date=23 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200923233933/https://soundigest.com/2020/04/28/the-1975-if-youre-too-shy-single/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[indie pop]],<ref name="Stubbs"/> [[power pop]],<ref name="O2">{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/photos/music-photos/the-1975-the-o2-london-photos-review-setlist-2613370|title=The 1975 live in London: their epic residency at The O2 – in dazzling photos|last=Trendell|first=Andrew|work=NME|date=24 February 2020|access-date=18 January 2021|archive-date=17 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201017214356/https://www.nme.com/photos/music-photos/the-1975-the-o2-london-photos-review-setlist-2613370|url-status=live}}</ref> [[pop rock]] and [[pop-punk]].<ref name="Blanchet"/><ref>{{cite web|title=The 1975 achieve a delicate balancing act on Notes on a Conditional Form|url=https://www.ft.com/content/d9157b14-9901-11ea-adb1-529f96d8a00b|last=Hunter-Tilney|first=Ludovic|date=22 May 2020|website=[[Financial Times]]|access-date=23 May 2020|archive-date=25 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200525025139/https://www.ft.com/content/d9157b14-9901-11ea-adb1-529f96d8a00b|url-status=live}}</ref> Lyrically, "If You're Too Shy (Let Me Know)" details Healy's online romance with a woman and documents a series of sexual encounters conducted over [[Videotelephony|video chat]].<ref name="NYT2020"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-if-youre-too-shy-let-me-know-990593/|title=Song You Need to Know: The 1975, 'If You're Too Shy (Let Me Know)'|last=Spanos|first=Brittany|work=Rolling Stone|date=28 April 2020|access-date=18 January 2021|archive-date=20 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020155438/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-1975-if-youre-too-shy-let-me-know-990593/|url-status=live}}</ref> It explores themes of technology,<ref name="Aniftos">{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/9364924/the-1975-if-youre-too-shy-let-me-know|title=The 1975 Deliver an Ode to Online Lust in 'If You're Too Shy (Let Me Know)'|last=Aniftos|first=Rania|work=Billboard|date=23 April 2020|access-date=18 January 2021|archive-date=27 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200427151501/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/9364924/the-1975-if-youre-too-shy-let-me-know|url-status=live}}</ref> [[cybersex]],<ref name="BB2020">{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/list/9494940/best-songs-2020-top-100/|title=The 100 Best Songs of 2020: Staff List|last=Lipshutz|first=Jason|work=Billboard|date=8 December 2020|access-date=18 January 2021|archive-date=9 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109113720/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/list/9494940/best-songs-2020-top-100|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Internet relationship|online relationships]],<ref name="Miller"/> dependency and despondency.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stereogum.com/2081871/the-1975-if-youre-too-shy-notes-on-a-conditional-form/music/|title=The 1975 – 'If You're Too Shy (Let Me Know)'|last=Leas|first=Ryan|work=Stereogum|date=23 April 2020|access-date=18 January 2021|archive-date=26 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126020436/https://www.stereogum.com/2081871/the-1975-if-youre-too-shy-notes-on-a-conditional-form/music/|url-status=live}}</ref> Featuring Bridgers' background vocals,<ref name="Notes"/> "Playing on My Mind" is an Americana-influenced indie pop and acoustic song.<ref name="Blum"/><ref name="Harvilla"/><ref name="Roundtable"/> It is built upon layered harmonies, tranquil guitars and soft lyrics, with Healy pondering existential questions,<ref name="Boddez"/> providing observations about his failing relationship and experiences maturing as a band.<ref name="Rafikian"/><ref name="Edwards"/><ref name="Goddard">{{cite web|url=https://www.platformmagazine.co.uk/music/review-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form/|title=Review: The 1975 – Notes On A Conditional Form|last=Goddard|first=Jessica|work=Platform Magazine|date=27 May 2020|access-date=4 February 2021}}</ref>
===Tracks 18–22===
"Having No Head", the 18th song on ''Notes on a Conditional Form'', is a propulsive IDM,<ref name="SacherAlbum"/><ref name="RockCellar"/> [[microhouse]] and UK garage instrumental.<ref name="Sodomsky"/><ref name="Mylrea">{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/the-1975-instrumentals-dance-2674300|title=Soundtrack your self-isolated bank holiday basher with these massive rave instrumentals from The 1975|last=Mylrea|first=Hannah|work=NME|date=22 May 2020|access-date=3 February 2021}}</ref> Described as a "slow-burner" by Hannah Mylrea of ''NME'', the song begins with a relaxed ambient soundscape, melodic [[Drone (music)|drones]] and [[Stoicism|stoic]] piano stabs.<ref name="Wetmore1"/><ref name="dorkreview"/><ref name="Mylrea"/> As it progresses, layers of heavy, distorted, sinister-sounding synths and [[Space age pop|space-age]] ambience become superimposed on the production.<ref name="Mullineaux"/> After a major key change in the second half, it transforms into a euphoric, synth-heavy club song with techno elements.<ref name="dorkreview"/><ref name="Insider"/><ref name="BBJapan"/> Healy noted that "Having No Head" was Daniel's opus on the album and was the song he spent the most time creating.<ref name="Apple"/><ref name="Kennedy"/> "What Should I Say", a deep house, dance-pop and house song,<ref name="SacherAlbum"/><ref name="Blum"/><ref name="BV2020">{{cite web|url=https://www.brooklynvegan.com/brooklynvegans-top-55-albums-of-2020/|title=BrooklynVegan's Top 55 Albums of 2020|work=BrooklynVegan|date=21 December 2020|access-date=9 February 2021}}</ref> is the oldest track on ''Notes on a Conditional Form''. Two years before the album's release, the beat was created and originally meant for ''A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships''. Healy periodically revisited the song and was encouraged by Daniel and others to complete it. Eventually, Daniel forced him to finish the song, a process which the singer said was extremely challenging. He was unsure how to utilize the vocal sample, debating its placement in either the intro, verse or chorus.<ref name="Apple"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/TwitterMusic/status/1263909643631448064|title=It was really hard to finish, really difficult to know what it was like. Every time we heard the female vocal, the synth chorus we thought "that’s really powerful, but what is it? Is it a chorus is it a verse? Is that an intro?" We just couldn’t figure it out. – Matty – Matty|publisher=Twitter|date=22 May 2020|access-date=20 January 2021}}</ref> It is built around airy and buoyant looped vocals by FKA Twigs, which Daniel converted into an instrument while modifying Healy's into a deep, warped and distorted tone.<ref name="Wetmore1"/><ref name="Boddez"/> The production features a bright tone, a thick, heady beat, a gentle, elastic electronic melody, shimmering synths, glittering flourishes and influences from dancehall and electronica.<ref name="Small"/><ref name="Insider"/>
"Bagsy Not in Net" is an experimental interlude and was the last song recorded for ''Notes on a Conditional Form''.<ref name="Insider"/> The 1975 delivered a tracklist of 22 songs to [[Apple Music]] and were in the process of [[Mastering (audio)|mastering]] the album, but realised they had only made 21 songs. To create a "Bagsy Not in Net", Healy suggested incorporating the string section from the intro of "[[Sailing (Christopher Cross song)|Sailing]]" (1980) by [[Christopher Cross]] and combining it with a UK garage beat. Having completed the song, the band sent in the final version of the album to Apple and began producing the vinyl format. They contacted Cross to have the sample approved, but he denied their request. Having already started mass production of the album, Healy reached out to [[Curt Smith]] of [[Tears for Fears]] for help, who contacted Cross' manager. Although initially hesitant, Cross eventually approved the sample after recovering from [[Coronavirus disease 2019|COVID-19]].<ref name="VarietyInterview"/> "Bagsy Not in Net" is a dramatic emo and dance-influenced blend of orchestral and electronic music composed of house-infused violins,<ref name="Bosher"/> repeated clicking noises,<ref name="Blanchet"/> thumping bass,<ref name="EuphoriaReview">{{cite web|url=https://www.euphoriazine.com/blog/2020/05/music/albums-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form/|title=The 1975 – Notes On a Conditional Form|last=Tetenburg|first=Dana|work=Euphoria|date=27 May 2020|access-date=31 January 2021}}</ref> a pulsating beat,<ref name="dorkreview"/> a UK garage-influenced rhythm and pitched, processed vocals that make Healy sound as if he is underwater.<ref name="Petridis">{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/21/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-review|title=The 1975: Notes on a Conditional Form review – music for the no-filter generation|last=Petridis|first=Alexis|work=The Guardian|date=21 May 2020|access-date=31 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://dbknews.com/2020/06/04/1975-album-notes-on-a-conditional-form-the-birthday-party/|title=The best and worst song from every album by The 1975|last=Hunt|first=Rachel|work=[[The Diamondback]]|date=4 June 2020|access-date=6 January 2021|archive-date=8 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210108195521/https://dbknews.com/2020/06/04/1975-album-notes-on-a-conditional-form-the-birthday-party/|url-status=live}}</ref> Regarding the title, Healy explained: "If you're playing [[Association football|football]] and you say 'bagsy not in net' it means I'm not going in [[Goalkeeper (association football)|goal]] first. 'Bagsy not in net' is like [[Riding shotgun#Modern%20usage|shotgun for the car]]."<ref name="Kennedy"/>
"Don't Worry" was initially titled "You" and was the first song Healy remembers hearing. The song was written in the late 1980s by Tim Healy—the singer's father—for his wife, who was battling postnatal depression. A former musician himself, the elder Healy would often play it for his son on the piano.<ref name="Apple"/> Since ''Notes on a Conditional Form'' thematically explores the younger Healy's influences throughout his life, the singer decided to include it on the album. It marks the first time he is not credited as a writer on one of the band's songs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/TwitterMusic/status/1263911069476626439|title=I didn't write that song; my dad wrote it in the 90's. It's the only 1975 song that I'm not credited as a writer on. The reason I put it on the record was because I was going through what influenced me, and that was the first song I ever knew. – Matty|publisher=Twitter|date=22 May 2020|access-date=20 January 2021}}</ref> Since the 1975 had a song named "You" on [[Sex (The 1975 EP)|''Sex'']] (2012), they changed the title to "Don't Worry" after deciding to include it on the album.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmZCHCWwp2I&feature=youtu.be&t=481&ab_channel=AppleMusic|title=Matty Healy: The 1975, Drug Addiction and Glastonbury|publisher=YouTube|date=30 November 2018|access-date=31 January 2021}}</ref> Musically, it is an ambient and indie pop piano ballad.<ref name="Boddez"/><ref name="Roundtable"/><ref name="Insider"/> The album's final song, "[[Guys (song)|Guys]]", was written as an [[answer song]] to "[[Girls (The 1975 song)|Girls]]" (2013) and an ode platonic love. It stemmed from a conversation the band had where they shared their gratefulness for having started a band together at a young age.<ref name="Apple"/> Healy focused on creating "one moment of pure, genuine soppy, naive sentimentality" and make a song to celebrate friendship.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://diymag.com/2020/05/13/listen-the-1975-guys|title=The 1975 unveil new track 'Guys'|work=DIY|date=13 May 2020|access-date=13 January 2021|archive-date=3 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803152058/https://diymag.com/2020/05/13/listen-the-1975-guys|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/the-1975/16309|title=Watch: The 1975's Matty Healy discuss 'Me & You Together Song' + the upcoming album.|last=Riddell|first=Rose|work=Coup de Main|date=23 January 2020|access-date=14 January 2021|archive-date=15 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115174707/https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/the-1975/16309|url-status=live}}</ref> Musically, it is a mid-tempo indie rock and pop rock ballad,<ref name="SacherAlbum"/><ref name="BBInterview"/> incorporating a stripped-down production consisting of soft guitars and violins.<ref name="Rivers"/><ref name="Schrodt"/>
== Release and promotion ==
[[File:The 1975 - 2019158235937 2019-06-07 Rock am Ring - 2347 - AK8I7697.jpg||250px|thumb|left|Healy performing at [[Rock am Ring and Rock im Park|Rock am Ring]] in [[Nürburgring]], Germany in 2019.]]
On 21 February 2019, Healy told [[Christine and the Queens]] on Beats 1 Radio that the 1975 were debating between three songs to serve as the lead single from ''Notes on a Conditional Form'', revealing it would be released on 31 May.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thefader.com/2019/02/21/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-first-single-may|title=The first single from The 1975’s new album is coming in May|last=Maicki|first=Salvatore|work=The Fader|date=21 February 2019|access-date=4 February 2021}}</ref> On 23 July, the band purged their social media accounts, repeating a precedent set with their previous two albums that signifies the release of new music.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-twitter-instagram-social-media-delete-notes-conditional-form-new-song-2531951|title=Is new material about to drop? Fans react to The 1975’s social media blackout|last=Trendell|first=Andrew|work=NME|date=24 July 2019|access-date=4 February 2021}}</ref> "The 1975" was released the following day as the first preview from the album.<ref name="1975Thunberg"/> On 22 August 2019, the 1975 released "People" as the lead single from the album. It received positive reviews, although the response from the band's fanbase was comparatively more mixed.<ref name="Greenwood">{{cite web|url=https://www.altpress.com/news/the-1975-new-single-video-people-album-notes-conditional-form/|title=The 1975 wake up 'People' with electric first single off next album|last=Greenwood|first=Koltan|work=Alternative Press|date=22 August 2019|access-date=21 January 2021|archive-date=24 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124154854/https://www.altpress.com/news/the-1975-new-single-video-people-album-notes-conditional-form/|url-status=live}}</ref> A [[music video]] directed by Healy, Warren Fu and Ben Ditto was released the same day. It features the band members performing in a cube filled with bright lights, internet images and lyrics from the song.<ref name="PFVid">{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/the-1975-share-video-for-new-song-people-watch/|title=The 1975 Share Video for New Song 'People': Watch|last=Strauss|first=Matthew|work=Pitchfork|date=22 August 2019|access-date=21 January 2021|archive-date=22 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200922201326/https://pitchfork.com/news/the-1975-share-video-for-new-song-people-watch/|url-status=live}}</ref> The 1975 began posting a daily countdown on their social media platforms starting on 19 October, leading to the release of the album's second single, "Frail State of Mind", on 24 October.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.readdork.com/news/the-1975-countdown-oct19|title=The 1975 have confirmed what their current countdown is leading to...|work=Dork|date=22 October 2019|access-date=4 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/the-1975-share-new-frail-state-of-mind-video-watch/|title=The 1975 Share New “Frail State of Mind” Video: Watch|work=Pitchfork|date=21 November 2019|accessdate=19 December 2019|archive-date=2 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210102162901/https://pitchfork.com/news/the-1975-share-new-frail-state-of-mind-video-watch/|url-status=live}}</ref> A music video for the song was released on 21 November, directed by Healy, Patricia Villirillo and Mara Palena. Filmed in lo-fi VHS quality, it features Healy using a [[camcorder]] to project images of himself on a wall, while lyrics from the song are interspersed.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-frail-state-of-mind-video-915952/|title=Watch the 1975's Immersive 'Frail State of Mind' Video|last=Kreps|first=Daniel|work=Rolling Stone|date=21 November 2019|access-date=14 September 2020|archive-date=2 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210102162813/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-frail-state-of-mind-video-915952/|url-status=live}}</ref>
On 7 January 2020, Healy announced through his [[Instagram]] that "Me & You Together Song" would be released on 16 January as the third single from ''Notes on a Conditional Form''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/en_au/news/music/the-1975-to-release-another-new-track-next-week-2594098|title=The 1975 to release 'Me & You Together Song' next week|last=Skinner|first=Tom|work=NME|date=7 January 2020|access-date=31 December 2020|archive-date=23 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123201014/https://www.nme.com/en_au/news/music/the-1975-to-release-another-new-track-next-week-2594098|url-status=live}}</ref> On the day of the song's official release, the 1975 performed "Me & You Together Song" on the [[BBC Radio 1]] show [[Annie Mac (radio show)|''Annie Mac's Hottest Record in the World'']].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.readdork.com/news/the-1975-get-loved-up-on-their-new-single-me-you-together-song|title=The 1975 get loved up on their new single 'Me & You Together Song'|last=Ackroyd|first=Stephen|work=Dork|date=16 January 2020|access-date=31 December 2020|archive-date=20 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200920005731/https://www.readdork.com/news/the-1975-get-loved-up-on-their-new-single-me-you-together-song|url-status=live}}</ref> It received positive reviews and appeared on several year-end lists, with ''Billboard'' declaring it the sixth-best rock song of 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/list/9499791/best-rock-songs-2020-top-25/|title=The 25 Best Rock Songs of 2020: Staff Picks|work=Billboard|date=15 December 2020|access-date=31 December 2020|archive-date=31 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201231123223/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/list/9499791/best-rock-songs-2020-top-25/|url-status=live}}</ref> A music video for "Me & You Together Song", directed by Bedroom, was released on 6 February.<ref name="Minsker">{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/the-1975-new-me-and-you-together-song-video-is-very-90s-watch/|title=The 1975's New 'Me & You Together Song' Video Is a Rom-Com Throwback: Watch|last=Minsker|first=Evan|work=Pitchfork|date=6 February 2020|access-date=31 December 2020|archive-date=13 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210113234013/https://pitchfork.com/news/the-1975-new-me-and-you-together-song-video-is-very-90s-watch/|url-status=live}}</ref> Filmed in a retro-style reminiscent of 1990s music videos, it includes homages to 1990s culture such as mix CDs, [[Boombox|boomboxes]], [[Converse (shoe company)|Converse]]', rooms covered in band posters, and retro T-shirts.<ref name="DalyVideo">{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-me-you-together-song-video-is-on-the-way-2605544|title=The 1975 share retro visual for new single 'Me & You Together Song'|last=Daly|first=Rhian|work=NME|date=6 February 2020|access-date=31 December 2020|archive-date=14 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114015948/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-me-you-together-song-video-is-on-the-way-2605544|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Sullivan">{{cite web|url=https://soundigest.com/2020/02/11/the-1975-me-you-together-song-nostalgic-music-video/|title=The 1975 Transport Us Into an Early 2000s Rom-Com With Their "Me & You Together Song" Video|last=Sullivan|first=Kelsey|work=Soundigest|date=11 February 2020|access-date=31 December 2020|archive-date=15 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115140255/https://soundigest.com/2020/02/11/the-1975-me-you-together-song-nostalgic-music-video/|url-status=live}}</ref> On 18 February, the 1975 announced on [[Twitter]] that "The Birthday Party", the album's fourth single, would debut live on Lowe's Beats 1 Radio show at 5 PM the next day, followed by the music video one hour later.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-the-birthday-party-new-single-2611289|title=The 1975's next single 'The Birthday Party' is coming tomorrow|last=Lavin|first=Will|work=NME|date=18 February 2020|access-date=23 January 2021|archive-date=11 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200811131652/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-the-birthday-party-new-single-2611289|url-status=live}}</ref> The video follows Healy's journey through Mindshower—a digital [[Drug rehabilitation|detox centre]]—as he encounters various internet memes in a forest.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/02/what-are-the-memes-in-the-1975s-the-birthday-party.html|title=The New Video From the 1975 Is a Six-Minute Crash Course in Memes|last=Feldman|first=Brian|work=New York|date=20 February 2020|access-date=11 January 2021|archive-date=25 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200225133916/https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/02/what-are-the-memes-in-the-1975s-the-birthday-party.html|url-status=live}}</ref> It was well-received by critics, with ''Pitchfork'' including it on their 20 Best Music Videos of 2020 list.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/best-music-videos-2020/|title=The 20 Best Music Videos of 2020|work=Pitchfork|date=17 December 2020|access-date=11 January 2021|archive-date=8 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210108125540/https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/best-music-videos-2020/|url-status=live}}</ref>
On 31 March 2020, the 1975 announced that "Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America" would be released as the fifth single from ''Notes on a Conditional Form'' on 2 April. An live version of the song previously circulated online after the band performed it on a [[Las Vegas]] radio show.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://diymag.com/2020/03/31/the-1975-jesus-christ-2005-god-bless-america-friday-release|title=The 1975 to release 'Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America' on Friday|work=DIY|date=31 March 2020|access-date=5 February 2021}}</ref> Originally intended to be released on 3 April, the song was uploaded to the band's official YouTube channel one day early.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLfXEWpTUcE&ab_channel=The1975-Topic|title=Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America|work=YouTube|date=2 April 2020|access-date=5 February 2021}}</ref> The 1975 performed "If You're Too Shy (Let Me Know)" as part of their Music for Cars Tour setlist several months before its release as a single. Videos of the performances began circulating on social media platforms, quickly becoming a fan-favourite. Their fanbase urged the band to release it as the album's sixth single, which they reluctantly did on 23 April.<ref name="Wetmore1"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.readdork.com/bangers/the-1975-if-youre-too-shy-let-me-know|title=The 1975 - If You're Too Shy (Let Me Know)|last=Ackroyd|first=Stephen|work=Dork|date=23 April 2020|access-date=18 January 2021|archive-date=27 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027030451/https://www.readdork.com/bangers/the-1975-if-youre-too-shy-let-me-know|url-status=live}}</ref> It was met with critical acclaim and appeared on numerous year-end lists, with Scott Lapatine of ''Stereogum'' and Edwin Ortiz of [[Complex Magazine|''Complex'']] deeming it the best song of 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stereogum.com/2109305/2020-best-songs-list/lists/year-in-review/2020-in-review/|title=Stereogum's 60 Favorite Songs Of 2020|work=Stereogum|date=8 December 2020|access-date=23 January 2020|archive-date=8 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201208163328/https://www.stereogum.com/2109305/2020-best-songs-list/lists/year-in-review/2020-in-review/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.complex.com/music/2020/12/favorite-songs-albums-2020-complex-staff-picks/edwin-ortiz|title=Complex Staff Picks: Our Favorite Songs and Albums of 2020|work=[[Complex Networks#Complex|Complex]]|date=30 December 2020|access-date=19 January 2021|archive-date=21 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121185803/https://www.complex.com/music/2020/12/favorite-songs-albums-2020-complex-staff-picks/edwin-ortiz|url-status=live}}</ref> A commercial success, it became the band's highest-charting single to date in the United Kingdom, surpassing "The Sound".<ref name="BBInterview"/> A black and white music video for the song was released the same day to promote the track.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/the_1975_are_back_with_a_new_video_for_if_youre_too_shy_let_me_know|title=The 1975 Are Back with a New Video for 'If You're Too Shy (Let Me Know)'|last=Thiessen|first=Brock|work=Exclaim!|date=23 April 2020|access-date=19 January 2021|archive-date=2 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210102165055/https://exclaim.ca/music/article/the_1975_are_back_with_a_new_video_for_if_youre_too_shy_let_me_know|url-status=live}}</ref>
The 1975 released "Guys" as the seventh and final single from the album on 13 May 2020. The band previously performed the song in [[Nottingham]] on 15 February–the opening night of their Music for Cars Tour in the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-the-1975-debut-new-songs-guys-and-if-youre-too-shy-let-me-know-as-uk-tour-opens-in-nottinghan-2609930|title=Watch The 1975 debut new songs ‘Guys’ and ‘If You’re Too Shy (Let Me Know)’ as UK tour opens in Nottingham|last=Richards|first=Will|work=NME|date=16 February 2020|access-date=14 January 2021|archive-date=15 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115191645/https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-the-1975-debut-new-songs-guys-and-if-youre-too-shy-let-me-know-as-uk-tour-opens-in-nottinghan-2609930|url-status=live}}</ref> A music video was released on 21 May 2020, featuring a compilation of video clips of the band captured over the past decade.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.readdork.com/news/the-1975-guys-video|title=The best thing that ever happened? The 1975 have dropped a video for 'Guys'|work=Dork|date=21 May 2020|access-date=14 January 2021|archive-date=15 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115101125/https://www.readdork.com/news/the-1975-guys-video|url-status=live}}</ref> To further promote ''Notes on a Conditional Form'', the 1975 planned to embark on the second half of the Music for Cars Tour, which began in November 2018 to support ''A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships''. The tour was postponed on 18 March 2020, aligning with the [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] guidelines that recommended postponing events with over 50 patrons. The band issued a statement apologising to attendees, requesting they retain their tickets for use once the tour resumed.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.altpress.com/news/the-1975-postpone-upcoming-tour-due-to-coronavirus/|title=The 1975 postpone upcoming North American tour amid coronavirus|last=Greenwood|first=Koltan|work=Alternative Press|date=18 March 2020|access-date=5 February 2021}}</ref> On 12 January 2021, the 1975 decided to cancel the tour, noting the pandemic remained ongoing. In a statement posted on their Instagram, the band said: "These are incredibly difficult times for a lot of people, and until we can be sure that we will be able to play shows in a way that is safe for our fans and crew, we have decided the best course of action is to cancel our touring."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/the-1975-cancel-entire-2021-touring-schedule-due-to-ongoing-pandemic-2855046|title=The 1975 cancel entire 2021 tour – but confirm work on new album|last=Reilly|first=Nick|work=NME|date=12 January 2021|access-date=January 13, 2021}}</ref> With the last show performed in Dublin on 3 March 2020, the tour concluded two months before the release of ''Notes on a Conditional Form''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/the-1975-at-3arena-dublin-everything-you-need-to-know-1.4189771|title=The 1975 at 3Arena, Dublin: Everything you need to know|work=The Irish Times|date=2 March 2020|access-date=5 February 2021}}</ref>
=== Mindshower ===
On 14 February 2020, the website Mindshower was launched. The minimalist page promoted itself as a digital detox, featuring directions to press and booking emails and a countdown set to expire on 19 February. Numerous [[Easter egg (media)|easter eggs]] were hidden within the source code, including a link to satirical [[incel]] [[subreddit]] and nonsensical empowering messages such as: "I am doing my mind and my life!", "I feel comfort and respect.", "I go!" and "Peace back!"<ref name="MindshowerDork">{{cite web|url=https://www.readdork.com/news/the-1975-mindshower-ai|title=What's a mindshower.ai, what's it counting down to, and why are The 1975 involved?|work=Dork|date=15 February 2020|access-date=7 February 2021}}</ref><ref name="MindshowerNME">{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-appear-to-have-launched-a-digital-detox-website-called-mindshower-2610296|title=The 1975 appear to have launched a 'digital detox' website called Mindshower|last=Richards|first=Will|work=NME|date=17 February 2020|access-date=8 January 2021|archive-date=27 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200827235741/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-appear-to-have-launched-a-digital-detox-website-called-mindshower-2610296|url-status=live}}</ref> A Twitter account for Mindshower later emerged, posting a single tweet urging people to begin their journey at the Mindshower retreat. The message was retweeted by Hann, while Healy posted a photo on Instagram captioned "MIND SHOWER", fuelling the belief that the website was connected to the band. After contacting the press email of Mindshower, a staff member at ''Dork'' was told the website would open on 19 February at 6 PM.<ref name="MindshowerDork"/> Upon expiring, the website debuted "The Birthday Party" and its music video, in which the band visits the retreat.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.readdork.com/news/the-video-for-the-1975s-new-song-the-birthday-party-has-arrived-and-its-really-quite-something|title=The video for The 1975's new song 'The Birthday Party' has arrived, and it's really quite something|work=Dork|date=19 February 2020|access-date=6 January 2021|archive-date=18 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200918172316/https://www.readdork.com/news/the-video-for-the-1975s-new-song-the-birthday-party-has-arrived-and-its-really-quite-something|url-status=live}}</ref>
Mindshower was relaunched on 21 May for visitors to "learn, create [and] share" using several interactive resources. The 1975 collaborated with [[Amazon (company)|Amazon]] to create the [[Artificial intelligence|AI]]-powered website, with an audio guide accessible by giving the command "[[Amazon Alexa|Alexa]], enter Mindshower".<ref name="MindshowerMW">{{cite web|url=https://www.musicweek.com/talent/read/the-1975-partner-with-amazon-music-for-mindshower-virtual-experience/079863|title=The 1975 partner with Amazon Music for 'Mindshower' virtual experience|last=Homewood|first=Ben|work=Music Week|date=21 May 2020|access-date=7 February 2021}}</ref> They also collaborated in hosting a competition that encouraged fans to upload their artwork to Mindshower.<ref name="MindshowerBF">{{cite web|url=https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/news/latest-news/the-1975-launch-interactive-mindshower-digital-detox-site-for-fans|title=The 1975 launch interactive Mindshower digital detox site for fans|last=Kenneally|first=Cerys|work=The Line of Best Fit|date=21 May 2020|access-date=7 February 2021}}</ref> The winner of the competition would be featured in [[Amazon Music]]'s marketing campaign for ''Notes on a Conditional Form'', having their work featured on billboards around London in addition to the Amazon homepage. In a press release, Osborn said the website gives users an insight into the making of the album, while also promoting user-generated art and music inspired by its themes.<ref name="MindshowerNME2">{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-launch-mindshower-digital-detox-for-fans-to-learn-share-and-create-2673140|title=The 1975 launch 'Mindshower' digital detox for fans to 'learn, share and create'|last=Reilly|first=Nick|work=NME|date=21 May 2020|access-date=7 February 2021}}</ref>
Upon entering the waiting room, visitors can browse exclusive literature created by several collaborators from the album. These include a journal from set designer Tobias Rylander which details stage sets and schematics, a magazine from designer [[Samuel Burgess-Johnson]] highlighting graphical "studies and b-roll" from the album, exclusive photos from photographer Jordan Curtis Hughes and creative director Patricia Villirillo and behind-the-scenes access from producer Jonathan Gilmore. Elsewhere, a fountain in the waiting room plays songs from ''Notes on a Conditional Form'' and the music video for "The Birthday Party" is secretly embedded behind the front desk. Additionally, users can access the computer at the reception desk and download extra content from the album including links to homemade merchandise, artwork and [[Stem (music)|stems]] to create and remix the album's songs and artwork.<ref name="MindshowerMW"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/9387922/the-1975-launch-interactive-ai-site-mindshower/|title=Go on a Trippy 'Digital Detox' With The 1975 at Their New Mindshower AI Site|last=Kaufman|first=Gil|work=Billboard|date=21 May 2020|access-date=7 February 2021}}</ref>
== ''Artists Respond to NOACF'' ==
=== Background and release ===
To accompany ''Notes on a Conditional Form'', the 1975 created an online [[art exhibition]] titled ''Artists Respond to NOACF'', taking the form of a YouTube playlist.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjhJRPvOzuIpKk1KeJ-x0O-Vuh6SitqQg|title=Artists Respond to NOACF|publisher=YouTube|access-date=6 February 2021}}</ref> The exhibition was created following the suspension of the Music for Cars Tour, with the band wanting to create something virtual for their fans to enjoy.<ref name="SpanosRespond">{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-exhibit-1032561/|title=The 1975 Unveil ‘Notes on a Conditional Form’ Online Exhibition|last=Spanos|first=Brittany|work=Rolling Stone|date=22 July 2020|access-date=6 February 2021}}</ref> The 1975 were inspired by society's increasing dependence on technology, observing that connections are becoming more virtual and dematerialized. Rather than create commonly used dystopian narratives to predict the future relationship between humans and technology, they sought to highlight the positive aspects and possibilities by embracing the benefits and potential of a more technologically dependent world. Elaborating further, the band said: "[''Artists Respond to NOACF''] highlights some of those possibilities: how technology can create beauty and meaning, new forms of expression and new ways of experiencing culture."<ref name="NMENOACF">{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975s-new-notes-on-a-conditional-form-online-exhibit-2713151|title=Immerse yourself in The 1975’s new online exhibit for 'Notes On A Conditional Form'|last=Skinner|first=Tom|work=NME|date=22 July 2020|access-date=6 February 2021}}</ref>
They worked alongside Ditto to commission 14 artists to "respond" to 14 of the album's songs, giving them complete creative control over their work.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://the1975.com/noacf/|title=NOACF: The Exhibition|publisher=the1975.com|access-date=6 February 2021}}</ref> The videos were uploaded to the band's official YouTube channel over three months, later uploading the entire exhibition to their official website. ''Artists Respond to NOACF'' features contributions from Agusta YR, [[Ai-Da (robot)|Ai-Da]], Alice Bucknell, Christopher MacInnes, Demon Sanctuary, Frederick Paxton, [[Jacolby Satterwhite]], Joey Holder, Lu Yang, Mia Kerin, Most Dismal Swamp, [[Rindon Johnson]], [[Sondra Perry]], and Weirdcore. The artists used different [[List of art media|mediums]] and disciplines to create their visuals, featuring artificial intelligence, generative animation, motion-capture animation, performance, robotics and others. Each of the artists focused on the main themes explored on ''Notes on a Conditional Form'': technology, hope, love, anxiety and violence.<ref name="NMENOACF"/>
=== Visuals ===
==== Videos 1–7 ====
[[File:Nembrotha aurea B.jpg|thumb|left|To achieve his visual for "The End (Music For Cars)", Demon Sanctuary trained a [[generative adversarial network]] using pictures of nature and [[sea slugs]] to create new life forms.]]
On 22 May 2020, "Tonight (I Wish I Was Your Boy)" was released as the first visual from ''Artists Respond to NOACF'', created by Most Dismal Swamp. The collective focused on the album's themes of technology, hope and anxiety, and features Healy as a 3D animated bear in a bedroom. Most Dismal Swamp wanted the video to capture the "dream-like" quality of the song, calling it: "A bittersweet dream where you'd get lost, then have that feeling amplified by the shock of your actual reality when the dream ends."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://the1975.com/noacf/most-dismal-swamp-responds-to-tonight-i-wish-i-was-your-boy/|title=Most Dismal Swamp responds to 'Tonight (I Wish I Was Your Boy)'|publisher=the1975.com|date=22 May 2020|access-date=6 February 2021}}</ref> The second film, "The End (Music For Cars)", was created by David Atlas under the pseudonym Demon Sanctuary and released on 23 May. Atlas used robotics and AI to create the video, focusing on poetry, introspection and the creation of autonomous machines. He employed a [[generative adversarial network]] (GAN) and trained it using photographs of the natural world and [[Sea slug|sea slugs]]. As the song plays, the GAN visualises new life forms that respond to the orchestral instruments, creating hyperreal textures and decomposing silhouettes. As the song [[Crescendo|crescendos]], the screen splits in two as flowers bloom, dancing together but unable to touch.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://the1975.com/noacf/demon-sanctuary-responds-to-the-end/|title=Demon Sanctuary responds to 'The End'|publisher=the1975.com|date=23 May 2020|access-date=6 February 2021}}</ref>
The visual for "Streaming", created by MacInnes, was released on 24 May as the third video from ''Artists Respond to NOACF''. MacInnes created his film by using a self-developed [[Web scraping|web-scraper]] and pixel diver to collect images from international [[Imageboard|imageboards]] such as [[4chan]] in the United States, 2ch.hk and Dobrochan in Russia, Komica in Taiwan and Hispachan in Latin America. The web-scrapers then "streamed" the images by imitating a human being to circumvent the [[CAPTCHA]] test. Having scraped the imageboards, MacInnes then used the pixel diver to curate the images for the visual. The video begins in a sea of pixels as the photos become slowly deconstructed, progressively accelerating until peaking at the song's crescendo, slowly drifting away as the film concludes. According to the filmmaker, he wanted to immerse the viewer in a "deranged pre-consciousness" that forms the fundamental infrastructure of contemporary culture, saying he strove to: "[fragment the images] away from being representational forms and towards an infrastructural form that the viewer must pick their way through."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://the1975.com/noacf/christopher-macinnes-responds-to-streaming/|title=Christopher MacInnes responds to 'Streaming'|publisher=the1975.com|date=24 May 2020|access-date=6 February 2021}}</ref>
The [[art film]] for "Then Because She Goes" was curated by Agusta YR and released on 28 May. It is a [[Metacinema|meta film]], utilising a [[Story within a story|film within a film]] technique. It begins with a woman at home watching the music video for "Then Because She Goes", envying the woman in the visual, who dances in a field with blue flowers. She searches the actress on Instagram, but her phone begins to grow and [[Anthropomorphism|anthropomorphise]], engaging in a boxing fight with the woman before knocking her down. She falls into another dimension and encounters the actress, discovering they are the same person. The two women then kiss. Agusta YR wanted the video to focus on female self-empowerment and the effects of social media while having a hopeful and sombre tone. She sought to portray the [[hero's journey]] through a romantic tale, one that mixed lightness and darkness and ultimately expresses the multitude of roles each individual plays in their journey.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://the1975.com/noacf/agusta-yr-responds-to-then-because-she-goes/|title=Agusta Yr responds to 'Then Because She Goes'|publisher=the1975.com|date=28 May 2020|access-date=6 February 2021}}</ref>
[[File:Pyongyang, Worlds capital (6647216041).jpg|thumb|right|Frederick Paxton, who created "Shiny Collarbone", incorporated footage of the [[Arirang Mass Games]] in North Korea to represent human collectiveness and shared euphoria.]]
The fifth visual, "Shiny Collarbone", was created by Paxton and released on 6 July. Paxton sought to uncover moments of human collectiveness and shared euphoria. His inspiration for the video stemmed from a trip to North Korea, saying his experience showed him that despite the regime's brutal acts of aggression toward its people, a "human reality" persisted through hidden moments of childhood innocence and concealed smiles. The filmmaker connected this to the song through the line: "Mash up the place / Free up the order". The visual begins on a train as it traverses through numerous suburbs. The train is showed to be in North Korea at the [[Arirang Mass Games]], held at [[Rungrado 1st of May Stadium|Rungrado May Day Stadium]] in [[Pyongyang]]. Paxton filmed the choreographed child dancers' performances, slowing the footage down to reveal their unique individual characters. As the children dance, others carry a giant Earth around the stadium surrounded by armed, parading soldiers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://the1975.com/noacf/frederick-paxton-responds-to-shiny-collarbone/|title=Frederick Paxton responds to 'Shiny Collarbone'|publisher=the1975.com|date=6 July 2020|access-date=6 February 2021}}</ref>
"Don't Worry", created by Johnson, was released on 7 July. Johnson's visual envisions a computer-animated, utopian, environmentally-friendly futuristic city; orchards line the streets, the sidewalks are composed of packed earth, and the city draws power from wind turbines and solar panels. The video follows a man walking through a neighbourhood listening to "Don't Worry". He observes someone dancing, and the two make eye contact through a window. The filmmaker wanted to capture a socially distant romance after ruminating on major urban centres' possible improvement during the COVID-19 pandemic. He devised the visual's narrative after his first time hearing the song, imagining a gentle dance. Speaking on the video, Johnson said: "I also didn't want to do anything too over the top [...] something quiet and straightforward; a kind of direct address to another person."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://the1975.com/noacf/rindon-johnson-responds-to-dont-worry/|title=Rindon Johnson responds to 'Don't Worry'|publisher=the1975.com|date=7 July 2020|access-date=6 February 2021}}</ref>
[[File:Ai-Da Robot at Abu Dhabi Art.jpg|thumb|180px|left||[[Ai-Da (robot)|Ai-Da]], a [[humanoid robot]], created the visual for "Yeah I Know".]]
On 8 July, "Yeah I Know" was released as the seventh video from ''Artists Respond to NOACF''. Ai-Da, the world's first AI-powered humanoid robot artist, created the visual. According to her creator Aidan Meller, Ai-Da was designed with the goal of creating art, both visually through drawing and painting and as a performance artist, engaging with audiences. To create art, she uses her eyes and a robotic prosthetic arm.<ref name="Reuters">{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/video/watch/robot-artist-stars-in-music-video-for-th-idOVCMXFJHJ?chan=4ywvfzus|title=Robot artist stars in music video for The 1975|publisher=[[Reuters]]|date=15 July 2020|access-date=6 February 2021}}</ref> For the video, Ai-Da was asked to create her impression of [[consciousness]].<ref name="Akingbade">{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-1975-yeah-i-know-music-video-featuring-robot-2703998|title=Watch The 1975's new video for 'Yeah I Know' featuring a robot drawing consciousness|last=Tobi|first=Akingbade|work=NME|date=8 July 2020|access-date=6 February 2021}}</ref> Christian Johnstone, who designed and filmed the visual, shot it using lo-fi technology to capture her performance's intimacy.<ref name="Johnstone">{{cite web|url=http://www.christianjohnstone.com/the1975-yeah-i-know-music-video|title=The 1975 Yeah I Know Music Video|publisher=christianjohnstone.com|access-date=6 February 2021}}</ref> The visual begins with the robot in her [[Oxford]] studio, dressed in a painting [[Smock-frock|smock]]. She uses several coloured pens to develop a portrait of Healy and an [[Abstract art|abstract]] picture of consciousness while "Yeah I Know" plays on a stereo. Ai-Da also uses her [[language model]] to recontextualise and respond to the song's lyrics, developing into a poem that appears periodically on the screen in bright turquoise writing. When Healy sings "Stop the tube / Kick the head", she replies "Just felt the world go by". Later, he sings "Time feels like it's changed / I don't feel the same", to which she responds with "You know what time looks like to you [...] And you know what time feels like to me". As the video concludes, Ai-Da [[Lip sync|lip-syncs]] the lyrics while holding her palms up to the sky.<ref name="Johnstone"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://the1975.com/noacf/ai-da-responds-to-yeah-i-know/|title=Ai-Da responds to 'Yeah I Know'|publisher=the1975.com|date=8 July 2020|access-date=6 February 2021}}</ref>
==== Visuals 8–14 ====
The 1975 released "I Think There's Something You Should Know" as the eighth visual from ''Artists Respond to NOACF'' on 9 July. Bucknell created the video and was drawn to the song's use of secrets and suspense, viewing these as evocative of [[post-truth]] and post-reality. The filmmaker was inspired by the themes of technology, anxiety and ecological destruction present on ''Notes on a Conditional Form'', framing these within an architectural utopia that was ultimately doomed to fail. Her [[science fiction]]-like video depicts a ringed-planet and focuses on three cities rendered using 3D modelling; each explored during the song's three distinct sections. The first is a postmodern seaside city resembling [[Las Vegas]], Nevada. The second is a contemporary [[metropolis]] featuring neon signs and artificial palm trees, which Bucknell compared to an undesirable byproduct of an Instagram algorithm that combines [[Blade Runner|''Blade Runner'']] (1982) and [[Miami Beach, Florida|Miami Beach]], Florida. The third is a glowing pioneer town in a desert. As the visual concludes, the planet glitches before disappearing.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://the1975.com/noacf/alice-bucknell-responds-to-i-think-theres-something-you-should-know/|title=Alice Bucknell responds to 'I Think There's Something You Should Know'|publisher=the1975.com|date=9 July 2020|access-date=7 February 2021}}</ref>
The video for "What Should I Say", created by Perry, was released on 10 July. Perry developed a Black 3D avatar who is duplicated eight times–representing the fracturing of his personality–performing various activities. The avatar performs in front of a blue screen, specifically Rosco Chroma Key Blue, which Perry described as a space where time flows in different directions and allows the story to go down different routes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://the1975.com/noacf/sondra-perry-responds-to-what-should-i-say/|title=Sondra Perry responds to 'What Should I Say'|publisher=the1975.com|date=10 July 2020|access-date=7 February 2021}}</ref> Weirdcore created the video for "Bagsy Not In Net", released the following day on 11 July. It begins with two astronauts floating in space, morphing into a collage as the beat begins. Images of the astronauts alongside asteroids, spacecraft, the Earth, other planets and the Milky Way are combined into intricate, kaleidoscopic patterns that respond to the song's instrumental. Once the beat dissipates, it reverts to deep space and loops back to the beginning, with both astronauts drifting into the darkness. Weirdcore choreographed the patterns in advance and performed it live on his computer, capturing it using a screen recorder.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://the1975.com/noacf/weirdcore-responds-to-bagsy-not-in-net/|title=Weirdcore responds to 'Bagsy Not In Net'|publisher=the1975.com|date=11 July 2020|access-date=7 February 2021}}</ref>
[[File:Goetia seals.jpg|thumb|right|Joey Holder incorporates [[Sigil|sigils]] into her video for "Nothing Revealed / Everything Denied".]]
Holder created the 11th video from ''Artists Respond to NOACF'', "Nothing Revealed / Everything Denied", released on 12 July. Her visual was inspired by the [[occult]], the novel ''The Book of Pleasure: Psychology of Ecstasy'' (1913) by [[Austin Osman Spare]] and [[sigil]]-making. The video incorporates [[Sacred geometry|sacred diagrams]], eels, snakes and [[Nematode|nematodes]] that form the shapes of the sigils.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://the1975.com/noacf/joey-holder-responds-to-nothing-revealed-everything-denied/|title=Joey Holder responds to 'Nothing Revealed / Everything Denied'|publisher=the1975.com|date=12 July 2020|access-date=7 February 2021}}</ref> "Roadkill", created by Kerin, was released on 13 July. Kerin said she spent most of the COVID-19 lockdown watching porn, fetish videos and discussing sex with her friends. After finishing isolation, the filmmaker was surprised by her reaction to interacting with other people, discovering she enjoyed spending time by herself. Upon hearing "Roadkill", Kerin interpreted the central theme as longing for someone. She plays a [[Cowboy|cowgirl]] in her video, who dreams of a fantastical princess. Upon waking, Kerin sets out on a journey across the American wilderness. She eventually finds the princess and captures her with a [[lasso]], but the princess cracks several eggs on her head, humiliating her.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://the1975.com/noacf/mia-kerin-responds-to-roadkill/|title=Mia Kerin responds to 'Roadkill'|publisher=the1975.com|date=13 July 2020|access-date=7 February 2021}}</ref>
The visual for "Having No Head" was released on 15 July and created by Satterwhite. An animated film, the video serves as a digital memorial and tribute to [[Shooting of Breonna Taylor|Breonna Taylor]]. Satterwhite's film is set in an alternative universe and occurs in a park populated by Black femme bots and headless gold hazmat suits. His inspiration for the visual came from [[Édouard Manet]]'s [[Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe|''Luncheon in the Grass'']] (1862–63) and the [[2020–2021 United States racial unrest]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://the1975.com/noacf/jacolby-satterwhite-responds-to-having-no-head/|title=Jacolby Satterwhite responds to 'Having No Head'|publisher=the1975.com|date=15 July 2020|access-date=7 February 2021}}</ref> On 22 July, "Playing on My Mind" was released as the final video from ''Artists Respond to NOACF''. Yang, the visual's creator, performs the song as her non-binary alter ego Doku, which she developed using 3D scanning, motion capture and digital modelling. After digitally scanning Yang's facial expressions, a dancer performed and recorded Doku's dance moves using motion capture technology. The video begins with Doku walking towards the camera surrounded by diamonds while wearing white pants covered in Chinese characters. As their chest lights up, they dance in a high-tech arena.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://the1975.com/noacf/lu-yang-responds-to-playing-on-my-mind/|title=Lu Yang responds to 'Playing On My Mind'|publisher=the1975.com|date=22 July 2020|access-date=7 February 2021}}</ref>
== Commercial performance ==
In the 1975's native United Kingdom, ''Notes on a Conditional Form'' debuted atop the UK Albums Chart, selling 34,000 album-equivalent units. 71 percent of their first week sales were attributed to pure album sales, including 7,000 vinyl copies–the fastest-selling vinyl record of 2020 at the time of its release. It became their fourth consecutive number one on the chart, becoming the sixth act in history to achieve this feat.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-1975-score-fourth-number-1-on-the-official-albums-chart-after-fierce-battle-with-ksi__29878/|title=The 1975 score fourth Number 1 on the Official Albums Chart after fierce battle with KSI|publisher=Official Charts Company|date=29 May 2020|access-date=7 February 2021}}</ref> In Scotland, the album reached number one on the Scottish Albums chart.<ref name="SCO"/> On 4 December, the album was certified silver in the United Kingdom, denoting sales of over 60,000 units.<ref name="CERT"/> Elsewhere in Europe, ''Notes on a Conditional Form'' reached number two on the Irish Albums chart,<ref name="IRE"/> number 30 on the Austrian Albums chart,<ref name="AUST"/> number 36 on the Dutch,<ref name="NET"/> German and Swiss Albums charts,<ref name="GER"/><ref name="SWZ"/> number 67 on the Belgian Albums chart,<ref name="BEL"/> number 69 on the Lithuanian Albums chart and number 100 on the Italian Albums chart.<ref name="LITH">{{cite web |url=https://www.agata.lt/lt/naujienos/savaites-klausomiausi-2020w22/|title=ALBUMŲ TOP100|language=lt|publisher=[[AGATA (organization)|AGATA]]|date=29 May 2020|access-date=10 February 2020}}</ref><ref name="ITA"/>
In the United States, ''Notes on a Conditional Form'' debuted at number four on the US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] chart with sales of 54,000 equivalent album units, including 39,000 pure album sales. It became the 1975's third top-five album on the chart, following ''I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It'' and ''A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/9394056/wunna-wins-gunna-earns-first-no-1-album-on-billboard-200-chart|title='Wunna' Wins: Gunna Earns First No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|last=Caulfield|first=Keith|date=31 May 2020|access-date=31 May 2020}}</ref> It also debuted atop the US ''Billboard'' [[Top Rock Albums]] chart and was later ranked at number 62 on the chart's year-end version.<ref name="US3"/> Elsewhere in North America, the album peaked at number 19 on the ''Billboard'' [[Canadian Albums Chart]].<ref name="CAN"/> In the Asia-Pacific region, ''Notes on a Conditional Form'' reached the top of the Australian Albums chart,<ref name="AUS"/> number four on the New Zealand Albums chart,<ref name="NZL"/> number 14 on the [[Billboard Japan|''Billboard'' Japan]] Hot Albums chart and number 17 on the Japanese Albums chart.<ref name="JA2"/><ref name="JA">{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=hot_albums&year=2020&month=06&day=1|title=Notes on a Conditional Form on Billboard Japan Hot Albums|work=Billboard Japan|date=1 June 2020|access-date=10 February 2021|language=ja}}</ref>
==
=== Critical response ===
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''Notes on a Conditional Form'' received polarizing reviews from [[Music journalism|contemporary music critics]], with some deeming it confusing and chaotic, while others viewed it as "a work of panoramic genius."<ref name="DorkAlbum2020">{{cite web|url=https://www.readdork.com/features/dorks-albums-of-the-year-2020|title=Dork's Albums Of The Year 2020|work=Dork|date=15 December 2020|access-date=8 February 2021}}</ref> Aggregating website [[Metacritic]] reports a [[Standard score|normalized]] rating of 69, based on 27 critical reviews, indicating "generally favourable reviews".<ref name="NOACFMC"/> [[AnyDecentMusic?]] gave it 6.8 out of 10, based on their assessment of the critical consensus.<ref name="NOACFADM"/>
Stubbs gave the album a perfect five-star review, describing it as boundary-pushing and "totally, refreshingly unfiltered – musically and lyrically."<ref name="Stubbs"/> He praised its confessional themes, musical diversity and subversion of expectations.<ref name="Stubbs"/> Mosk awarded the album a score of 9.7 out of 10, giving perfect scores for the music quality, production, originality, sonic diversity and lyrics, calling it: "a musical odyssey layered in sound and substance: A genreless, emotionally stirring work of art ready to be the new soundtrack to your life."<ref name="mosk1"/> More specifically, he highlighted the raw, emotionally indulgent nature of the lyrics and the ambitious, adventurous musical style, predicting it would serve as the voice of a generation.<ref name="mosk1"/> Dillon Eastoe of ''[[Gigwise]]'' extolled the band for defying the expectations placed upon them, commending the album's lyrical introspection, sonic variety and creativity, deeming it "easily the most interesting and confusing major release by an arena-selling guitar band in a long while."<ref name="EastoeAlbum"/> Fitzmaurice lauded the album for defying categorization, calling it "a delightfully overstuffed collection featuring some of [the band's] best and most immediately pleasing work to date."<ref name="Fitzmaurice"/> He praised the self-references, collaborations and ability to balance the inclusion of new genres with the band's signature sound, deeming it a testament to Daniel and Healy's vision.<ref name="Fitzmaurice"/>
Jordan Blum of ''[[PopMatters]]'' gave ''Notes on a Conditional Form'' a positive review, calling the album intriguing, sprawling and chameleonic. He wrote that despite a lack of complete coherence, it demonstrated "a level of unquenchable ambition, creativity, and outspoken curiosity that's rarely felt in popular music today."<ref name="blum2"/> Ross Horton of [[MusicOMH|''musicOMH'']] awarded the album four out of five stars, writing: "If this is [the 1975's] worst album, and you might believe that it is, then they very well may be the best band in the world."<ref name="HortonAlbum"/> He commended the band's growth, maturity and willingness to take risks, but felt the album's second half was more substantial than its first.<ref name="HortonAlbum"/> Similarly, Small felt the album served as both the 1975's [[Masterpiece|opus]] and an ode to their previous albums, commenting: "if you thought [''A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships''] was an experimental risk, [''Notes on a Conditional Form''] will blow you out of the water."<ref name="Small"/> She praised the album's bold instrumentation and willingness to incorporate different genres, but was ambivalent towards the lyrics, finding them "often less than brilliant."<ref name="Small"/> Gormely scored the album eight out of ten, saying its "ambition and execution can't be denied. This is the 1975 operating at the peak of their powers."<ref name="gormely"/> While praising the personal and introspective lyrics, he viewed the album as bloated.<ref name="gormely"/> Sodomsky awarded it the same score, calling it "a long, messy experiment that just so happens to peak with some of their sharpest songs."<ref name="Sodomsky"/> He lauded the quiet, introspective lyricism and deemed the production as the band's most intricate and impressive yet, specifically praising Daniel for his role as the band's "secret weapon". However, Sodomsky felt the tracklist could be condensed.<ref name="Sodomsky"/>
In a mixed review of ''Notes on a Conditional Form'', Rivers deemed it messy and unfocused. He felt the album was too ambitious, weighed down by a long run time, too many genres, forgettable instrumental pieces and no distinct overall concept. However, Rivers praised other aspects as "very, very good" and featured some of the best songs of the band's career, saying: "[''Notes on a Conditional Form''] is a fantastic 12 track, 45-minute album. It's just a shame that [t]he 1975 decided to make it into a 22 track, 80 minute one."<ref name="Rivers"/> Lizzie Manno of [[Paste (magazine)|''Paste'']] praised the album's musical ambition, but found the lack of connecting threads made it overwhelming, inconsistent and exhaustingly chaotic, saying it was "far too ambitious and self-aware [...] for its own good."<ref name="Manno2"/> In his review of ''Notes on a Conditional Form'', [[Alexis Petridis]] of ''The Guardian'' commended the album's experimental nature but felt the lack of boundaries between genres was more akin to a [[Spotify]] playlist than an album.<ref name="Petridis"/> Annie Zaleski of [[The A.V. Club|''The A.V. Club'']] was receptive to the beginning of the album but criticized the instrumentals, lyrical shallowness and sequencing as it progressed, writing: "the sonic hopscotch that once amplified the group's singularity now feels like a liability."<ref name="Zaleski"/> In a negative review, Biddles lambasted ''Notes on a Conditional Form'' as flat, directionless and inessential, viewing most of the album's songs as unremarkable and indistinguishable. She specifically criticized the "directionless" instrumentals and the repetitive nature of many songs, saying: "it is disheartening to witness [the 1975] with nearly nothing of note to say."<ref name="Biddles"/> Similarly, Roisin O'Connor of [[The Independent|''The Independent'']] deemed the album a "a smug farrago" filled with inconsistent nonsense, meaningless orchestral interludes and indistinguishable dance songs, calling it: "A 22-track parade of stream-of-consciousness self-indulgence."<ref name="O'Connor"/>
=== Accolades ===
''Notes on a Conditional Form'' was the 43rd most-discussed album of 2020, according to Metacritic.<ref name="NOACFMC"/> Regarding reception from music audiences, [[NPR]] listeners voted it the 44th most popular album of 2020,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2020/12/16/947240098/poll-results-npr-listeners-pick-the-top-albums-of-2020|title=Poll Results: NPR Listeners Pick The Top Albums Of 2020|last1=Boilen|first1=Bob|last2=Powers|first2=Ann|publisher=NPR|date=18 December 2020|access-date=9 February 2021}}</ref> while Pitchfork readers voted it the 32nd best album of the year.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/features/article/2020-readers-poll-results/|title=The Best Music of 2020: Pitchfork Readers’ Poll Results|work=Pitchfork|date=11 December 2020|access-date=9 February 2021}}</ref>
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| The Best Albums of 2020
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| Best Albums of 2020
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| The 50 Best Albums of 2020
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| The 50 Best Albums of 2020
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| Best Albums of 2020 So Far
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== Track listing ==
{{Track listing
| all_writing = the 1975 (George Daniel, Matthew Healy, Adam Hann and Ross MacDonald), except where noted
| total_length = 80:29
| headline = ''Notes on a Conditional Form''<ref
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| title1 = [[The 1975 (2019 song)|The 1975]]
| note1 = writers: Daniel, M. Healy, [[Greta Thunberg]]
| extra1 = {{flatlist|
* Daniel
* M. Healy
}}
| length1 = 4:55
| title2 = [[People (The 1975 song)|People]]
| extra2 = {{flatlist|
* Daniel
* M. Healy
* Jonathan Gilmore
}}
| length2 = 2:38
| title3 = The End (Music for Cars)
| extra3 = {{flatlist|
* Daniel
* M. Healy
}}
| length3 = 2:30
| title4 = [[Frail State of Mind]]
| extra4 = {{flatlist|
* Daniel
* M. Healy
}}
| length4 = 3:53
| title5 = Streaming
| extra5 = {{flatlist|
* Daniel
* M. Healy
}}
| length5 = 1:32
| title6 = [[The Birthday Party (song)|The Birthday Party]]
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* Daniel
* M. Healy
}}
| length6 = 4:45
| title7 = Yeah I Know
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* Daniel
* M. Healy
}}
| length7 = 4:13
| title8 = Then Because She Goes
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* Daniel
* M. Healy
* Gilmore
}}
| length8 = 2:07
| title9 = [[Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America]]
| extra9 = {{flatlist|
* Daniel
* M. Healy
}}
| length9 = 4:23
| title10 = Roadkill
| extra10 = {{flatlist|
* Daniel
* M. Healy
* Gilmore
}}
| length10 = 2:55
| title11 = [[Me & You Together Song]]
| extra11 = {{flatlist|
* Daniel
* M. Healy
* Gilmore
}}
| length11 = 3:27
| title12 = I Think There's Something You Should Know
| extra12 = {{flatlist|
* Daniel
* M. Healy
}}
| length12 = 4:00
| title13 = Nothing Revealed / Everything Denied
| extra13 = {{flatlist|
* Daniel
* M. Healy
}}
| length13 = 3:38
| title14 = Tonight (I Wish I Was Your Boy)
| note14 = writers: Daniel, M. Healy, Hann, MacDonald, [[No Rome|Guendoline Rome Viray Gomez]]
| extra14 = {{flatlist|
* Daniel
* M. Healy
}}
| length14 = 4:07
| title15 = Shiny Collarbone
| extra15 = {{flatlist|
* Daniel
* M. Healy
}}
| length15 = 2:50
| title16 = [[If You're Too Shy (Let Me Know)]]
| extra16 = {{flatlist|
* Daniel
* M. Healy
* Gilmore
}}
| length16 = 5:19
| title17 = Playing on My Mind
| extra17 = {{flatlist|
* Daniel
* M. Healy
}}
| length17 = 3:24
| title18 = Having No Head
| extra18 = {{flatlist|
* Daniel
* M. Healy
}}
| length18 = 6:04
| title19 = What Should I Say
| extra19 = {{flatlist|
* Daniel
* M. Healy
}}
| length19 = 4:06
| title20 = Bagsy Not in Net
| extra20 = {{flatlist|
* Daniel
* M. Healy
}}
| length20 = 2:26
| title21 = Don't Worry
| note21 = writer: [[Tim Healy (actor)|Tim Healy]]
| extra21 = {{flatlist|
* Daniel
* M. Healy
}}
| length21 = 2:48
| title22 = [[Guys (song)|Guys]]
| extra22 = {{flatlist|
* Daniel
* M. Healy
* Gilmore
}}
| length22 = 4:29
}}
==Personnel==
Credits are adapted from the
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'''The 1975'''
* Matthew Healy – vocals <small>(2, 4, 6–14, 16–17, 19–22)</small>, guitar <small>(2, 8–11, 14, 16)</small>, banjo <small>(6)</small>, keyboards <small>(1)</small>, piano <small>(6)</small>
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* Adam Hann – guitar <small>(2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 11, 14, 16, 22)</small>
* Ross MacDonald – bass guitar <small>(2, 6, 8, 10, 11, 13–14, 16, 22)</small>, double bass <small>(9)</small>
'''Producers and engineers'''
* George Daniel – production, mixing <small>(15, 20)</small>
* Matthew Healy – production
* Jonathan Gilmore – production <small>(2, 8, 10–11, 16, 22)</small>, engineering
* Luke Gibbs – assistant engineering
* [[Mike Crossey]] – mixing
* Stephen Sesso – mix assistance
* Robin Schmidt – mastering
'''Additional vocalists'''
* [[Greta Thunberg]] – vocals<!-- No need to change this to 'spoken word'; it isn't how she's credited. --> <small>(1)</small>
* [[Phoebe Bridgers]] – additional vocals <small>(9)</small>, backing vocals <small>(8, 10, 17)</small>
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* [[Tim Healy (actor)|Tim Healy]] – additional vocals <small>(21)</small>
* [[Cutty Ranks]] – additional vocals <small>(15)</small>
'''Arrangements'''
* George Daniel – orchestral arrangements, horn arrangements
* Matthew Healy – orchestral arrangements, horn arrangements
* Sam Swallow – orchestral arrangements
* John Waugh – horn arrangements
'''Artwork'''
* [[Samuel Burgess-Johnson]] – art direction
* Ed Blow – art direction
* Matthew Healy – art direction
* Jordan Curtis Hughes – photography
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'''Additional musicians'''
* Jamie Squire – guitar <small>(13, 16)</small>, piano <small>(13, 21)</small>, keyboards <small>(13)</small>
* John Waugh – tenor saxophone <small>(6, 9, 12, 16, 18)</small>
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* Stacey Watton – double bass <small>(3, 5)</small>
* The London Community Gospel Choir – performance <small>(13)</small>
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== Charts ==
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=== Weekly charts ===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+Chart performance for ''Notes on a Conditional Form''
! scope="col"| Chart (2020)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
{{album chart|Australia|1|artist=The 1975|album=Notes on a Conditional Form|rowheader=true|refname="AUS"|access-date=27 June 2020}}
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{{album chart|Austria|30|artist=The 1975|album=Notes on a Conditional Form|rowheader=true|refname="AUST"|access-date=4 June 2020}}
|-
{{album chart|Flanders|67|artist=The 1975|album=Notes on a Conditional Form|rowheader=true|refname="BEL"|access-date=29 May 2020}}
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{{album chart|BillboardCanada|19|artist=The 1975|rowheader=true|refname="CAN"|access-date=3 June 2020}}
|-
{{album chart|Netherlands|36|artist=The 1975|album=Notes on a Conditional Form|rowheader=true|refname="NET"|access-date=29 May 2020}}
|-
{{album chart|Germany4|36|id=402025|artist=The 1975|album=Notes on a Conditional Form|rowheader=true|refname="GER"|access-date=29 May 2020}}
|-
{{album chart|Ireland3|2|date=20200529|rowheader=true|refname="IRE"|access-date=29 May 2020}}
|-
{{album chart|Italy|100|artist=The 1975|album=Notes on a Conditional Form|rowheader=true|refname="ITA"|access-date=27 June 2020}}
|-
! scope="row"| Japan Hot Albums (''[[Billboard Japan]]'')<ref name="JA"/>
| 15
|-
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! scope="row"|Lithuanian Albums ([[AGATA (organization)|AGATA]])<ref name="LITH"/>
| 69
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{{album chart|UK2|1|date=20200529|rowheader=true|refname="UK"|access-date=29 May 2020}}
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{{album chart|Billboard200|4|artist=The 1975|rowheader=true|refname="US1"|access-date=3 June 2020}}
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{{album chart|BillboardRock|1|artist=The 1975|rowheader=true|refname="US2"|access-date=31 August 2020}}
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=== Year-end charts ===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+2020 year-end chart performance for ''Notes on a Conditional Form''
! scope="col"| Chart (2020)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
! scope="row"| US Top Rock Albums (''Billboard'')<ref name="US3">{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2020/top-rock-albums|title=Top Rock Albums – Year-End 2020|work=Billboard|access-date=7 December 2020}}</ref>
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==Certifications==
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|artist=The 1975|title=Notes on a Conditional Form|award=Silver|type=album|relyear=2020|certyear=2020|digital=true|refname="CERT"|access-date=January 13, 2021}}
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== External links ==
* [https://the1975.com/noacf/ ''NOACF: The Exhibition''] Online art exhibition to accompany the album
* [https://www.mindshower.ai/ Mindshower] Website to accompany the album
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