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Notes on a Conditional Form is the upcoming fourth studio album by English band The 1975, scheduled for release on 22 May 2020 through Dirty Hit and Polydor Records. The album follows their third album A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships (2018) and is the second of two albums from their third release cycle, "Music for Cars".

Notes on a Conditional Form
Studio album by
The 1975
Released22 May 2020 (2020-05-22)
Length80:30
Label
Producer
  • George Daniel
  • Matty Healy
  • Jonathan Gilmore
The 1975 chronology
A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships
(2018) 		Notes on a Conditional Form
(2020)
Singles from Notes on a Conditional Form
  1. "People"
    Released: 22 August 2019
  2. "Frail State of Mind"
    Released: 24 October 2019
  3. "Me & You Together Song"
    Released: 16 January 2020
  4. "The Birthday Party"
    Released: 19 February 2020
  5. "Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America"
    Released: 3 April 2020

Background

In 2017, The 1975 announced their third studio album would be titled Music for Cars,[1] in reference to their third extended play of the same name. Lead singer Matty Healy stated on Twitter that the band would release the album in 2018, followed by the release of an album under the name Drive Like I Do, the band's previous moniker, in the spring of the next coming years.[2]

On 31 May 2018, the band released the single "Give Yourself a Try" from their third studio album, now titled A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships. With the release came the announcement that Music for Cars was no longer an album, but rather an "era" containing two albums, scrapping the planned Drive Like I Do album in favour of releasing a fourth studio album in May 2019.[3]

On 21 February 2019, the band announced that the first single from the album would release on 31 May, with the album following "before Reading Festival", which took place on 23 August 2019.[4]

During a Reddit AMA on 5 March 2019, a fan asked if the album would be an emo record, to which Healy responded "Kind of yeah".[5] He later reiterated the comment in an article with NME on 15 April 2019; "I'm an active emo man I suppose I'd call myself, I think that bands when they get to a stage that maybe we're in they wanna kind of graduate into being like a massive rock band whereas we wanna graduate like into being a small emo band, if you know what I mean".[6]

On 14 April 2019, Healy also shared a promotional image on Twitter teasing artwork for the album.[7] Three days later, Healy retweeted a video of him performing an unreleased song titled "Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America", and adding the caption "Notes".[8]

On 23 July 2019, as with all other eras, all social media pages associated with the band became deactivated. The next day, all band accounts were reactivated and the first song on the album, The 1975, was released, featuring a monologue from climate change activist Greta Thunberg. A countdown then began counting down to the release of the lead single, "People", which was released on 22 August 2019. The album was subsequently announced for release on 21 February 2020 via an iTunes preorder. It will be 22 tracks long. "Frail State of Mind" then followed later in the year, being released on October 24, 2019.[9]

On 13 January 2020, the album's release was pushed back to 24 April 2020, and the album cover was changed, changing back to the original artwork two days later.[10] On 30 March 2020, the date released of the album was pushed back again to 22 May 2020.[11]

Music

In an interview with Annie Mac on BBC Radio 1, Healy explained that the album would be inspired by British nighttime culture, adding that it contains references to "the beauty of the M25 and all those lights and going to McDonald's and listening to garage records in a haze in a Peugeot 206."[12] He also told Q that the album has a style similar to English alternative hip hop music group the Streets and British electronic musician Burial.[13] In a separate interview, he added that the record has "one of my best lyrics ever."[14]

On Beats 1, Healy confirmed that the first single will be released at midnight on 31 May 2019, and said that the band are trying to decide between three songs to lead off the next album.[15] However, they did not release any new music on 31 May nor the weekend. Later that week, Healy stated "I will start putting music out in August but I really don't know when the whole album will be out".[16]

On 24 July 2019, the band released the first song off the album, "The 1975". This introduction, unlike previous years, featured an essay from Swedish climate change activist Greta Thunberg.

On 22 August 2019, the band released the lead single entitled "People". The song was praised for Healy's emotion as well as its intense rock sound. The song's release was accompanied by a music video directed by Warren Fu.

On 25 October 2019, the band released the second single off the album, titled "Frail State of Mind". The song premiered on Zane Lowe's Beats 1 Radio Show on Apple Music. A music video for the song was released on 21 November 2019.[17]

The third single from the album, "Me & You Together Song", was premiered as Annie Mac's Hottest Record in the World on BBC Radio 1 on 16 January 2020.[18]

The fourth single, "The Birthday Party", was released on 19 February 2020. Frontman Matty Healy previously described "The Birthday Party" as being about the "interesting social minutiae of house parties".[19] The song was accompanied by a music video directed by Ben Ditto including digital avatars of the band members, well-known memes and artwork by Jon Emmony.

Track listing

Adapted from Apple Music.[9] All tracks written by all members of The 1975, except where noted; all tracks produced by Matt Healy and George Daniel, except where noted.

No.TitleLength
1."The 1975" (written by: Healy, Daniel, Greta Thunberg)4:55
2."People"2:38
3."The End (Music for Cars)"2:30
4."Frail State of Mind"3:53
5."Streaming"1:32
6."The Birthday Party"4:45
7."Yeah I Know"4:13
8."Then Because She Goes"2:07
9."Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America"4:24
10."Roadkill"2:55
11."Me & You Together Song" (produced by: Healy, Daniel, Jonathan Gilmore)3:27
12."I Think There's Something You Should Know"4:00
13."Nothing Revealed / Everything Denied"3:38
14."Tonight (I Wish I Was Your Boy)"4:07
15."Shiny Collarbone"2:50
16."If You're Too Shy (Let Me Know)"5:19
17."Playing on My Mind"3:24
18."Having No Head"6:04
19."What Should I Say"4:06
20."Bagsy Not in Net"2:26
21."Don't Worry"2:48
22."Guys"4:29
Total length:80:30

Tour

Notes on a Conditional Form Tour[citation needed]
World tour by The 1975
Location
  • North America
  • Europe
Associated albumNotes on a Conditional Form
Start date15 February 2020
End date1 November 2020
Legs4
No. of shows60
The 1975 concert chronology

In 2020, the band will embark on an international tour of North America and Europe in support of the album. They will be supported by Beabadoobee and Phoebe Bridgers, and have vowed to plant a tree for every ticket sold.[20] On 19 March 2020, the band announced that the North America tour was postponed indefinitely due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, opening acts, tickets sold, amount of available tickets and gross revenue
Date City Country Venue Opening acts Attendance Revenue
UK and Ireland[21]
15 February 2020 Nottingham England Motorpoint Arena Beabadoobee
16 February 2020 Newcastle Utilita Arena
17 February 2020 Leeds First Direct Arena
19 February 2020 Bournemouth International Centre
21 February 2020 London O2 Arena
22 February 2020
23 February 2020 Cardiff Wales Motorpoint Arena
25 February 2020 Birmingham England Birmingham Arena
26 February 2020 Liverpool M&S Bank Arena
28 February 2020 Manchester Manchester Arena
29 February 2020 Aberdeen Scotland P&J Arena
1 March 2020 Glasgow SSE Hydro
3 March 2020 Dublin Ireland 3Arena
North America[22]
27 April 2020 The Woodlands United States Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion Phoebe Bridgers

Beabadoobee

29 April 2020 Austin Germania Insurance Amphitheater
2 May 2020 Dallas Dos Equis Pavilion
3 May 2020 El Paso Don Haskins Center
5 May 2020 Glendale Gila River Arena
7 May 2020 Inglewood The Forum Phoebe Bridgers
8 May 2020 Irvine FivePoint Amphitheatre
11 May 2020 Morrison Red Rocks Amphitheatre Phoebe Bridgers

Beabadoobee

13 May 2020 Omaha Baxter Arena
14 May 2020 St. Louis Enterprise Center
16 May 2020 Saint Paul Xcel Energy Center
18 May 2020 Milwaukee Fiserv Forum
19 May 2020 Columbus Value City Arena
21 May 2020 Toronto Canada Budweiser Stage
23 May 2020 Washington, D.C. United States The Anthem
24 May 2020 Allston, MA Boston Calling Music Festival
26 May 2020 New York City Madison Square Garden
29 May 2020 Hanover The Hall Live!
2 June 2020 Pittsburgh Petersen Events Center
3 June 2020 Cleveland Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
5 June 2020 Virginia Beach Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater
6 June 2020 Charlotte Spectrum Center
8 June 2020 Jacksonville Daily's Place
9 June 2020 Miami Bayfront Park Amphitheatre
11 June 2020 Duluth Infinite Energy Arena Beabadoobee
12 June 2020 Manchester Bonnaroo Music Festival N/A
Europe[22]
18 June 2020 Hradec Králové Czech Republic Rock for People N/A
9/10 July 2020 Stavern Norway Stavernfestivalen
UK and Ireland[23]
11 July 2020 London United Kingdom Finsbury Park Charli XCX

Clairo

Pale Waves

Phoebe Bridgers

Beabadoobee

Europe[22]
3 October 2020 Barcelona Spain Sant Jordi Club N/A
5 October 2020 Madrid WiZink Center
6 October 2020 Lisbon Portugal Altice Arena
8 October 2020 Paris France Zenith Paris
9 October 2020 Antwerp Belgium Lotto Arena
11 October 2020 Düsseldorf Germany Mitsubishi Electric Halle
12 October 2020 Amsterdam Netherlands Ziggo Dome
14 October 2020 Frankfurt Germany Jahrhunderthalle
15 October 2020 Berlin Velodrom
17 October 2020 Zürich Switzerland Samsung Hall
19 October 2020 Milan Italy Fabrique
21 October 2020 Warsaw Poland Klub Stodola
23 October 2020 Vienna Austria Gasometer
24 October 2020 Munich Germany Zenith
26 October 2020 Tallinn Estonia Saku Suurhall
28 October 2020 Helsinki Finland Helsinki Ice Hall
31 October 2020 Stockholm Sweden Annexet
1 November 2020 Oslo Norway Oslo Spektrum

Set list

This set list is representative of the show on 15 February 2020 in Nottingham, England. It does not represent all dates throughout the tour.[24]

  1. "People"
  2. "Sex"
  3. "TOOTIMETOOTIMETOOTIME"
  4. "Me & You Together Song"
  5. "Sincerity Is Scary"
  6. "It's Not Living (If It's Not with You)"
  7. "If You're Too Shy (Let Me Know)"
  8. "Love Me"
  9. "I Couldn't Be More in Love"
  10. "Guys"
  11. "Robbers"
  12. "Fallingforyou"
  13. "Milk"
  14. "Lostmyhead"
  15. "Frail State of Mind"
  16. "I Like America & America Likes Me"
  17. "Somebody Else"
  18. "I Always Wanna Die (Sometimes)"
  19. "Love It If We Made It"
  20. "Paris"
  21. "Chocolate"
  22. "Give Yourself a Try"
  23. "The Sound"

Notes

  • During the February 16 show in Newcastle, "Medicine" was performed.[25]
  • At all but the Nottingham, Newcastle, Bournemouth, and Aberdeen shows, "Menswear" was performed.[26]
  • From the February 19 show in Bournemouth onwards, "The Birthday Party" was added to the setlist.[27]
  • During the February 23 show in Cardiff and the February 29 show in Aberdeen, "Me" was performed. [28]
  • During the February 23 show in Cardiff, "Undo" was performed.[28]
  • During the February 25 show in Birmingham, "Be My Mistake" was performed.[29]
  • During the February 26 show in Liverpool and the February 29 show in Aberdeen, "Heart Out" was performed.[30]
  • During the February 28 show in Manchester, "Girls" was performed.[31]

References

  1. ^ Gordon, Jeremy (27 April 2017). "The 1975 Announce New Album Music for Cars". Spin. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  2. ^ Milton, Jamie (8 June 2017). "Who are Drive Like I Do?". NME. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  3. ^ "Beats 1 on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  4. ^ "Matty Healy confirms the 1975's first 'Notes on a Conditional Form' single will be out May 31st". substreammagazine.com. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
  5. ^ "ACKLIOS comments on It's me I'm here I'm Watching". Reddit. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  6. ^ "Matty Healy teases details and artwork of The 1975's "sort of emo" new album, 'Notes On A Conditional Form'". NME. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  7. ^ "matty on Twitter: Notes On A Conditional Form". NME. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  8. ^ "matty on Twitter: Notes". Retrieved 18 April 2019 – via Twitter.
  9. ^ a b "Notes On a Conditional Form by The 1975". Apple Music. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  10. ^ "NEWS: The 1975 delay 'Notes On A Conditional Form' and change artwork!". DEAD PRESS! | It's more than "just music" to us. 14 January 2020. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  11. ^ Shaffer, Claire (30 March 2020). "The 1975 Postpone 'Notes on a Conditional Form' Release Date (Again)". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  12. ^ "BBC Radio 1 on Twitter". Twitter. 18 October 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  13. ^ Earls, John (14 January 2019). "The 1975 reveal surprise influences for next album 'Notes On A Conditional Form'". NME. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  14. ^ Krol, Charlotte (30 November 2018). "The 1975's Matty Healy says 2019 album 'Notes On A Conditional Form' has elements of UK garage and his "best lyrics ever"". NME. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  15. ^ Beats1 (21 February 2019). ""The first single comes out midnight, May 31st." @Truman_Black says @the1975 are trying to decide between three songs to lead off the next album". Retrieved 21 February 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  16. ^ Connick, Tom (4 June 2019). "The 1975's new album 'Notes On A Conditional Form': Release date, tour dates and everything we know so far". NME. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  17. ^ Greenwood, Koltan (21 November 2019). "The 1975 release evocative "Frail State Of Mind" video".
  18. ^ "The 1975 to release 'Me & You Together Song' next week". DIY. 8 January 2020. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  19. ^ "The 1975's next single 'The Birthday Party' is coming tomorrow". 18 February 2020.
  20. ^ Clarke, Patrick (16 January 2020). "The 1975 announce massive run of North American shows with Phoebe Bridgers and Beabadoobee". NME. Retrieved 18 January 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  21. ^ "The 1975 announce 2020 UK & Irish tour dates". Radio X.
  22. ^ a b c Minsker, Evan (16 January 2020). "The 1975 Push Back Album, Announce Tour, and Share New "Me & You Together Song": Listen". Pitchfork. Retrieved 18 January 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  23. ^ "The 1975 announce huge outdoor London show". Ticketmaster UK. 27 January 2020.
  24. ^ "The 1975 Setlist at Motorpoint Arena, Nottingham". setlist.fm.
  25. ^ "The 1975 Setlist at Utilita Arena, Newcastle". setlist.fm.
  26. ^ "The 1975 Setlist at First Direct Arena, Leeds". setlist.fm.
  27. ^ "The 1975 Setlist at Bournemouth International Centre, Bournemouth". setlist.fm.
  28. ^ a b "The 1975 Setlist at Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff". setlist.fm.
  29. ^ "The 1975 Setlist at Arena Birmingham, Birmingham". setlist.fm.
  30. ^ "The 1975 Setlist at M&S Bank Arena, Liverpool". setlist.fm.
  31. ^ "The 1975 Setlist at Manchester Arena, Manchester". setlist.fm.
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