Album Rating: 3.5

Like their two previous full length efforts, this is too hit and miss and still clocks in at a fair bit longer than anyone could reasonably want to listen to the 1975 for

so this band still sucks, right?

Album Rating: 1.5 | Sound Off

If it sucks does it swallow?

Album Rating: 2.5

YOU MAKE ME HARD



BUT SHE MAKES ME WEAK

One swallow doesn’t make a hummer

Album Rating: 1.5 | Sound Off

Of all terms in existence “sucks” is the worst.



This sucks does it? Result!!! I’ll take a dozen.

sucking is the greatest invention ever it's true :D

this fucks is my fav new slang

I heard this being compared to OK Computer or Be Here Now. The review summary said it best.

Album Rating: 5.0

Tootime is catchy as hell! I really like the music video

Album Rating: 3.5

im a sucker for catchiness

same but fortunately only a third of the record is catchy

Yeah I’m with luci, I’m a pop slave but this really isn’t as catchy as it gets credit for. “Perfect pop” is more than three chords

My disclaimer: Haven't listened to this/only gave their previous work short play-throughs, and I have a bit of a background in philosophy and mass media theory (so I might be full of it and very much part of the problem)...

...however, I agree there's irritating pretentiousness in the artist, but also in the audience voices -- praising or poo-pooing -- this. Unfortunately, I'm just going to point out the vapidity of the critical voices objecting to this on the grounds of artistic integrity, which is not going to make me any friends here, but whatever:

1) Yes, "A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships" reads like a title for academic philosophy (e.g. David Hume -- "An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding"), but if people think Radiohead "OK Computer" is the OG when it comes to critiquing liberal, capitalistic, technocratic modernity and this LP is late to the party, they need to stop just consuming so much popular culture (basically anything that is recorded and sold to the masses) and start digesting more high culture. If you by choice always swim in the sewer-like dregs, even the "cleaner," "better" sections, including the pretentious Sputnik, then don't complain when you swallow crap.

2) I also feel like critics on this don't appreciate that, as a product conditioned by capitalism, it has a target audience, which so happens isn't quite them. This is marketed toward teenagers whose critical thinking skills are just budding, so the questioning of computers/social media and its effects is likely to be a novel and radical notion to which these younger people can actually relate, understand, and think deeply about.

3) As a corollary, I think some people are offended that this has drawn comparisons to Radiohead, a sacred cow band for people of a certain generation. This isn't to insist that Radiohead and the 1975 are objectively on par with another aesthetically. They're not (But the gulf between them is not nearly as great as some would believe, see 1)). Rather, it's noting that the seeming polarized reaction to this release is in part fueled by inter-generational pop culture snobbery.

4) This review again reaffirms that Sowing is the best and most genuine reviewer on this site.

What is with that awful vocal effect on the first track and why would you open your album with something so shit?

love it if we made it is p4k's soty lmao
turns out it's the bodak yellow of 2018

Album Rating: 2.5

^^strangely as many gripes as I have about this album, Love It If We Made It is like top 5-10 singles of the year for me so far so while I feel they were a bit generous I can kind see it. I’m more concerned about how It’s Not Living placed so highly. It literally sounds like every song from Mew’s latest album which they gave a 6.0... but love it if we made it is a damn bop

A quick glance at the Pitchfork song of the year list and it looks biblically awful.

Now to delve in for the possibility of finding some sweet corn among all the chunder

'Love it if We Made It' is like an awful version of 'Midnight City' by M83 with the good parts removed and the harp-like rippling sound from Fleetwood Mac's 'Everywhere' just rattling on and on in the background. Plus the dude sings like he should be in One Direction.

It's an abomination.

I do think 'Midnight City' topped its respective year's Pitchfork chart too so they're consistent, whatever. 'Midnight City' is a decent tune though.

This time they've plucked a turkey.

Just listened to all of their top 10 picks...a harrowing experience. At least the Robyn and DJ Koze are solid, if a little unspectacular toons taken in isolation