‘Somebody Else’ - at times spellbinding, at others baffling - proves to be the perfect home straight into The 1975’s bonkers second strike. ‘I Like It When You Sleep…’ is a confused, confounding record.

Like a panicked joke from someone who’s unwillingly let down their emotional guard, it’s a disappointing yank back down to earth. Will purchase the record straight from The 1975s merch site next time. It was covered in black streaky stains and multiple scratches. So out of curiosity, I looked at the second record of the album. Tongue in cheek, perhaps, but it’s an irony-meter busting moment that crumbles ’Somebody Else’’s more admirable, even (whisper it) heartfelt sentiments. Now, I want to remind you that this was NEW when I bought it. “Get someone you love, get someone you need - fuck that, get money,” he squawks at the track’s mid-point, in the most ’sorry, what?’ moment since Kanye’s last tweet-storm. Snatching at influence from all over, ‘Somebody Else’’s kaleidoscopic mishmash of R’n’B du jour only serves to drown out The 1975’s signature in the process.

Despite his insistence that ‘Somebody Else’ is “a straight up 1975 song”, it instead feels like he’s desperate to live up to the track’s title. When that dreamscape’s pulled away, though, Healy seems desperate to squeeze his way into someone else’s leather trousers.

“I don’t want your body, but I hate to see your body with somebody else,” he laments, a dizzying depiction of that gut-punch moment lost love brings. “I took all my things that make sound,” he half-whispers, “the rest I could do without.” Hauntingly honest, it’s a chink-in-the-armour depiction of heartbreak like we’ve never seen from the band before. Listen to both songs on WhoSampled, the ultimate database of sampled music, cover songs and remixes. Lyrically, Matty Healy finally lays himself bare in the emotional sense, rather than just whipping off his top and skipping about, bottle of plonk in hand and fingers in his ears.Īt its best, it’s captivating. 'Somebody Else' by VÉRITÉ is a cover of The 1975s 'Somebody Else'. They return to the UK this December for a full arena tour. Gentle and soft-of-touch, it’s a slow jam in every sense of the word. The 1975 are currently in the midst of a huge tour in support of their recent, very good second album with the title thats too long to type out. Battering its audience over the head with a handbag full of glitter, ‘Love Me’, ‘UGH!’ and ‘The Sound’ have revelled in confusion by cabaret. Brash and blinding, The 1975’s return has attempted to dazzle at every turn.

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