Me And You Together Song, a firm fan-favourite, establishes the album’s wholesome banger potential, and The Birthday Party is intoxicatingly relaxing, reassuring us that the 1975 have got any vibe they want to achieve firmly within their grasp. The rainbow of track range from the seeing-red viciousness of The 1975’s foray into screechy punk tones in People, Greta Thunberg’s moving monologue set to replace the iconic ‘go down, soft sound’ as the album’s intro to Frail State Of Mind which sounds vaguely like every 1975 song being played at once. The other tracks we’ve heard so far from Notes have been stunningly varied. Never one to shy away from a debate, the song is a critique of American religious homophobia (hardly ground-breaking), but Healy and Bridgers’ vocal delivery is tender and authentic (Bridgers, at least, is bisexual, though you might question Healy’s right to assume the persona of a non-straight man with his fluffy past comments about sexuality clouding understanding) enough to remain effective without detracting from the value of the song. The lyrics flicker between the aforementioned metaphors about snow, the sea, and trees, Bridgers’ comparatively on-the-nose lyric about masturbation, and Healy (an outspoken atheist)’s spiky sarcasm in “fortunately I believe, lucky me”. The track, a duet between Healy and guest vocalist Phoebe Bridgers, is a soft-spoken lament on the closet, both Healy and Bridgers’ verses odes to the crush they have but can’t reveal.

The latest single, Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America, is a gentle ambient-pop track that wouldn’t feel out of place on a folk-pop album, complete with nature references in the lyrics, “so if we turn into a tree, can I be the leaves” a heart-warming sentiment. The result is a 22 song long mammoth of a record, their longest so far (excluding The 1975 Deluxe, which is clocks in at 33 songs long). Exciting, not least because frontman Matty Healy keeps pushing back the release simply because ‘he keeps writing songs he likes more’. Notes On A Conditional Form: one of the most anticipated albums of 2020, The 1975’s follow-up to 2018’s A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships.

The 1975 deluxe album