LoveSounds- The 1975 LIVE IN CONCERT!

So last week I went to work, caught up with some Greys Anatomy, joined a new gym oh and I saw The 1975 live in concert. Anyway the highlight of my week had to be that customer who-OMG OMG OH. MY. GAHD! I SAW THE 1975, MATTY, GEORGE, ROSS AND ADAM (okay enough with the caps lock, deep breaths) I saw them all live on stage, in the flesh and basked in their presence.
 I was actually supposed to go alone and I was terrified, what if I looked crazy by myself I thought, NO CHANCE MATE! Have you heard of a certain past time called, Indie Moshing? I've been to concerts before but this was my first actual rock/indie concert and I was in for real a treat! Indie Moshing oh how I love you, we moshed and moshed the night away and I ended up closer to Matty than when I started the night.

The crowd was so united it was like we were one big, rather aggressive, sex starved family chanting 'Sex! Sex! Sex!' I was fully immersed like Matty was after diving into the crowd two minutes into 'The City', the first song! I concentrated on connecting with the music and the boys on a spiritual level, I devoted my mind, body and soul whilst praying for another mosh session so this 6ft2 guy would disconnect his painfully bony elbow from the indent of my crooning neck. I shared the joy of the pain with one of my bffl's as I persuaded her to buy a last minute e-ticket for the sold out show at the O2 Academy Brixton. If she hadn't already proved her worth and value to me as a best bud in the, well 18yrs that we've known each other, that night she surely did, I thanked God and O2 priority moments for her existence as her O2 contract is what got us from the very back of the queue to the priority queue right at the front...stay with me now, I know it's a lot to take in. I was incredibly emotional so I moshed for mankind as I released all that energy, love and passion. Matty shook his hair as hard as George clashed those cymbals, I felt Adam tug on my heart strings as he caressed his guitar and Ross modulated the pitch of my very existence when he played that bass.

Everything suddenly became very surreal, this ethereal lighting created a hazy understanding of what my life had become, why hadn't I felt this euphoria before? Or everyday for that matter? Who was this girl screaming, crying and shaking uncontrollably whilst clutching onto me? And where was that loud screech coming from? Is that me? Is that Matty on the balcony?! Yes, they gave us everything, Matty sacrificed his body about 3 times to the restless audience, they gave us their pure talent and love they even gave us a bottle of water for Gods sake man! It was only right someone threw a lollipop on stage, a small token of our love. Matty gave us his most sensitive side, he sung 'Is Their Somebody Who Can Watch You?' a song for his little brother, this song means so much to all of us, he told us to put our phones away, because this ones for us, so in true concert style we put our (their-I'm obviously not cool enough) lighters up to show some lurve!

09/01/14

To sum the night up in one word would be impossible, it was a full on out of body experience, the night is one big blur of euphoria and a blue beam which is the visual representation of the load screams that penetrated my ears. We ended the night herding out into the lobby to buy tour tee's chanting 'Sex! Sex! Sex' I do love a good Indie Rock concert. What's that you say? Bournemouth Feb 14th? See you there love! xx 

'LoveSounds'-The 1975

Hey everyone! This is the first post in the 'LoveSounds' edition! I spend quite alot of time trolling various apps including Soundcloud, Itunes Store and Youtube to find new artists and bands that I think are suuuper cool and literally obsess about them until I find a new track or album and it all starts again. 

A new obsession of mine is Boybands...

I've never been a Boyband kind of girl but recently I've found myself crushing on every member of British/Irish Boyband One Direction, and Harry Styles' new best mate Matt Healy! Although the bands are alike in the sense that they're both British and as rough around the edges as Harrys bassy voice and Zayn's graffiti obsession they are almost opposites. The difference with The 1975 is there's no hiding, we all know the REAL lyrics to 'One Thing' are

'So get out, get out, get out of my head and fall into my BED instead' 

even if they wont admit that's the direction they were really heading! 

As a teenage girl (19 still counts right?) this music is reaching out, it encourages you to be the leather jacket, doc martens, daisy chain wearing groupie while also bashing you for being a 17 year old Lolita in 'Girls'.

On first listen the initial 8 bars of the hit track is reminiscent of the 'Clueless' soundtrack from the 90's and even the video is a slight throwback, if you've seen the video then you know it's amazing and chuckle worthy at the expense of their unrecognisable sound, a cross between electronica/dance/pop and alternative rock, so basically they're Indie right... right? 

'Sex' is the self confessed guide to the conflicted young adult male, "she's got a boyfriend anyway" he wails but that doesn't stop young Matthew Healey, the frontman of the band from Manchester, taking care of her. There's something about the hard hitting drums and playful chorus's that have you repeating the tracks 10 times before you move on to softer sounds like 'Robbers'; or is it the sound of a husky teenage angsty voice on full volume? (Well what do you think!?) They're painfully honest and thats the best bit, I dont know about you girls but thats all I ever want, be honest take the lead! and that's what they've done by getting a top spot on the iTunes store homepage and of course A NO1 ALBUM IN THE UK CHARTS! AND A SOLD OUT TOUR!- Which I have tickets for, jealous? 

This is the best part about scouting new talent, being there when the drama unfolds, in the intimate concert spaces which are soon replaced by soundchecks that you never know about and can never get to when they get bigger. It's like a new relationship, its the buterflies and the chase! The excitement of every new release, tour dates, twitter updates and of course the broodingly drool worthy shirtless pics on tumblr!

I simply couldn't get enough listening to the samples on iTunes and liked all the tracks on Soundcloud but even that couldn't satisfy me I must buy the album! Seeing as the boys are situated 2hrs from my home town London, being a groupie may be a conceivable idea, great we'll see when they hit the O2 Academy Brixton on Jan 9th as part of their debuted UK tour and we'll take it from there! Care to join?