The 1975 Fansite

Coming to a great end of the year, I’ve decided to share some final thoughts with all of you about this 1975 blogging experience.

I was thinking of new ways to improve this blog, and I suggested to myself that I should post their music in links. Including videos in my site are another great way to show the band off to my readers. Some other ways I could’ve shared my content might’ve been through Tumblr. I have plenty of posts about them on there already, so it would’ve just made it even better.

My best experience about this semester has been the fact that I could share my love for the 1975 with other people. No other assignment compares to it. I’m sure this blogging experience taught me that music is permanence, even if you share it in your own words. I might use this blog as a potential portfolio opportunity, I’d love to work as a band manager one day, so I could share news and photos of my band. The one surprising (but also not surprising) part of this blog, is my lack of views. Not sure how many people like the 1975, but trust me my content is decent!

My Tour Updates post was a perfect post for me, it was the most recent as well.

Hey guys and girls, I have a special post for you all this evening. This will be about my 1975 concert experience for Sugar Land! I’ll also mention what the next plans are for the Austin 360 show.

To start off; the weather was terrible Friday evening. It was so bad, that after about 28 hours of camping, the show had to be cancelled. As soon as we got word of it, we darted towards Houston through the storm for (what we thought would be our only show) the 1975 in Sugar Land. Thankfully, we made it early enough to secure our spots in the line.

After literally hours of waiting, we finally received our official wristbands from the band’s tour manager, which secured our spot as the 1st 100 people in line. The anxiety was building up by now, me and my friends had been through so much to see them live, and it was finally going to happen once again.

The show’s energy really shined whenever the boys walked on stage, the amount screaming was deafening (including my own). The 1975 performed a fulfilling show for the crowd tonight, for which i’m always thankful. 

Catch me for my next post tomorrow! I’ll share a compilation of photos I took of the 1975 with you all soon x

To begin my next round of posts for the 1975, I decided I should show you all my favorite bits of memorabilia from them. I was trying to think about what exactly I should share first, so I thought about the box set I had along with some other items like my cassettes and autographed postcard. This is also one of the last posts leading up to the tour dates on Friday and Saturday as well! Been looking forward to posting some content about the shows very soon!

The first bit I wanted to talk about was the photo book that came with the box set during the I like it when you sleep era. The white, thin book has a soft cover to it which is nice. It’s still really clean and white since I haven’t opened it up since purchasing the box set. The pictures inside are all of the boys during the late 2014 tours leading up to ILIWYS. There’s honestly so many great photos of the boys in the photo book, I really appreciate having it near by.

Some other items I’ve collected from the band are my album cassettes and this signed postcard! The self-titled cassette is from Urban Outfitters and the ABIIOR one is from the gift set I bought when the album released. The postcard also came with the set, which was one of my favorite items I’ve gotten of the band. They each signed the card with their names which makes me giddy to think about. I especially like Adam’s signature, the x always gets me.

Until next time, I’ll see you after the shows this weekend! x

Hey music lovers! I have a quick update on some new content I decided to make and post for you all, even the non-1975 fans. I danced all night with friends at FYG: U Gaillardia Fest at Texas State University. This is my interview with Jake, a new festival-goer, about his experience at Gaillardia Fest 2019! Hope you enjoy. #FDOM19

The few songs that I have saved in my memory are mostly the 1975, which I’ve grown to appreciate over time. From someone who didn’t like the song “Chocolate” at the beginning of liking this band, I feel like their music soundtracks my life now. Not to say that in a cliche way, but I’ve never felt so compelled by the words they sing. In this post today, I wanted to mention some of my favorite tracks from the band. I’m also going to mention which one my favorites I enjoy the most during a 1975 concert.

I wanted to start off with “Pressure” from the self-titled album, which to me is the most raw. The saxophone bridge in the song is played by John Waugh, giving a soulful experience to any one who listens. The band made a later song called, “She’s American“, a track from their second album “I like it when you sleep, for you are so beautiful yet so unaware of it”. The song is definitely another beautiful example of the 1975’s music, and was my favorite off the entire album. “HNSCC” is an instrumental the band made during the Music for Cars EP, which even without lyrics is the most emotional track to me out of all their discography.

Some of my favorite songs to experience live at the band’s shows really make me feel alive, especially whenever every fan in the room is screaming the lyrics just as loud as you. Matty always has to show some moves during songs like “Heart Out” and “Ugh!”, which always sets the concert in a good mood. From the last show, I remember one of my favorite songs that they performed was “Medicine“, which made me very emotional (why lie). The design was perfect for the song, felt like nothing I’d ever been through before.

Feel free to let me know whatever your favorite tracks are by replying to my tweet! Thanks for stoppin’ by.

Today on my 1975 blog, I wanted to share the collection of 1975 vinyls that I’ve made over the past years. It’s not as massive compared to other fans, but I selected and kept the vinyls that had my favorite songs on them. The band has made these records for fans to have a solid memory of their music. They’re also known to have spiked up the sale in vinyl records since the band began issuing pressing them. In this post, you can see my top five favorite vinyls from the 1975.

To start the list off, I wanted to talk about the Music for Cars (EP) vinyl that I bought my freshman year of high school. I remember it was a randomly rare drop of the EP vinyls, so I knew I had to get my hands on this one especially (even if I was in class at that time). HNSCC is my favorite song off the record, it really defines the MFC era they’re approaching to. Milk (the single) came wrapped like a present, and is one of my favorite rare vinyls of the band.

Another aspect of the 1975 vinyls I thought was worth mentioning, is that only a few of them have etchings on the ring of the record. By that, I mean secret notes Matty must’ve written on the pressing during the creation of the records. One of my favorite quotes off the vinyls I have is from the Medicine (EP), where at a specific lighting you can see the line . “If god made anything better, he kept it for himself”. (look into the first reply on Matty’s tweet, and you’ll see what I mean.)

I hope to continue to expand my collection as the band continues to pour out new records over the next few years. Until next time, God Bless The 1975.