By Maddy Rodak
Staff Writer
Brought to life in the city of Manchester, England, The 1975 is oh-so-slowly creeping its way to the top.
Or perhaps it’s skyrocketing.
Once branded a slew of names such as the Slowdown, Big Sleep, and Drive Like I Do, the band eventually settled on a name: The 1975. Matty Healy, lead singer of the band recounted how the group came to agree on such a bizarre title. “It was from a book that I acquired from somebody . . . I got it from this artist when I was on holiday and it had obviously had a previous owner because it had been treated like a diary with scribbling all over the place; a bit suicidal, a bit mad. Some of the notes were dated ‘1st June The 1975’.”
During the month of December, the 1975 have been touring theatres and halls, performing songs off of their current album, self-titled and in true The 1975 style, ‘The 1975’. The group toured the entirety of North America, playing in front of eccentric crowds, their numbers in the thousands.
When asked by The Huffington Post to describe their sound, the band responded, “I don’t think I would be able to. There is such a stark polarity in our material that it’s very hard for us to be defined by one genre. We are an alternative rock band with elements of R&B, shoegaze and…. Michael Jackson?”
On Dec. 3, The 1975 stopped by the iconic Tower Theater in Philadelphia to play a gig. The next day in school, several students dawned The 1975 merchandise; their mark that they attended the concert.
This is only the beginning for The 1975. Surely, there will be more The 1975 t-shirts sported by students in the near future.
