and was shortlisted for the esteemed Mercury Prize. The album debuted at number one in the U.K. To promote the album, the band toured the U.K., Europe, and North America, and made a high-profile appearance on Saturday Night Live. Featuring the singles "Love Me" and "The Sound," it found the band moving toward a more '80s adult contemporary pop and R&B-influenced style. The 1975 returned in 2016 with their sophomore full-length album, the Crossey-produced I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It. A number one album in the U.K., The 1975 helped build the band's reputation in the States, where it reached number 28 on the Billboard 200. Featured on the album were several previously released tracks, including "Chocolate" and "Sex," as well as the singles "Settle Down" and "Girls," the latter of which peaked at number 12 on the U.S. That same year, the 1975 delivered their eponymous debut full-length, recorded with producer Mike Crossey ( Arctic Monkeys, Foals). Top 20 single "Chocolate." The band's popularity continued to rise as they played shows across the U.K., and were also invited to perform at industry showcase SXSW in conjunction with a U.S. In 2013, a third EP appeared, spawning the U.K. Toward the end of 2012, the band released the Sex EP, and the title track was played by influential BBC Radio 1 DJ Zane Lowe. The lead track from the debut EP, "The City," was played on Huw Stephens' BBC Radio 1 show, and the quartet's energetic live performances endeared them to crowds, while their presence began to sweep across music blogs. indie label Dirty Hit, and soon thereafter supported Little Comets on their nationwide tour. In 2012, they released their first EP, Facedown, on the U.K. There, lead singer Matthew Healy, guitarist Adam Hann, bassist Ross MacDonald, and drummer George Daniel started out covering punk songs and playing at local all-ages shows before inevitably beginning to explore their own original material. Originally, the members of the 1975 met in 2002 while attending high school in Wilmslow, Cheshire, a suburb of Manchester. It's an unpredictable artistic evolution they sustained with 2022's Being Funny in a Foreign Language. While they have remained chart regulars, hitting the Top Five with 2018's A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships and 2020's Notes on a Conditional Form, they have continued to experiment with their sound, embracing an ever more genre-bending pop aesthetic. They fared even better with 2016's I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It, which reached number one in both England and the United States. and reaching the Top 30 on the Billboard 200.
It was a sound they first debuted on 2013's The 1975, which brought them international stardom, topping the charts in the U.K. Britain's ever-evolving the 1975 balance hooky dance-rock and adult contemporary sophistication with arty forays into electronica and Auto-Tuned pop.
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