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Concert Previews

Upcoming concerts & festivals

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SUMMER 2019

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Pale Waves

Their quick rise to pop majesty

What’s New?

Quick reviews of the latest albums

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UPCOMING SHOWS: festivals

Concert Previews Governor’s Ball NYC

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Governors Ball, the three-day musical spectacular that’s this year bringing Lil Wayne, Florence and the Machine, The Strokes, Nas and Tyler the Creator to Randall’s Island, is set to run from May 31 to June 2.

And tickets are now on sale. Get yours from TicketNetwork and, to get 10 percent off, enter promo code “PatchTickets10.”

Ticket options range from general admission day passes to a platinum three-day pass.

The inaugural Governors Ball was held in June 2011 and the event has only grown in prominence since. The festival experience transcends music by incorporating activities such as interactive photo booths, life-sized board games and installments of New York City street art.

The truly special part of Governors Ball, however, remains the music.

The collection of talent performing in the 2019 festival makes for a once in a lifetime experience.

Day one of the festival on Friday May 31st, features: Tyler the Creator, Lil Wayne, Brockhampton, Gesaffelsteinm Jorja Smith, Blood Orange, Mitski, The Internet, Jessie Reyez, M0, Hippo Campus, Amber Mark, The Voidz, Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, Cautious Clay Jeremy Zucker, Dennis Lloyd, Miles Kane, Hundredth, Still Woozy, Njomza and Deal Casiono.

Day two of the festival on June 1st, features: Florence + The Machine, Major Lazer, The 1975, Kacey Musgraves, Zhu, Vince Staples, Lord Huron, Ty Dolla $ign, Playboi Carti, King Princess, Denzel Curry, Clairo, Ravyn Lenae, Saba, Elohim, Sunflower Bean, U.S. Girls, Calpurnia, Dreamers, Suzi Wu, Easy Life and Tobi Lou. Day three of the festival on June 2nd, features: The Strokes, Nas, SZA, Loius the Child, Kaytranada, Sheck Wes, Beast Coast (Joey Bada$$ + Flatbush Zombies), Lily Allen, Bazzi, Noname, Charlie XCX, Bob Moses, Sob X Rbe, Chelsea Cutler, 070 Shake, Parcels, Taylor Bennett, Soccer Mommy, The Underachievers, Kirk Knight, Nyck Caution, Jack Harlow, Aaron Aye, Shaed, Ric Wilson and Mkultra.

If you can’t seem to decide which day you most want to see, a threeday general admissions pass is also available.

The traveling Sad Summer Festival has revealed dates for the roaming tour with headliners The Maine, Mayday Parade, State Champs and The Wonder Years.

Sad Summer will kick off on July 5 at Gas Monkey Live! in Dallas and run through Atlanta, Orlando, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Milwaukee, Chicago, Denver and more. The touring festival will also play Pier 17 in New York on July 16 and close out on Aug. 3 at City National Grove of Anaheim in Southern California.

The 17-city trek will also see performances from Mom Jeans, Stand Atlantic, Just Friends and L.I.F.T. ”What could be better than being emo with your best friends in the sweet summer sun? Being emotional with your friends in the sweet summer sun at the Sad Summer Festival, that’s what,” said The Maine’s John O’Callaghan in a release.

“Ditch the cold hot dogs and fucked up sunburns and join The Maine, Mayday Parade, State Champs, and so many more all summer ’19 long!”

Additional special guests Every Avenue, Four Year Strong, Set It Off, Forever The Sickest Kids and Emo Nite will also appear at select dates throughout the summer. Band lineups are subject to change in each location, so fans are encouraged to check out their local date for exact artist bills.

“This tour is about putting aside our differences and coming together as a community of people to enjoy music and art. I’m thrilled to be a part of it and I can’t wait to see everyone out there,” said Mayday Parade’s Derek Sanders in a release.

UPCOMING SHOWS: festivals

Bonnaroo

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Superfly and A.C. Entertainment are proud to reveal the absolutely epic full schedule for the 2019 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival. This year’s edition of the world-renowned four-day multistage camping festival will showcase a remarkably eclectic selection of top artists spanning innumerable genres alongside over 100 unique events and activities taking place on its one-of-akind campground Plazas, once again delivering the most inimitable and inventive complete experience of any festival anywhere in the world.

The 18th annual Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival will take place June 13 - 16,

held as always at Great Stage Park, the spectacular 700-acre farm and event space located just 60 miles southeast of Nashville in Manchester, TN. Tickets -- including General Admission (4 Day), VIP (4 Day), Platinum (4 Day) and more -- are on sale now.

The 2019 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival will see over 150 performances from a truly extraordinary range of artists taking place around the clock across more than 10 unique stages over the fourday event.

The next-level 2019 Food & Drink Lineup boasts an incredibly appetizing assortment of delicacies and delights for

all Bonnaroo attendees, from arepas and empenadas, gourmet burgers, jalapeño corn dogs, handcrafted ice pops, biscuit sandwiches, and giant pizza slices to a truly epic range of vegan, vegetarian, and gluten-free options. More than 60 vendors will be on hand, showcasing the region’s best food and beverages.

Of course, the 2019 Food & Drink Lineup will once again spotlight some of Bonnaroo’s trademark food experiences, including the amazing Food Truck Oasis, Hamageddon and Bacon Land, the Broo’ers Festival (once again offering a variety of beer and cider from dozens of different U.S. breweries), and Planet Roo -

the epicenter of Bonnaroo’s sustainability work and overall global consciousness.

An assortment of activities is also scheduled, all affirming the Bonnaroo experience as a very special hub of human interaction. Among them are several Solar Stage YogaRoo sessions and Kidz Jam, a series of Solar Stage events focused on inspiring a love of music, culture and creativity while providing a safe haven for children. In addition, the Seventh “First Annual” Roo Run, a 5k race around the festival grounds presented in partnership with ASICS, will begins promptly at 9 am on Saturday, June 15 at Plaza 2.

Disrupt Festival

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With the Warped Tour ending its run as a full-on traveling festival last year, the newly announced Rockstar Energy Drink Disrupt Festival could fill the void for fans across North America in 2019.

Featuring bands that would fit right in on past Warped lineups, Disrupt Festival boasts a number of prominent emo, punk, and metalcore outfits.

While Warped Tour is still celebrating its 25th anniversary with events in three cities this year, Disrupt will hit outdoor amphitheaters in 25 cities

across North America, beginning June 21st in Dallas, Texas, and running through July 28th in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

The acts on the bill include The Used, Thrice, Circa Survive, Sum 41, The Story So Far, Atreyu, Sleeping With Sirens, Andy Black, Four Year Strong, Memphis May Fire, Trophy Eyes, Meg & Dia, Juliet Simms, and Hyro the Hero.

However, not all of those artists will be performing at every single date of the tour.

Click on the info button next to each date at RockstarDisrupt.com to see who’s playing each city. You can also buy tickets for each stop at that link.

According to a press release, the festival will feature two stages of performances, as well as pop-up activations and more. Fans who bring an empty Rockstar Energy Drink can for recycling will have the opportunity to skip the line and enter a contest to win a signed guitar and meet & greets with the artists.

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UPCOMING SHOWS: tours

A Day to Remember Raisin’ Hell in the Heartland Tour

Punk-rock group A Day To Remember announced their return to the road this year with a brief U.S. run this summer.

The tour, dubbed “Raisin’ Hell In The Heartland,” will kick-off on May 31 in Peoria, Illinois followed by shows in cities like San Antonio, Raleigh, Witchita, and Poughkeepsie. Providence, Rhode Island will round-out the outing on June

28. Along the way, A Day To Remember will be joined by Knocked Loose and Boston Manor.

While the group already concluded touring in support of 2016’s Bad Vibrations, it’s possible they will announce a new record soon.

Additionally, on their tour schedule, the band is slated to perform at a few

festivals, including Mexico’s Pa’l Norte and the UK’s Leeds and Reading, but fans are speculating that the group could appear at one of this year’s Vans Warped Tour 25th anniversary shows in either Ohio, California, or New Jersey.

Bad Vibrations, featuring “Paranoia” and “Bad Vibrations,” clocked in at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 charts –

the band’s highest debut position of an album to date.

The group is best-known for their heavy, energy-driven tracks like Homesick‘s “I’m Made of Wax, Larry, What Are You Made Of?” “The Downfall of Us All,” and What Separates Me From You‘s “All Signs Point To Lauderdale.”

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LANY – composed of Paul Klein, Jake Goss and Les Priest – have announce their 2019 “Malibu Nights” Headline World Tour, produced

by Live Nation.

The tour will include more than 75 dates across North America, Europe, UK, South America, Australia, New Zealand and Asia. The North American leg will kick off on April 23 in Miami and hit more than 35 cities before concluding at Los Angeles’ Greek Theatre June 27.

The tour is in support of their sophomore album, Malibu Nights released on October 5 via Interscope Records.

Tickets for the tour will go on sale to the general public starting this Friday, Nov. 16 at 10 am local time.

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UPCOMING SHOWS: tours

The 1975 2019 Tour

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The 1975 blessed the Santa Barbara Bowl stage at last Sunday, its eighth stop on a North American tour taking the band from Mexico City to Toronto. Showcasing songs from the group’s latest hit album, A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships, and older classics, the 1975 is celebrating its deep catalog ahead of another album set to be released early this summer.

Fellow English acts and Dirty Hit labelmates Pale Waves and No Rome opened for the 1975, each providing electrifying sets of their own that left the packed audience palpably giddy as the sun was setting.

Giddiness exploded into roars as the lights went off and the song “The 1975” played over the speakers in the darkness. The song faded into the hard-rocking guitar riff of “Give Yourself a Try” as the band ran onstage and the audience frantically leaped with joy.

The Manchester band continued with 19 more songs; highlights included “Sincerity Is Scary” and “It’s Not Living (If It’s Not with You).” The 1975 had an incredible presence and vibrant stage design that revolved around frontman Matty Healy’s expressive performance. Eccentric and lively, Healy’s vocals were just as clean live as on record. His work left the crowd hungry for more even after a five-song encore, which included “Love It If We Made It,” “Chocolate,” and “Sex.” The crowd was remarkably involved and energetic throughout the set, proving the kind of artists The 1975 are — they bring passion and intensity to their live shows and do so with undeniable style.

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MIND MATTER

PALE WAVE’S METEORIC RISE TO POP MAJESTY Story By Gerrit Feenstra

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AS OF THIS MOMENT,

Pale Waves are enjoying the last days of the longest break the members have had in two years.

Ever since the British pop group released their debut single “There’s A Honey” back in February 2017, the wheels have turned faster and faster, accelerating with each subsequent release. Eighteen months, four continents, and nine music videos later, Pale Waves’ fulllength opus My Mind Makes Noises arrived with a bang. Now, after near-endless touring and so much work to reach their present state, it’s easy to imagine that things feel a touch slow for lead singer and guitarist Heather Baron-Gracie.

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Left: Pale Waves is Charlie Wood, Hugo Silvani, Ciara Doran, and Heather Baron-Gracie. Bottom: Baron-Gracie at Reading Festival in 2017.

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so strange being constantly around people and being on stage and having that routine, and then just going to not being around people, being in your own space, and doing your own things. Even not just having a tour manager telling you where to go and what to do … I’m very eager to get back on the road.”

In January of this year, the four-piece of Baron-Gracie, drummer and producer Ciara Doran, guitarist Hugo Silvani, and bassist Charlie Wood toured the UK for two and a half weeks in support of The 1975. Here, they played some of the biggest venues of their careers and walked in the footsteps of their heroes. For the woman who once sang “I like to be alone most of the time,” the world is now at her doorstep.

“The venues were just huge, insane,” Baron-Gracie says.

“We’re playing on those stages, where like, I watched The Cure there. I stood where Robert Smith stood …

It’s really inspiring as well, inspiring us to want this for ourselves.”

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the way. The show here at Comerica Theater will host sixteen times the capacity of their sold-out gig at The Rebel Lounge last spring. Where so many pop acts can coast on a well-manicured online aesthetic, Pale Waves is fueled by the carnal adrenaline of the live setting.

“Playing live is our favorite thing to do,” Baron-Gracie says. “I prefer it to the studio.

There’s nothing like being on stage and playing these songs that mean so much to you. It’s a really special moment, because every show is different ... We meet people after every show — especially our first shows in America, going out and meeting as many people as we can. They are the reason we can afford to do this and why I don’t have to get a 9-to-5, which is

my worst nightmare.”

For many, a typical 9-to5 might be a less strenuous option. Between their Rebel Lounge gig last year and now, Pale Waves played over 130 gigs, averaging one for every two to three days of living existence.

“It’s definitely a full time job,” Baron-Gracie says. “It never stops. We’re constantly writing and going on tour

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e Gracie and Doran make an unstoppable collaborative force. Add onto that BaronGracie’s brilliant intuition for visual accompaniment, and you have a band that cannot be ignored.

“I love visuals,” Baron-Gracie says. “I get such enjoyment out of making our music videos.

I think of the ideas and get very hands on. In this day and age, people expect the music but also [more]. It’s another way to compliment the song — more art, isn’t it? More of your ideas. For “Noises,” in particular, that’s just me channeling what that song is about. It’s just diving in even more.”

On “Noises”, the pseudoeponymous track from Pale Waves’ full-length, BaronGracie details the heat of a mental and emotional breakdown, spawning from repeated self-deprecation and self-doubt. On a rare occasion for the band, Baron-

Gracie braves the video alone.

In a white room, she teeters between emotional states, represented in different outfits, makeup, and even hair color. The woman that emerges on the other side of this maelstrom is a stronger version of herself, knowing the full weight of the burden she carries, empowered in her ability to name it. This balancing act of light and dark through threadbare self-exploration is a mainstay of the Pale Waves bible.

“I want to hear the real stuff,” Baron-Gracie says.

“I don’t want anything sugar coated. I want to hear [them] putting the heart out there. I want to hear it in the voice. With our music, my brain is instantly drawn to the dark side of things, but we balance it out surrounding ourselves with pop — upbeat tempos and shimmering guitars and things… That’s just who we are.”

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and in rehearsal. We live and breathe Pale Waves.”

Inasmuch, three months at home has lent itself to creative output, and Pale Waves are well on their way in planning their next move.

“We’re all in a new house [in London], writing for our new EP,” Baron-Gracie says. “Our new music is a lot different. As writers, we’ve broadened our vision a lot more, and we’re a lot more creative. From the first record, a lot of it was quite similar. And I kind of like how it felt a bit naive, though, since it was our first.

With the new [material], I think people will be shocked, but shocked in a good way.”

Shocking is a good way to describe Pale Waves — not in a sense of shock and awe, but in the way they call their audience to attention. Every offering put forward is an arresting display of pop mastery and aesthetic equilibrium. Baron-

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YO U AR E O K: The Maine Reveal How Mental Health Struggles Influenced Their New Album ASHLEY LADERER

'You Are OK' is about opening up a dialogue John O'Callaghan of The Maine isn't a rockstar, nor does he want to be. All he wants is for The Maine to be known as a good band made up of good people. "Wholesome, well-intentioned individuals," as he puts it. And, yes, he actually means it.

The Maine arrived on the scene with debut album Can't Stop, Won't Stop in 2008—the heyday of MySpace (RIP), Warped Tour (RIP), and greasy, albeit sexy, emo boy hair (also RIP). Since then, the band amassed a cult following by not only releasing great new music consistently, but also by killing fans with kindness and, in their own words, "actually giving a shit."

You Are OK, the band's seventh studio album, is a deviation from previous material and an opportunity for O'Callaghan and the band to be truly vulnerable, opening up a dialogue about being okay—or not.

"We definitely set out to make a different record than we have in the past, and more importantly, a different record than Lovely Little Lonely and

American Candy," O'Callaghan says of the band's latest. "We wanted to make a record that was sort of jarring for not only us but, hopefully, for the listener as well. Just knowing that it's our seventh album, playing it safe probably wouldn't be the smartest thing to do. So I think we did what we could to not be safe and to not be subtle. To not hold anything back, I guess."

Another natural reason that the new music is a deviation from previous albums? The band members aren't emo teens anymore. "I was 18 or 19 when we started, and I'm 30 years old now.

To be able to evolve and grow as a person as well [as evolve musically] has been something really special."

If you've been following the band since the beginning, it's evident that they've grown up.

O'Callaghan has graduated from lyrics like, "Oh she makes me feel like shit/ It's always something/ But I can't get over it/ She thinks it's nothing," to, "I won't beg on your pardon, you see/ You know I'm not a human/ One part anxiety using two parts naivety/Just to keep sane" With an album titled You Are Ok, lyrical mentions of anxiety, and tracks titled "Slip The Noose" and "Broken Parts," it's clear that mental health is at

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WHY WOULD YOU PAY MONEY TO MEET A HUMAN BEING?

Anyone who has been a fan of the Maine knows that the band have built a relationship with their fans that’s unlike most fan/band relationships we see today.

On their first support tour, the Maine remember seeing bands charging money for a meet and greet, getting a quick five seconds with the band and heading off to spend even more money on merch.

As a fan, we get it. Bands need to make money, too.

The Maine explain that while the easiest way for a band to battle a music industry in decline would be to “impose a tax on the fans,” an occurrence we’re seeing more and more often. But for the Maine, that’s not the answer.

“Let the fans pay more money for tickets, merchandise, and let’s charge some money if they want a photo with the band. You are adding yourself (a human being)

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into your list of available products. Think about that... Congratulations, you have become a human being with a price tag.”

At the end of the day, it truly is about the fans.

Longevity is about building a relationship.

“If you want to be in a band for a really long time, why not take a second and think about how decisions made now can impact your career down the line?

If only there was a way to give away a little more of yourself up front to ensure your fans feel satisfied, loyal, and a part of something bigger. Maybe there is.

Maybe that’s what we did.

We kept doing the same thing, every single night.

Headlining or supporting, we’re outside talking to fans for as long as we can. That’s it. My point is that you don’t have to pass the cost of declining album sales onto your fanbase.

You have to get creative.”

the forefront of the album. I asked them if the album title is an intentional affirmation for the listener to use.

"We've avoided [the topic of mental health] so much as a society that I think it's not only an affirmation but also a question. The answer doesn't have to be that you are okay right now. The answer can be no. But it's sort of me telling myself that, even though I might not be [okay] right now, I will be one day." He continues, "I think there's a stigma to not feeling the way that people promote that you always should, if that makes sense. I think that the idea of being depressed and the idea of being, for lack of a better word, not okay, there's a stigma to that. I think it's important to at least be talking about it and open the dialogue, and if nothing else, give people a mantra to hopefully use in the times that they need it." And boy, do a lot of us need it a

lot of the time.

Providing listeners with mantras, intentionally or unintentionally, is nothing new for The Maine. "We'll All Be" off Can't Stop Won't Stop provided us with "We all have been degraded/ We all will be the greatest" which, admittedly, I had plastered on my wall as a high schooler. A hidden track off third album Pioneer gave us, "Strength will find you sooner than you ever thought it would," which became a popular lyric for fan tattoos. "(Un)lost" from American Candy gave us, "Control what you can/ Confront what you can't," another popular lyric for fan tattoos.

"The omnipresent What the fuck are we doing here as human beings? question has always existed in my mind," O'Callaghan says of lyrics like these. "It's always been an existential crisis my whole life. I think those questions

THE ANSWER DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THAT YOU ARE OKAY RIGHT NOW. THE ANSWER CAN BE NO. BUT IT'S SORT OF ME TELLING MYSELF THAT, EVEN THOUGH I MIGHT NOT BE RIGHT NOW, I WILL BE ONE DAY.

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Left: The Maine making their new album.

will never leave, but the idea that we get to experience it is something that I certainly don't take for granted."

Even anxiety is something he doesn't take for granted—and maybe even appreciates. "I certainly struggle with anxiety," O'Callaghan confesses. "But I think it helps you realize that you're still alive and the blood is still coursing." He continues, "It's tough business being a human being. I think that it's important to just relay the message to people that I don't have it figured out by a long stretch and I've never claimed to, and I struggle with the same shit that everybody goes through. Making it known that people aren't alone in feeling alone has always been a real staple for me."

This mission of providing fans with

comfort and reassurance that they aren't alone goes beyond music and lyrics. The five super-nice (but not uncool) guys who make up The Maine genuinely care about making their fans feel good. The band constantly tours, but never sells VIP meet and greet packages like many of their peers do because they believe, again, in their own words, "Why would you pay money to meet a human being?" Instead, the band hangs around after every show for a couple of hours in an attempt to meet as many fans as they can, take photos, and sign autographs — all free of charge.

"We learned that the paid meet and greet will never be our philosophy," O'Callaghan states. "Why the fuck

would someone pay hundreds of dollars to meet these people who they think are their idols that end up just letting them down?" Most people who've fallen prey to the paid meet and greet will tell you that the experience of an awkward handshake and rushed conversation across a folding table just isn't worth it.

He says, "It's always been less about business for us than it's been about speaking our truth and connecting on a personal level with people. [To us,] it's obvious that you would pay most attention to the individuals who allow you to do what you do, because, without them, you don't get to do that. That's as simple as it gets."

Spoken like a true wholesome, wellintentioned individual.

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WHAT’S NEW? QUICK REVIEWS OF THE LATEST ALBUMS

01. Simple Creatures: Strange Love EP

02. Catfish & the Bottlemen: The Balance

03. The Japanese House: Good at Falling

04. The 1975: Notes on a Conditional Form

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Simple Creatures is a duo consisting of Mark Hoppus from Blink 182 and Alex Gaskarth from All Time Low. Upon listening, I was surprised to hear that these songs are not pop punk. Though there are plenty of guitars throughout, Hoppus and Gaskarth have gone for a sound closer to the new wave sounds of the 80s. .

While it may not be as good as All Time Low or Blink 182, it will tide you over for the time being until Hoppus and Gaskarth return to their main gigs.

Slowly but surely, the Welsh Alternative/Indie Rock band Catfish and the Bottlemen is climbing upstream with their bottleful of catchy PostPunk-charged songs.

Simply put, Catfish and the Bottlemen’s new album is a sweet and sharp shard of that sonic trajectory, making it a must listen. There are really still lots of magnificent messages in the Welsh band’s brilliant bottle of music, and that is why Cryptic Rock gives The Balance 4 out of 5 stars.

Beginning as a collection of demos recorded in Amber Bain’s bedroom, these stories of her recent breakup appear as tales straight from her diary as everything is laid bare.

Lyrically, ‘Good At Falling’ is a portrayal of insecurity and pain, sonically it is a bright, glistening piece of pop magic that merges the quintessential style seen on The Japanese House’s three EPs with new points of exploration that only increases the excitement around this enigmatic superstar-in-waiting.

The 1975 frontman Matty Healy has teased details and the artwork of the band’s upcoming new album ‘Notes On A Conditional Form‘.

In conversation with NME, Healy added: It’s very homely. It’s a lot about home, it’s a lot about mental health, it’s a lot about domesticity.”

“On this record you can hear that at times I want to make my ‘Nebraska’ [Bruce Springsteen’s sparsest album] or I want to make my ‘Immunity’

by Jon Hopkins. I’d like it to be a moment-in-time record like a ‘Nebraska’.”

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