But then, from the first glimpse, ‘A Brief Inquiry...’ has been more than just a simple collection of songs. Introduced over a month-long period of posters, social media teasers and hidden online puzzles, nothing about it seems to be without logic or reason. A celebration of the genre-bled mixing bowl of youth culture in 2018, it’s a record that steadfastly refuses to stick in a single lane. ‘
TOOTIMETOOTIMETOOTIME’’s tropical bop is a million miles from their expected turf, and yet when placed against the atmospheric stabs of ‘
How To Draw / Petrichor’, that juxtaposition only becomes even more stark. Glitching and tripping like Thom Yorke interfacing with Kanye’s rogue autotuner, it lends further stock to frontman Matty Healy’s claim that no other arena-sized band currently dare be as musically interesting as The 1975. That so much of that fascination comes from the rolling, eclectic soundboards of drummer and production mastermind George Daniel only furthers their brilliance.
