įrontman Matty Healy described the style as "pretty experimental, and goes from glitchy R&B to big 80s powerpop to mid 90s soul, but it's done in our way obviously." Recording It also includes funk and indie rock elements. The album is mostly labeled as rock because of the band, but the wide variety of genres in the album has led to it being described as electropop, emo, indie pop, pop, pop punk and pop rock. They later played at the Festival Republic Stage at the 2013 Reading and Leeds Festival in August. They toured London with Bastille and Muse in the second half of The 2nd Law World Tour at the Emirates Stadium on, the United States with the Neighbourhood on June, and London again with the Rolling Stones at Hyde Park on 13 July. The band toured extensively to support the album, raise awareness and build up momentum before dropping the full-length release. Backgroundīetween mid-2012 and early 2013, the 1975 released four extended plays: Facedown, Sex, Music for Cars and IV some of the songs included there would make it onto the album. As of March 2016, it had sold 410,981 copies in the UK, and 390,000 copies in the US. The album received positive reviews from critics, and topped the UK Albums Chart on 8 September. They toured to support and build momentum for the album, including numerous gigs and special appearances with other artists. īetween Autumn 2012 and Spring 2013, during which time the album was recorded, the band released four EPs.
It was recorded with a record producer Mike Crossey. It was released on 2 September 2013 through Dirty Hit and Polydor. The 1975 is the debut studio album by English rock band the 1975.