As 2022 draws to a close and we look back at the year’s best music, we can’t deny that The 1975’s ‘Being Funny In A Foreign Language’ is still on heavy rotation for us. The quartet’s stellar fifth full-length not only spawned certified jams including the ebullient ‘Happiness’ and ‘I’m In Love With You’, but also gorgeous slow-burners including this week’s leading NME Radio inclusion, the beautifully heartbreaking ‘About You’.
In our album review, El Hunt spotlighted the record’s refreshing concision, noting: “‘Being Funny In A Foreign Language’ feels like the right next step after pushing experimental excess to its logical conclusion, and is comparatively lean with just 11 tracks to its name.” Joining ‘About You’ on this week’s additions to NME Radio are Soulwax‘s remix of Oliver Sim, Caroline Polachek’s latest belter and more.
Check out the newest additions to NME Radio 1 and 2 below.
On the A List:
The 1975
‘About You’
The 1975 get misty-eyed on the devastating ‘About You’, taken from their latest studio album ‘Being Funny In A Foreign Language’. Setting the scene with drums and bass locked into an unhurried motorik beat, it’s a slow dance for a couple at the end of their tether. Bad Seed Warren Ellis amps up the drama with the shoegaze squall of his violin, as Matty Healy delivers downtrodden, reverb-soaked vocals, his phrases sandwiched by pregnant silences. His simple, cathartic hook conveys everything the track has to say: “Do you think I have forgotten about you?” – Eli Ordonez
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