10 - The 1975 - The City
The 1975 are a relatively new band with a heavy Manchester twang found in singer Matthew Healy's voice. Before releasing their self-titled album they released 4 digital EPs and toured across smaller joints in the US. The crazy thing about this song is that I had won tickets to see the band play in Columbus back in March and I declined to go after hearing their first hit, "Chocolate". Out of the entire album, I think Chocolate is catchy but it's nowhere near as powerful as tracks like "The City".
The opening drum beat lets you know that you are about to hear an absolute powerhouse of a song. It's the perfect lead track to an album and it's a perfect single as well. Crushing synths, dancing guitars and a perfect message of painful lost love create a song that is so amazingly good, it jumped up the J1YE charts to #10 despite only being released in September (and qualifying it for the 2014 countdown). The video for the song is filmed in black and white, and jumps between the band playing and people from "the city" going about their lives in darkened rooms. It is such a strong sound and I'm not surprised that the album immediately jumped to #1 in England (and as high as #28 in the US). The future is bright for the 1975 as they power through hard topics and smooth songs.
Title: The City
Artist: The 1975
Album: The 1975
Previous #10s
2012: Animal Kingdom - Strange Attractor
2011: FM Static - F.M.S.T.A.T.I.C
2010: Muse - Resistance
2009: Five Finger Death Punch - Bad Company
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