British rock band The 1975 formed in 2002. Now based in Manchester, the band consists of lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Matthew Healy, lead guitarist Adam Hann, bassist Ross MacDonald, and drummer George Daniel. The band’s origins trace back to secondary school and playing together as teenagers. The band released their self-titled debut album in 2013, which included the popular singles “Sex”, “Chocolate”, and “Robbers” and reached number one in the UK. Their second album, I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It, reached No. 1 in the US, UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Following a tour promoting the record, the band announced their third album under the working title of Music for Cars, before going on hiatus again throughout 2017. Returning in 2018, the band announced that the album had evolved into their third campaign cycle, consisting of their third and fourth studio albums. The first, A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships (2018), became their third No. 1 album in the UK. The second, Notes on a Conditional Form, was released in May 2020 and became their fourth consecutive No. 1 album in the UK. The 1975 has garnered acclaim for their exploration of an eclectic range of genres such as pop rock, synth-pop, R&B, electropop, new wave forms of electronic music and forms of rock music as well as elements of jazz, soul and gospel.
