Melissa Kacar

With The 1975 's sophomore album, I like it when you sleep, for you are so beautiful yet so unaware of it , the band stepped into a bright, post-modern pop world. They stripped away the black‑and‑white aesthetic that defined their self‑titled debut era three years prior and moved into something even more vivid and expansive. The hazy, neon-lit aesthetics mirrored the artistic ideals that made up their early work, but refined through an even more ambitious and broader lens.  "I think, as an idea, the conviction that it took to stand by that as an album title is very representative of what the album is like. It's quite bold and unafraid to be sentimental and dramatic and overly romantic," Matty Healy told  NME  in a 2016 interview. "It kind of captures the narrative of our psyche over the past year and a half, which is something like a lot of people who come off a big upward trajectory of success. It's quite a dynamic time, and I think that it's expansive...

It's not living (if it's not with The 1975 )! I recently had the most amazing experience at Madison Square Garden seeing one of my favorite bands ever on the second night of their Still... At Their Very Best  tour. To have the chance to see a band that influenced my life so profoundly for nearly a decade in one of the greatest cities in the world is a memory I will always cherish. I have been counting down the days to this show since I got the tickets for my birthday back in August. This is my second time seeing The 1975 live and the memories I have of the first show from six and a half years ago are among some of the greatest of my entire life. That show in 2017 was at a much smaller venue in my hometown in Pennsylvania, in support of their sophomore album, I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful, Yet So Unaware Of It . I have loved seeing how far they've come over the years as they continue to grow in their artistry. I always look back on that show with an ov...