EP Review: The 1975 – Music For Cars

Music For Cars is the last of three EPs released by Manchester band The 1975 ahead of their debut album due out in May.

Previous EPs, ‘Sex’ and ‘Facedown’ were both fantastic introductions to the band’s incredible talent to write catchy, radio-friendly tunes that sound deceivingly epic. However, this new collection of tracks feels more like filler than killer.

Despite containing the wonderfully addictive ‘Chocolate’, the records main body of tracks just doesn’t quite live up to expectations. There’s a sense of experimentation on songs such as ‘Anobrain’ and ‘Heads.Cars.Bending’, but there’s not that acceptance of brilliance found in earlier tracks like ‘You’ and ‘The City’.

At a point when first time listeners might pick up a band’s latest release, this isn’t exactly a shining example of The 1975’s stunning songwriting ability. At best you’ll be left wondering what all of the fuss is about. But with a mammoth selection of up-and-coming tour dates, which are selling out fast, and the hope of something great, I guess we’ll just have to see what they produce when May finally comes around…

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