Matty Healy penned this song in dedication to a girl, Angela, who was also a patient in rehab while he was there to recuperate from heroin addiction, which is the subject matter of the previous track on the album “It’s Not Living (If It’s Not With You)”. The title of the song is from David Foster Wallace’s "Infinite Jest", a book Healy was reading while in rehab which opens with the sentence: “I am seated in an office, surrounded by heads and bodies.” Matty told Pitchfork: "That was kind of the joke. Because nobody reads it all the way! Everyone our age has got a batt… read more
Matty Healy penned this song in dedication to a girl, Angela, who was also a patient in rehab while he was there to recuperate from heroin addiction,… read more
Matty Healy penned this song in dedication to a girl, Angela, who was also a patient in rehab while he was there to recuperate from heroin addiction, which is the subject matter of the p… read more
The 1975 are an English pop band formed in 2002 in Wilmslow, Cheshire. Now based in Manchester, the band consists of lead vocalist, producer, lyricist and rhythm guitarist Matty Healy (the son of actors Denise Welch and Tim Healy), lead guitarist Adam Hann, bassist Ross MacDonald, and drummer/producer George Daniel. The band's origins trace to their attendance at secondary school and playing together as teenagers. Initial efforts to sign with a label failed, leading to the band's manager Jamie Oborne to form Dirty Hit records. The band opened for several major acts and rel… read more
The 1975 are an English pop band formed in 2002 in Wilmslow, Cheshire. Now based in Manchester, the band consists of lead vocalist, producer, lyricist and rhythm guitarist Matty Healy (the … read more
The 1975 are an English pop band formed in 2002 in Wilmslow, Cheshire. Now based in Manchester, the band consists of lead vocalist, producer, lyricist and rhythm guitarist Matty Healy (the son of actors Denise Welch and Tim Healy), lea… read more