Forming as teenagers at Wilmington High School in Cheshire way back in 2002, a decade before professionally releasing any music, The 1975 are in many ways one of the most unlikely success stories of the modern era.
Starting out as an emo and punk covers band, the quartet have morphed into a self-referential, art-pop/yacht rock revival behemoth, fronted by one of the most polarising figures in music. Whatever you think of motormouth frontman Matty Healy, and his often-confusing stage persona - some kind of irony-soaked amalgam of '80’s Bowie, 90’s Bono, Thom Yorke and Morrissey - there’s no denying that he and his bandmates Adam Hann (guitar), Ross MacDonald (bass), and George Daniel (drums) can pen a memorable tune.
