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The 1975
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December 2018 / January 2019 Issue 28
Ed’s letter. It’s finally time. With their new album ‘A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships’ here, we’ve been keeping you on edge when it comes to The 1975. A remarkable record that defies expectation but delivers emphatically, we wanted to wait until you’d have a chance to listen yourself to bring them back to the cover of Dork. With the release due as this issue hits the streets, we went round to Matty Healy’s gaff to drill deep into the world surrounding the most anticipated full-length of 2018. As a new year comes round, we’ve got all the expected band admin to do, too. In this issue, you’ll find the results of your 2018 Readers’ Poll (yes, you could have predicted the outcome), as well as the first edition of Dork’s Hype List - an annual directory of the new acts you need to swot up on for the year ahead. Should keep you busy. See you in 2019, Dear Reader! Merry Xmas!
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Index. UPDATE 4. THE JAPANESE HOUSE 6. BAD SOUNDS 8. CIRCA WAVES 12. DRENGE 14. WARMDUSCHER 16. BANGERS FEATURES 18. IDLES 22. THE 1975 34. READERS’ POLL 2018 HYPE LIST 2019 38. BILLIE EILISH 43. SEA GIRLS 44. INDOOR PETS 46. THYLA 48. SAM FENDER
50. WHENYOUNG 52. QUEEN ZEE 53. STEREO HONEY 54. SPORTS TEAM 58. IDER 59. RINA SAWAYAMA
60. PIZZAGIRL 61. THE FAIM 62. NO ROME 66. ANTEROS 68. EASY LIFE 69. LUCIA 70. YONAKA 73. ZUZU
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On The Stereo The 1975 A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships You’ll find our full review of the most anticipated album of 2018 later this issue, but it’ll shock nobody to find out we’ve
been hammering it hard in the build-up to this issue. If we had a quid for every time we’d stuck closing track ‘I Always Wanna Die (Sometimes)’ on repeat, we’d be rich.
FIDLAR have evolved. They’re still the same ride-ordie punx, but their universe feels to have exploded in scope. We’d whisper it quietly, but there’s a touch of Beastie Boys to be found.
FIDLAR Almost Free
Wham! Last Christmas
For their third album,
You can’t have Christmas
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without Wham! Seriously, Dear Reader - if anyone tries to tell you there’s a better festive banger than George and Andrew’s ultimate anthem for the season. It’s no shock that, when we asked Bad Sounds to tell us their favourite Yuletide tracks before playing our Xmas Party, it was the first on their list.
If it’s not in here, it’s not happening. Or we forgot. One or the other.
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We’ve been waiting for a debut full-length from The Japanese House for what seems like forever. In 2019, we’re finally getting it. Amber Bain tells us more. Words: Jamie Muir.
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et’s record this GameBoy,” jokes Amber Bain. “I mean, we didn’t do that - I was just trying to think of something weird!”
That sort of exploration and freedom has rung through The Japanese House over the past year - a feeling that if you want to try something, then why not muck about and see what happens? It’s how the very best of albums are made and with 2019 now careering into view, now is the time The Japanese House steps up to the plate with something special. More so, with something that sounds unlike anything you will have heard from her before. “It’s hard for me to listen to,” Amber admits candidly. “I know how I was feeling when I wrote certain songs and I know how I feel now, and it’s usually quite a lot different. It’s nice to have that comparison. This documentary of my brain from the last two or three years.” Flash back, and the journey remains quite stunning. One that started with mysterious tracks and questions about who on earth The Japanese House is blossomed into an artist full of exciting development, where each EP was different to the last, and those larger rooms became home. There were arenas, headline tours around the globe and that feeling that anything could be possible. Now feels different, though. “I’ve never felt so healthy about releasing music and touring. The past year, my life has changed, and I’ve changed more than I’ve ever done before. I’ve broken myself down and then built myself up, and now I’m excited about sharing music and excited to go on tour, and I’m not anxious about anything. That’s greatly helped by making an album that I’m proud of and I have no doubts within
myself,” Amber explains. “At the moment, anyway,” she cracks. Taking that change in her own life, she made a conscious decision that to make the album she wanted she needed to step away. “We were maybe going to do this big American tour, and then I said no - I can’t push this out on tour,” Amber details. “I can’t make this album half-heartedly on tour. I need to sit and well, that’s what I did.” Moving to Wisconsin and teaming up with producer BJ Burton, Amber found herself in the same cabin and rural hideout that Bon Iver first crafted the start of his raw-ripped era, and there’s something about that place that left its mark on Amber. Free of any distractions (“I have probably the worst attention span in the entire world,” she laughs) it was all about Amber and BJ working away and opening up to what she wanted to say and do. With similarities and differences abound, it was exactly what Amber needed. “It was so immersive, very intense but also very chilled there. It wasn’t like having a studio for a week and having to record everything very quickly. It was more like, ‘Well, what do you want to do today, shall we just fuck around with these synths for three hours?’ It was very creative and relaxed, which I think it a cool way to do a record.” The result is stunning, with the tracks heard so far signalling a bolder and more ambitious Japanese House that isn’t just set on serenading, but owning the moment. They’re songs “probably inspired by playing live a lot”, coupled with the unique surroundings where the foundations of the record joined into place. “That was where I started changing my brain a bit because before I’d always associated
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“I’ve never felt so healthy about releasing music and touring” making music with staying up ridiculously late and smoking loads and drinking loads,” notes Amber. “We had a little health kick there!” Taking time to meditate in the middle of Wisconsin woods, “it helped me open up a bit,” she confesses. “It’s a self-reflective environment, being in this dark cube in the middle of nowhere. Literally, all you could do is think about stuff. There’s no internet, no signal; it’s just you and your thoughts, which is quite intense.” It’s an openness you can hear radiating from the resultant tracks, all of these elements morphing into the perfect moment for Amber to lay out the thoughts and feelings flowing through her own life. “The lyrics are far more blatant and blunt, and I hope not in an aggressive or ugly way but in a sort of honest way. Less brutal and more just like… open, and that’s how I’m feeling in general, in my actual self. I’ve become a lot more open and honest, and I think that’s just part of growing up and getting older. I feel comfortable talking about what’s going on in my life in quite a lot of detail, and I think that reflects in the songs. They talk about really personal things in quite an open way, and I’m down with that.” “Also, a lot of the songs feel quite prophetic,” points out Amber. “Things have happened that I wrote songs about, but RE AD D O RK. CO M
after I wrote the songs. It always happens, which is annoying.” Coupled with recording time in Brussels and Oxford (and teaming up with longtime collaborator George Daniel of The 1975 fame), those tracks thrive off a freshness that develops on the magically raw sound that captivated from the very first moment The Japanese House stepped into the world. Yet now, there’s no holding back. Bouncing from synth-pop bops to deep glitchy grooves, almost War On Drugs-esque warmth and blending electronica, this could very well be one of the best albums of 2019 in waiting - not that we’d want to lay all our cards on the table at this stage, right?! “Obviously it’s really important to me, I mean of course it is, that people like the album and like the songs and connect to them in some way,” admits Amber. “Otherwise I wouldn’t have made it. I’d be lying to myself and everyone around me if I said I didn’t care. And that doesn’t necessarily mean that I want it. That’s not necessarily connecting to how many copies it sells or whatever or streams; it’s just the people that do hear it - I want them to like it and to connect to it because it gives you a purpose.” As the countdown clock ticks down, know one thing. 2019 is the year The Japanese House calls the shots. P The Japanese House’s
debut album ‘Good at Falling’ is out 1st March.
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2018 has been a landmark year for Idles. With a Top 5 album under their belts and more buzz than a bag of bees, where do they go from here? Words: Jessica Goodman Photos: Jamie MacMillan, Sarah Louise Bennett
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he whirlwind of adoration that surrounds the nation’s favoured Bristol punk quintet has been on an unshakable rise since the release of their debut album ‘Brutalism’ in March last year. With that album, the world was introduced to a band disillusioned with everything around them but determined not to be beaten down by it.
This year, that whirlwind has hit fever pitch. Scoring a Top 5 album in the UK charts, performing on ‘Later... with Jools Holland’, selling out a headline tour of the UK, playing festivals and maxed out venues around the world… Honestly, it’s tiring just thinking about how much activity the group have managed to squeeze into the space of twelve months. With the release of ‘Joy As An Act Of Resistance’ this
summer, Idles stood at the crest of a wave of earnest positivity, their anthems of acceptance, empowerment, and validation celebrated in a way that surpassed even their wildest imaginations. “I don’t pay attention to the charts. I haven’t done since I was about ten,” frontman Joe Talbot laughs. “We didn’t think about charting. It wasn’t in our discourse.” It might not have been something that entered the group’s minds on the run-up to the release, but when the news broke that ‘Joy As An Act Of Resistance’ had reached Number 2 in the mid-week charts, it was met with a sense of triumph and resolve. It sparked an outpouring of support with fans spreading the word far and wide, pushing the positive energy of the record to reach as many people as possible. “It wasn’t through streaming. It wasn’t ‘cause we did some
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surprise album at the last minute,” Joe details. “We haven’t got that sort of rooting in the industry. What we have is a good, old-fashioned fan base, based on word of mouth.” Mention Idles in conversation and chances are you’ll see it: what this band inspire is an enthusiasm and an excitement that just has to be shared. “It’s writing about something we believe in, and people believing in us when we sing it and play it. It’s going out there and playing shows and getting people to bring their friends next time, buying our t-shirt, making things that all align with our artistic language, that people can believe in and invest in,” Joe expresses. “To get to Number 5 in the charts, that means that there are people out there that believe it and want to be part of it,” he continues. “In that sense, it’s huge.” It’s a moment that felt
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like it was meant to be: all the frustration and fear and the drive for openness and acceptance that fuels the album recognised as an achievement, a celebration of life in all of its wonderful variety. With their hearts on their sleeves, Idles have never stood taller. It’s their unabashed nature and their unapologetic drive to be anything other than what they believe in that make Idles a band worth believing in. “The producer [of Jools Holland] turned to us, and she said ‘Whatever you do, don’t cater for the cameras. Just be yourselves. We’ve asked you to be here because we want you to be you. You’re here for a reason’,” Joe recalls. “I doubt whether she had that conversation with Jess Glynne,” he laughs. “So we did it, and it just felt right. It made us feel like, ‘Yeah, we’re here because we fucking built this ourselves’, and it feels good.”
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THE 1975 are on the eve of releasing their third album, ‘A BRIEF INQUIRY INTO ONLINE RELATIONSHIPS’ - the first of two new records set to arrive over the next year. A staggering work of shifting expectations, it’s quite probably their masterpiece. To find out more, Dork headed round to frontman MATTY HEALY’s house to quiz him on what life’s currently like in the most exciting band on the planet. Words: Ali Shutler. Photographer: Jordan Hughes Creative: Matthew Healy & Warren Fu
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he 1975 tell big stories of little moments. Kaleidoscopic, full of heart and with an eye for detail, both their wide-eyed self-titled debut and the attention-grabbing ‘I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It’ soundtrack a Peter Pan sense of adventure in a world that’s heavy with the everyday. They find the strange, beautiful and the beautiful, undeniable.
For a hot second, their imminent third album ‘A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships’ was going to be their last. The final chapter in a story about growing up and finding yourself, that grand conclusion was soon postponed as the band realised they weren’t done yet. Instead, ‘A Brief Inquiry’ finds The 1975 facing the end of the decade, on the cusp of their thirties, and still asking questions. It’s Bonfire Night, and we’re at Matty’s house doing the same. “It’s a weird time for me,” he admits.
The band have been out of the spotlight since they headlined Latitude on 1st June 2017 but they’ve not exactly been taking it easy. If following up their world-reaching second album wasn’t enough of a challenge, the band also had to contend with Matty taking himself to rehab to deal with opiate addiction. It’s one of the many things he wrestles with across ‘A Brief Inquiry’. Mortality, technology, growing older and breaking dawn hope are also looked at with an open mind and a tilted head. Finished in September, five years to the day since they released their debut, the band have spent their time since working on fourth album ‘Notes On A Conditional Form’, which also makes up the second part of this Music For Cars era. It sounds hectic because it is. There’s an urgency racing through The 1975 now that inhabits everything they do. Every decision is fearless. Change is always an option, but the band are dedicated to growth, not fresh starts. If you thought The 1975 were big before, brace yourself.
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BILLIE EILISH Pop prodigy Billie Eilish isn’t heading for stardom, she’s already there. Words: Abigail Firth
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The Guide. All the shows you need to see this month, and some you probably don’t.
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Glasgow, Blossoms, O2 Academy London, Muse, Royal Albert Hall London, You Me At Six, O2 Academy Brixton Sheffield, Hinds, Leadmill
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Bristol, Young Fathers, O2 Academy London, Fontaines D.C., The Lexington London, The Good The Band And The Queen, EartH Nottingham, Blossoms, Rock City
6th December Bournemouth, You Me At Six, O2 Academy Brighton, Fontaines D.C., The Albert Brighton, Muncie Girls, Green Door Store Cardiff, Estrons, The Globe London, The Good The Band And The Queen, EartH
7th December Birmingham, Blossoms, O2
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London, Architects, SSE Arena Wembley London, Ben Howard, O2 Academy Brixton London, Spring King, O2 Forum London, The 1975, The O2
Blackburn, The Vaccines, King George’s Hall Glasgow, Cloud Nothings, Saint Luke’s Lincoln, Kaiser Chiefs, The Engine Shed Newport, The Wombats, Centre Nottingham, Death Cab For Cutie, Rock City Oxford, Dilly Dally, The Bullingdon
21st January Birmingham, Ben Howard, Symphony Hall Exeter, The 1975, Westpoint Arena
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Brighton, Gently Tender, Sticky Mike’s Brighton, Self Esteem, The Hope & Ruin Glasgow, The Good The Band And The Queen, SWG3 London, You Me At Six, O2 Academy Brixton Manchester, Young Fathers, Albert Hall
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9th December Cardiff, Fontaines D.C., The Moon Huddersfield, Boy Azooga, The Parish Manchester, Blossoms, O2 Victoria Warehouse Nottingham, You Me At Six, Rock City
10th December London, Orlando Weeks, Union Chapel Manchester, Ben Howard, O2 Apollo
11th December London, Orlando Weeks, Union Chapel London, Young Fathers, O2 Academy Brixton Manchester, Ben Howard, O2 Apollo Southampton, Blossoms, Guildhall
23rd January Manchester, Orlando Weeks, Albert Hall
13th December Glasow, Lily Allen, Barrowland London, MGMT, Eventim Apollo London, The War on Drugs, The O2
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Edinburgh, Franz Ferdinand, Princes Street Gardens Manchester, Everything Everything, O2 Victoria Warehouse
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15th December Glasow, MGMT, SWG3 Leeds, Indie Banquet, Wharf Chambers London, Dork Christmas Party, The Old Blue Last
16th December Leeds, MGMT,O2 Academy & Underground Manchester, Lily Allen, Albert Hall
17th December London, Lily Allen, The Roundhouse
18th December London, Lily Allen, The Roundhouse Manchester, Wolf Alice, O2 Victoria Warehouse
19th December London, Wolf Alice, O2 Academy Brixton
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12th January Glasgow, The 1975, SSE Hydro
14th January Cardiff, The 1975, Motorpoint Arena
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24th January Aylesbury, The Vaccines, Waterside Theatre Dublin, Death Cab For Cutie, Olympia Theatre Glasgow, Kaiser Chiefs, Barrowland Glasgow, The Wombats, O2 Academy Manchester, The 1975, Arena
25th January Birmingham, The Hunna, O2 Institute Brighton, Cloud Nothings, Patterns Brighton, The Vaccines, Dome Dublin, Ben Howard, 3Arena Glasgow, The Wombats, O2 Academy Leicester, Dilly Dally, The Cookie Manchester, Death Cab For Cutie, Albert Hall Newcastle, Kaiser Chiefs, O2 Academy Sheffield, The 1975, FlyDSA Arena
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Birmingham, Cloud Nothings, The Castle & Falcon Glasgow, Death Cab For Cutie, O2 Academy Leeds, The Wombats, First Direct Arena Liverpool, Kaiser Chiefs, Guild of Students London, Blood Red Shoes, The Borderline Manchester, Dilly Dally, Night & Day Cafe Manchester, Spring King, O2 Ritz Oxford, The Vaccines, O2 Academy
Brighton, The 1975, Centre London, Ben Howard, O2 Academy Brixton
17th January Glasgow, Architects, O2 Academy London, Ben Howard, O2 Academy Brixton
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29th January Birmingham, Dilly Dally, Hare & Hounds Bournemouth, The Wombats, O2 Academy Carlisle, Kaiser Chiefs, The Sands Centre Guildford, Her’s, The Boileroom Leeds, Death Cab For Cutie, O2 Academy & Underground London, Swearin’, MOTH Club Newcastle, The Vaccines, O2 Academy
30th January Brighton, Swearin’, Green Door Store Bristol, Cloud Nothings, Thekla Bristol, Death Cab For Cutie, O2 Academy Cambridge, Estrons, The Portland Arms Glasgow, Ten Tonnes, King Tut’s Leeds, John Grant, O2 Academy & Underground London, Dilly Dally, The Garage London, The Neighbourhood, O2 Academy Brixton Manchester, Blood Red Shoes, Soup Kitchen Motherwell, The Vaccines, Civic Centre Southampton, Her’s, Heartbreakers
31st January Birmingham, The Wombats, O2 Academy Blackburn, Kaiser Chiefs, King George’s Hall Brighton, Dilly Dally, The Hope & Ruin Bristol, Her’s, Exchange Gateshead, John Grant, Sage Glasgow, Blood Red Shoes, Stereo Huddersfield, Estrons, The Parish London, Cloud Nothings, EartH Manchester, Swearin’, YES Manchester, Ten Tonnes, Deaf Institute
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Art Brut Wham! Bang! Pow! Let’s Rock Out!
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