The Heartland Rock

The Heartland Rock is the phrase that is often applied to Springsteen and... Oh, that's nice. Good reference for the American. Go and explain what you mean. So yeah, we were just listening stuff in solo and we ended up with like a bunch of cellos and just like a kick drum and the vocal and the bass. And then there was a moment where we were all just sort of looked around at each other and we're just like, this feels like something really cool.

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In this episode, John is back at Spitfire Audio to reunite with Matty and George of The 1975, to talk about how they wrote, recorded and produced the album ‘Being Funny in a Foreign Language’.

Digging into stems, demos and the musical moments that inspired their writing, Matty and George give us a full behind-the-scenes tour of their creative process, sharing stories of very last-minute album additions and the unreleased songs that might one day be on a 1975 record.

As well as tales from the studio working with producer Jack Antonoff, the pair reveal the tricks they used to create and record some of the most unique sounds and performances on the album, from constructing vast textures of only organic keyboard sounds to Googling the gear and instruments other people use.

Listen to find out how simply soloing individual parts can lead to breakthrough moments when writing, the one scale you need to learn to play any 1975 song, and why Matty has now fully embraced his northern accent when singing.

Tracks discussed: Part of the Band, The 1975, Happiness, When We Are Together

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