The 1975’s third album: Release date, tour dates and everything we know so far (Report)

Buckle in, fans. Work on The 1975’s new album is well under way – in fact, they’re slap bang in the middle of making it. We’re excited – not just because we named their last album ‘I like it when you sleep…’ our best of 2016 – but because it looks set to be the record that cements their reputation as the defining pop band of the decade.

Here’s what we know about The 1975’s new album so far.

When is The 1975’s new album going to be released?

It’s going to be out in 2018, frontman Matty Healy says. In July he also teased a potential release date, 1st June. Though whether that is referencing the first single or album is yet to be seen.

What is The 1975’s new album going to be called?

It’s going to be called ‘Music For Cars’. Speaking to NME in our recent interview, Healy explained why they’re reusing the name of one the band’s early EP for album three.

“‘Music For Cars’ was an EP named for our love for Brian Eno,” Healy said. “We’re using it as the album title now because of how meta and self-referential everything has become in the world of The 1975, and ‘Music For Cars’ was always my favourite title of everything we’d ever done, so it kinda made sense to wrap it up that way.”

Have we seen the artwork for The 1975’s new album?

Not yet. Though it’s entirely possible that the band continue reworking the aesthetic and artwork that were used on debut album, ‘The 1975’ and ‘I like it when you sleep, for you are so beautiful yet so unaware of it’. See both of those artworks below.

What songs will feature on The 1975’s new album?

The tracklist hasn’t been announced, but via his Instagram, Matty has been teasing a couple of the songs – one of which is called ‘jesus christ 2005 god bless america’.

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