The next project from Manchester based band, The 1975 may be a lot closer than we thought.
The bands notoriously charismatic front man, Matty Healy, shared exclusive details with a young fan during a Q&A at Gateshead College. Invited into the college campus to partake in a songwriting workshop, teaching students about his songwriting process and offering exceptional first-class advice, the lead singer shared far more than the students expected.
Healy confirmed to an excited student that ‘DOGS’ is the name of their upcoming studio album before adding “We made two. It might be one it might be two, but we’ve made two albums” This appears to be the only information thus far, but it has provided fans with something to chew on for the time being.
The secretive project will be the bands sixth studio album. Their last album release was in 2022 when they graced listeners with ‘Being Funny In a Foreign Language’. A project that reignited the bands relevancy, resulting in them racking up countless new fans and headlining Glastonbury Festival in 2025. The terminology, ‘DOGS’ is not entirely alien as during the bands stellar Glastonbury performance the word flashed up in red at their curtain call. It was also plastered across the band’s drummer, George Daniel’s drum kit all throughout the show.
The 1975 are pretty infamous for delaying album releases past their expected date. The band delayed the release of their 2020 album, “Notes on a conditional form” several times before finalising the release date. The adventurous project was initially scheduled to release in May 2019 before being pushed back to February 2020. The band then reassured fans with a release date of April 24, 2020, before at long last releasing May 22, 2020. Although due to the COVID-19 pandemic this has put a sour taste in some fans’ mouths when it comes to The 1975 announcing new album release dates.
It would be absolutely no surprise to fans if the band elicits radio silence following this new advancement. Healy is a known perfectionist and if something does not quite align with his projects, he is likely to set it on fire and start again. Panic spread across fans recently as on November 4, the frontman removed the song ‘Human Too,’ the ninth track featured on ‘Being Funny In A Foreign Language’ from all streaming platforms simply because he changed his mind and no longer approved of its spot on the album. If you own a physical copy of ‘Being Funny In A Foreign Language’ count yourself lucky as it’s currently the only way to legally listen to ‘Human Too.’
Despite excitement growing and rumours floating around, there is an unspoken certainty that whenever the band chooses to release their work it will be when the time is right. Not ones to rush their craft, The 1975 are guaranteed to release an exceptional record when they feel they are ready, even if that means Healy must make a few last-minute snips.
