all the references to the old 1975 albums/songs in notes // a thread
roadkill:
if you don’t eat, then you’ll never grow

robbers:
and if you never eat, you’ll never grow
roadkill:
if you don’t shoot, then you’ll never know

robbers:
now if you never shoot, you’ll never know
i think there’s something you should know:
feeling like someone, like somebody else, who don’t feel themselves

references somebody else from iliwys
nothing revealed / everything denied:
i never fucked in a car, i was lying

love it if we made it:
we’re fucking in a car, shooting heroin
nothing revealed / everything denied:
you can’t figure out a heart, you were lying

heart out:
it’s just you and i, tonight, why don’t you figure my heart out?
if you’re too shy (let me know):
girl of your dreams, you know what i mean

she way out:
with a face from a movie scene or magazine, you know what i mean
if you’re too shy (let me know):
i’ve been wearing nothing every time i call you

the sound:
but you’ll call me when you’re bored and you’re playing with yourself
playing on my mind:
and i won’t get clothes online ‘cause i get worried about the fit, but that rule don’t apply concerning my relationships

the lyric is a nod towards their previous album, a brief inquiry into online relationships
okay this is not related to a lyric as such but
guys:
the first time we went to japan was the best thing that ever happened

tokyo (august, 2013) was the first place they played in which was outside europe and north america (before self titled was released)
i don’t know if i’ve missed any (or i’m reading too much into some of them) but feel free to add more references you might’ve found!!
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