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Notes On a Conditional Form is The 1975's fourth studio album and the second part of Music For Cars era. The band moved to LA at the end of July 2018 and have been working on the record before going on tour in the very start of 2019. The album is due to be released on May 22, 2020.That was the plan. Six months to follow up on the most ambitious album of the year; the genre-hopping pop culture playlist that saw The 1975 transcend their own neon boundaries. 'A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships' might have been a record so expansive it kicked down the critical fire doors, but with that done, the rest is easy, right? Right?!A year and a half later, and said full-length has finally arrived. Initially expected in the early summer of 2019, soon it became 'before headlining Reading' in late August. Then, February 2020. Or maybe April? No. May. May, in the middle of a global pandemic. What could possibly be more them?For most, this would be proof of a botched job. Overwrought second guessing, excess for excess' sake, or behind the scenes issues that limit expression. The 1975 have always worked differently. A band of ideas in the moment, often thrown into the most public places with only a cursory pause for thought, the entire Music For Cars era - two albums, back to back - has always been, in part, about the context in which creativity thrives. Announced in a blaze of excitement, the first half was already mostly together. Seven months between the first soon-to-be-ubiquitous posters and the release of 'A Brief Inquiry...' was the structured first phase. Taking to the road in early 2019, with plans to record as they went - that was provoking deliberate chaos.…