A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships (“A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships” is the third studio album by British band The 1975, released November 30, 2018) The 1975 have always been a hit-or-miss band for me. They had some great songs, such as the funk rock track “Love Me,” and some decent songs, like the simple yet fun pop rock track “The City” and the synthpop infused “The Sound.” But the rest was, well, mediocre at best. They had yet to do anything groundbreaking for me. Even “Love Me,” my favorite track by them, was just a simple funk rock track with some electronic tendencies, and it wasn’t even that much of a departure from their normal sound. I also wasn’t a fan of the band’s pretentiousness. Lead vocalist Matty Healy seemed to lack self-awareness, which wasn’t helped by his apparent drug abuse, and their last release was titled “I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It,” which might win the award for “most obno...