The 1975’s Matty Healy confirms debut album from side-project Drive Like I Do is in the works

June 7, 2017

Fans of the 1975 should get excited: Frontman Matty Healy has confirmed a debut record for Drive Like I Do, a “separate entity” from the 1975.

“The 1975 and Drive Like I Do are separate entities,” he tweeted.

Check out his Twitter-official announcement below!

In his series of tweets, he did confirm that the 1975’s new album, Music For Cars, is still in the works, but the debut Drive Like I Do record is set for release “during spring time in the coming few years.”

The 1975 and Drive Like I Do are separate entities

— matty (@Truman_Black) June 7, 2017

The 1975 are currently working on the final instalment of their trilogy of albums: Music For Cars

— matty (@Truman_Black) June 7, 2017

Drive Like I Do will release their debut album during spring time in the coming few years

— matty (@Truman_Black) June 7, 2017

Fans of the 1975 will recognize the name: Drive Like I Do came before the 1975, and it looks like they’ll be headed back to their roots for this release. Listen to Drive Like I Do's “Lost Boys” below (although, according to a tweet from last fall, this track won't be on the album…):

so i had this sign and matty said he was thinking about making a dlid album bc emo but that these two songs wouldn't be on it !!!!!!!!! pic.twitter.com/1q89GnQV4N

— azura (@rosegolddagger) November 21, 2016

And the band are also returning to their roots for their new the 1975 album as well. Titled Music For Cars, it is also the name of the band’s 2013 EP, featuring “Anobrain,” “Chocolate,” “HNSCC,” “Head.Cars.Bending” and “Me.”

Healy confirmed this will be the title of the new album, along with mentioning that it shares the name as their EP.

“The next record’s called ‘Music For Cars.’ That’s the title and it references our 2nd EP or our 3rd EP.” @Truman_Black @the1975 pic.twitter.com/X7pv8hxr9w

— Beats 1 (@Beats1) April 27, 2017

And if you read his “final installment” tweet and felt fear for the 1975’s future, no worries. NME reports that Healy described how the record will be the “end of an era”: “It’s always been called that and we were always going to do a trilogy of records. I’m not saying that after this record it’s the end of The 1975 but it’s definitely the end of an era.”

How stoked are you for new music from Drive Like I Do? Sound off in the comments below!

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