The 1975‘s Matty Healy has revealed why the band aren’t interested in having their sound lean towards a heavier direction.The ‘Robbers’ singer appeared as a guest in a wide-ranging conversation with Joshua Citarella for the Doom Scroll podcast and took a moment to reflect on why The 1975 were hated by some listeners when they first appeared on the scene.In the discussion, Healy explained that it was due to them being a “band”, and added that “every band that got signed over us was a band that was essentially doing an impression of the Arctic Monkeys”.“So what they were saying is, a band has to be from an economically deprived place in order to have authenticity. It needs to be kind of gritty.