2/The Presets/If I Know You
The protagonist in this song right here is done, finished, finito (!); Over you, over this situation, and on to the next one. But not before she gets this outta her system, looks back, keeps it real, and tells it like it is. An evocative moment of clarity written from a girl’s perspective, If I Know You marches along to the beat of this girl’s heart, as if it’s being spun from the chamber of her heart; that steady groove of a beat, clear and never ending, providing a rhythmically menacing backdrop for the venom being spewed from her mouth, unabashed, honest, off the top of her head. And lead singer Julian Hamilton does the girl’s words justice, singing in a clear and knowingly self-aware tone that aims to place him alongside the Ian Curtises, Dave Gahans and Morrisseys that came before him. And by handling the vocal duties himself, instead of offering it up to a female vocalist, the song becomes bigger/so much more, widening the story and situations at hand. Cutting deep by keeping it real, this breakup song sticks with you long after the words end and the beat fades to black.
And don’t even get me started on the video. Man…
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