Throughout You Know I Love You, there’s a flirtation with cliché that threatens to resign the track to sheer nothingness – as in, who needs to hear another bunch of fuckers with guitars dishing up platitudes about love? But there are so many nuanced elements to forge a brilliant sense of personality; vocalist Nick Griffith possesses a distinctive voice, captivating, like Carey Mercer with wildish impulses in check with early ‘80s post-punk. The backing harmonies are heavenly, the guitar lines pure in their simplicity. Has the makings to be this year’s Is This How You Feel?.
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