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There’s a simple path that San Jose, a group of Glasgow post-punks, follow. Every show must, by necessity, be bigger and more rowdy than the one that preceded it. This energy has brought them on a rapid ascent through the live scene and tastemaker pathways, with more and more praise following with every release. With a recent sellout show at King Tuts, it’s up and up for the six-piece.
In that vein, their new single ‘I’ve Got You’, is a sonically complex, vivid piece of gritty and riotous music, with some screaming feedback with the occasional traditional instrumental jump. They call this a mini-orchestral backing, allowing them to bring a theatrical style to both the studio and the stage. Raw, angsty and barely kept inside four minutes, the single is frenzied and fierce with all kinds of interesting extras only found on second, third or fourth listens.
The band dives in, “I’ve Got You is an unconventional love song at its heart. Instead of following a relationship person to person, we wanted to explore the slimiest depths of self-love, allowing it to realise and personify. Is there a moment of pleasure that goes too far, if so when and why?
We ultimately find ourselves in a brothel uniquely suited to ourselves, in each room lies empty, within exists only a mirror from which me must derive love. Confronting your own hedonistic desires is naturally uncomfortable and we wanted that to be represented in how the song sounds. Chris McCrory helped with this massively, keenly helping us walk the line between filth and flirtation alongside an ever expanding soundscape of spacial noises.”
Listen to ‘I’ve Got You’ here:
