Sinclaire won my heart last year with its debut EP Now I’m Ready to Start. Now the Sydney band is back showing a dreamier pop sound on a new single “I Needed You.” The lush synths and haunting vocals on this one remind me of acts like Cub Sport and The 1975. The lyrics are also incredibly clever, as the band’s lead vocalist and songwriter Michael Cross explained.
“On first listen, ‘I Needed You’ feels like a song written about a toxic, dysfunctional relationship between two people. Reciting abusive encounters and unstable dependency on one another, it’s a detailed depiction of everything that would be unhealthy in a relationship. However, it’s actually a story about one person’s addiction to alcohol. For example, the lyric ‘the last time I held you I forgot every word that I said,’ is really referring to the memory loss brought on by excessive drinking.”
Understanding the track’s inspiration makes it hit a little deeper for me. This is a different sound than the one that first got me interested in Sinclaire, but I really appreciate the evolution.
Image used with permission from Habit Music Co.