After an otherwise quiet year PHFAT is back with the powerful, introspective new single Suedes (Check out the video below). The withheld tone of the song’s verses contrasts strongly with the busy, intense chorus which in turn contrasts particularly against PHFAT’s back catalogue.
The song is moody and emotional with an over-arching theme centered around the feeling of isolation. It is a theme driven home further by the music video, the second of PHFAT’s to be directed by Rob Smith. In it, a unique filming technique sees Mike travel slowly and emotionlessly through his day while the world shoots past him in a disconnected hyper lapse.
It’s an unexpected sound and theme for PHFAT, better known for his rowdy stage antics. While several of his last singles have hinted at a more emotional side, this new track shows a side we haven’t seen from him at all.
“Isolation is a horrible feeling, and by definition it isn’t something that gets broadcast to the world very often. When I pay close attention to what a lot of people are saying it’s quite apparent to me that a lot of people feel either ashamed, alone or both, and what’s worse is they also feel as though they are the only ones who feel that way. I’ve always felt like isolation is painful but necessary though. Like going to the gym or running up steep hill. As an artist in particular I find it important to go and wonder around by myself for a while every now and then. There’s a lot of magic hidden in that space that a lot of people don’t get to see because they are avoiding the pain that comes with it,” says Mike.
Mike hasn’t been without his own external interferences though. Suedes is also the first of several new songs planned for release in collaboration with the previously unknown Omri Dahan. Omri is the 19 year old producer largely responsible for the complex composition that backs the emotional vocals.
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