I Thought I Knew Better is the new single from Melbourne band I Know The Chief. Having originally formed out of a shared love of music, the band initially found pleasure in the simpler trappings of being young and in a band - those first press shots, sharing inspiration and ultimately losing themselves in Melbourne’s music scene. In time the group got deeper into the process itself - producing music in a studio rather than performing live, and the opportunity that provides to create texture, tone and colour.
The result is the kind of bright pastel synths and soft falsettos you hear on I Thought I Knew Better. The vocals soar in a way that is highly reminiscent of Friendly Fires, and the result feels intimidate and yet polished and modern. With big synths that build into an epic, consuming climax, the track establishes an irresistable feeling by its conclusion. In particular the track feels underpinned by deep bass and solid drums, as called out by the artists themselves:
“We had played a version of this track live for a while and I’d always loved the groove but for whatever reason it hadn’t made it out into the world yet. I re-visited it at the end of 2019, re-wrote the lyrics and a lot of the instrumentation and felt like I’d breathed new life into it. As always, there’s a tonne of layering both instrumentally and vocally but with this track I put a particular focus on trying to nail the interplay and feel of the bass and drums.”
Check out I Thought I Knew Better below: