"High Enough"-K. Flay
I've been under the influence of a certain pop-rock track for a couple of months now and I have to confess, I think this euphonious stimulant's got me hooked. The musical catalyst in question goes under the street name: "High Enough..." the supplier: San Francisco's K. Flay (aka: Kristine Flaherty).
"High Enough" is kinda like if Lykke Li became a member of the Arctic Monkeys... you know, that wonderfully unique impish voice in front of a stable yet grungy back-beat.
But what really pulled me into this alt-indie obsession was K's clever lyrical wordplay, more importantly the song's rolling, steady meter and rapid-fire cadence.
"The world is a curse it’ll kill if you let it/I know they got pills that can help you forget it/They bottle it, call it med-i-cine but I don’t need drugs..."
Thematically, the brief strung-out vacillating guitar solo just before the middle-eight was a nice touch as well.
Using medication as a metaphor in music ain't at all new, but I'll put "High Enough" as one of the best lyrical examples of the addiction/affection equation since Bryan Ferry's Roxy Music declared "Love Is the Drug" in 1975.
Flay explained to radio.com, "There are so many songs out there about getting fucked up. I think a part of me was asking the question, 'What if I’m already high enough? What if I don’t need anything but what I’ve got?' There are many moments in my life -- whether it’s because of a person or a place -- that I don’t want to feel altered or high or buzzed. I just want to feel exactly what I’m feeling."
You can get "High Enough" off of K. Flay's just-released album Every Where Is Some Where.
Go ahead. Take a hit... before it becomes a hit.
