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RELEASED
Twee Grrrls Club, 2013 (Bad Feeling, Violet And Claire)
Simple & Sure single, 2014 (Slumberland)
Days Of Abandon, 2014 (Yebo)
Magic Digital Sampler, 2014 (Magic)
PANDA21, 2014 (Fierce Panda)
PLAYED LIVE
2012, 2014, 2015, 2018
FACTS
The first official single from Days Of Abandon. Played on tour in 2012, before the album was recorded. These early performances, when the song was known as "Sure", were a little faster than the album version ended up being, and they lacked the vocal/keyboard hook. This version of the song is preserved on a Twee Grrrls Club compilation issued with a book in 2013. After the release of Days of Abandon, the song was played consistently on tour. It was then dropped from early Echo Of Pleasure-era shows before returning in 2018.
QUOTES
Kip to Under The Radar, 2014: You shouldn't force it. It's what these songs are about. But then there's a song called "Simple and Sure" which is a different sentiment altogether. It's a love song but it's saying that the things in life that are seemingly most easy are actually really difficult. It's harder than it looks. Fidelity and all that stuff. In the beginning there's a guy who can't make up his mind and he's so complex. But it just involves a fucking cold sore on his girlfriend's lip. But she's in love with a complicated man. No! He's just a dick and the thing he thinks is simple is just more complicated over time. But it's lighthearted and fun. I don't think the message is heavy-handed. It's a pop song.
Kip to Indie Cindy, WMBR, 2014: "My friend Kelly played horn on the record too. Songs like ‘The Asp at My Chest’, ‘Life After Life’, ‘Kelly, ‘Simple and Sure’, have horn parts that add a little to them. Even though it’s subtle, it makes the record sound a little fuller and more diverse."
"Well, when we were recording the record, we had some kind of oddball references in terms of the sound we wanted. Taylor Swift’s last record ‘Red’ was really good and I wanted things to feel immediate and crisp and have the lyricism and the story telling at the fore of the songs. So that was kind of an idea we had, it should be more like Taylor Swift: it should be really crisp, poppy, and good. We were also thinking about that Outkast song ‘Hey Ya’ a lot. It’s a really famous song, Outkast is a lot more well-respected, they probably wouldn’t want to be reduced to being the band that did ‘Hey Ya’, but I love that song. They were so innovative in hip-hop and underground music in the late 90s and 2000s. Incredible band. The crispness of how that song is was what we were trying to get at with ‘Simple and Sure’. Obviously we’re a really different band than Taylor and Outkast, but they’re both great in their own way and their approach to music. Even if you wouldn’t expect a band like ours to be listening to that, we are. Always trying to learn new things and find new ways to make pop songs better. So why not learn from some of the best out there?"
OFFICIAL LYRICS
Kip to Under The Radar, 2014: You shouldn't force it. It's what these songs are about. But then there's a song called "Simple and Sure" which is a different sentiment altogether. It's a love song but it's saying that the things in life that are seemingly most easy are actually really difficult. It's harder than it looks. Fidelity and all that stuff. In the beginning there's a guy who can't make up his mind and he's so complex. But it just involves a fucking cold sore on his girlfriend's lip. But she's in love with a complicated man. No! He's just a dick and the thing he thinks is simple is just more complicated over time. But it's lighthearted and fun. I don't think the message is heavy-handed. It's a pop song.
Kip to Indie Cindy, WMBR, 2014: "My friend Kelly played horn on the record too. Songs like ‘The Asp at My Chest’, ‘Life After Life’, ‘Kelly, ‘Simple and Sure’, have horn parts that add a little to them. Even though it’s subtle, it makes the record sound a little fuller and more diverse."
"Well, when we were recording the record, we had some kind of oddball references in terms of the sound we wanted. Taylor Swift’s last record ‘Red’ was really good and I wanted things to feel immediate and crisp and have the lyricism and the story telling at the fore of the songs. So that was kind of an idea we had, it should be more like Taylor Swift: it should be really crisp, poppy, and good. We were also thinking about that Outkast song ‘Hey Ya’ a lot. It’s a really famous song, Outkast is a lot more well-respected, they probably wouldn’t want to be reduced to being the band that did ‘Hey Ya’, but I love that song. They were so innovative in hip-hop and underground music in the late 90s and 2000s. Incredible band. The crispness of how that song is was what we were trying to get at with ‘Simple and Sure’. Obviously we’re a really different band than Taylor and Outkast, but they’re both great in their own way and their approach to music. Even if you wouldn’t expect a band like ours to be listening to that, we are. Always trying to learn new things and find new ways to make pop songs better. So why not learn from some of the best out there?"
OFFICIAL LYRICS
MEDIA:
Studio/single version/official video
Belong-era live performance, 2012
Live WFUV, 2014
Live KEXP, 2014
Live WNYC, 2014
Live KHDX, 2014
Take The Blows acoustic session, 2014
Out Of The Ordinary acoustic session, 2014
Twist & Shout Records, 2014
FD acoustic session, 2015
JBTV, 2014
