Head Fake - Sucker For Your Ways
PREMIERE | HEAD FAKE UNVEILS ‘SUCKER FOR YOUR WAYS’
Head Fake introduces the music video for their latest single, “Sucker For Your Ways.”
Head Fake
Here’s what we know about Head Fake: their sound encompasses the essence of ‘80s neo-new wave; they prefer to remain anonymous, referring to themselves as X, Y, and Z, which lends an enigmatic aura to their music; despite the mystery surrounding them, their music is profoundly intimate.
In today’s world, anonymity is next to unheard of, a singularity amid the primacy of social media, where everyone, especially creatives, seeks attention, posting virtually every detail of their lives online, hoping for likes and followers. It’s a kind of hollow narcissism revolving around pics of their picture-perfect lives, their glamorous hobbies, and their impeccable beauty. Indeed, most music artists yearn for more: more followers and more awareness in anticipation of more streams, more sales, and ultimately more fame.
Not Head Fake. Their focus is on their music because, in the end, that’s what is relevant. Perhaps that’s the connotation of their name – Head Fake, a metaphor from the realm of sports involving deception, moving the head one way, while the body goes another way. Head Fake’s namelessness transfers attention to their music rather than their appearance or their personalities.
“Sucker For Your Ways” opens on a rolling drum shuffle topped by a fat rumbling bassline flowing into bright horns
“Sucker For Your Ways” opens on a rolling drum shuffle topped by a fat rumbling bassline flowing into bright horns. Once the tune takes form, the melody assumes dark psychedelic flavors riding a potently pounding rhythm capped by hefty funk-lite savors and intense provocative vocals, revealing lyrics full of carnal/emotional longing.
“You’ve got me chasing fire in hell / I’m a sucker for your ways / You’ve got me locked up in your cell / I’m a sucker for your ways.”
The video, directed by Burakbabayigit, depicts a couple free form dancing in their bedroom, almost struggling under the weight of their attraction for each other.
“Sucker For Your Ways” overflows with surging layers of sonic washes, rife with mystifying crushing depth narrating beguilement.
