In Play it Cool, def.fo urges you to let go of society’s phoniness and simply take pleasure in life.

def.fo – Play It Cool 

“Needed for the theft of Hollywood costumes and props”, says the signal proper initially of the video, proper earlier than the smoothest rock tune kicks off. So begins Play It Cool, the newest single off Liverpool-based singer-songwriter def.fo’s debut album “Eternity” and we set off on a visible journey by means of our Bonnie and Clyde-esque antiheroes world. 

Because the music video unveils, they shimmy in a storage, pet their presumably stolen dough and simply idiot round of their lair, having the time of their lives, all whereas proudly sporting their cheesy classic outfits. The slick guitar melody completely embodies the message. “Your head’s too massive right this moment (…) Your ego’s working wild”, he goes in his breathy, whispery supply, virtually as if he’s simply too cool to belt… “No must pretend it”, he provides. In the long run, they get of their 50s Cadillac and depart to ravage the town. 

Son of a cult file producer (which undoubtedly reveals in his sound), Tom Powell has been writing songs for the reason that age of three and has served as a bass-player to Michael Head and the Pink Elastic Band. Now, below the alias of def.fo (a Scouse slang time period for “undoubtedly”, plus a full cease within the center for type) has simply begun what he calls his journey by means of “private traces of enquiry and wide-open dialogue”.

He’s a self-proclaimed lover of 60s and 90s Anglo-American fare. He wrote the track as a light-hearted but deep and honest touch upon the vacancy of our hyper capitalist world, the place every part is manufactured and satisfaction is derived from chasing standing and compromising one’s true self. 

“This trendy retro-psychedelic jam has each inch of your physique grooving” 

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Phrases Fernando de Oliveira Lúcio