With just a guitar and a drumset—and occasionally, two lovely ladies in coordinating dresses humming—Afie Jurvanen is able to create compelling, easy-going rock tunes served with a side of folk. “I Got You Babe”, from his latest full-length, Barchords, opens with a catchy Weezer-esque riff and floats along to evocative cymbal accompaniment matched by Jurvanen’s sweet, drawn-out ooohs.
Short and sweet, “I Got You Babe” takes a relatively simple repeated musical phrase and uses it to explore the deeper, conflicted second-guessing that follows the end of a relationship.
I sang loud, my voice cut through the crowd
As if I was anybody that might have something to say
Standing tall I seemed to know it all
But the only thing I know is that I’ve never known someone like youI’m gonna figure out how it is
That I had you
That I got you, babe
That I held you and I lost youTime stood still and I had my fill
Of all the things we did and all the things we could’ve done
Looking back, would you cut me some slack
For all the times I left you when I should’ve stayed right by your side?I’m gonna figure out how it is
That I got you
I got you, babe
And I held you and I lost you
You can find Bahamas (Afie Jurvanen) at CBC Music (where you can listen to “I Got You Babe” for free), on Myspace, and at his official site. You can also follow him on Twitter, and you can buy his music on iTunes.