"An after fight song. I sing “I cannot fuck you enough”. It's also about someone who wants to push you away and watch you crash. It’s like their self-destructiveness is wearing off on you and realising that it might be pretty destructive".
Channy Leaneagh, DrownedinSound
"Lose You" is the final track from Minneapolis-based quintet Poliça's third album United Crushers, which was released on 4th March this year. After the indietronica's band explicitly political directions - which began with their second album Shulamith(2013) and continued with 'heavily political' tracks like "Wedding" - the album's closing song brings back the brooding content (regarding the complexities and perils of human intimacy), bubbly basslines and stark synths that characterized songs like "Lay Your Cards Out" and "Dark Star" from their debut album Give You the Ghost (2012).
But while "Lay Your Cards Out" and "Dark Star" involved a certain degree of metaphorical abstraction, "Lose You" captivates with confessional directness, complementing Poliça's unique blend of indie, R&B, and electronic sonic influences with emotional complexity. Instead of anger and cynicism, Leaneagh's auto-tuned vocals reverbate with a resigned acceptance of the reality of the situation:
'So at least now it is clearYou don't want to take it there at allJust a holding pieceTil he feels secureIn the clouds we count our dreamsBut you never mention me at allIt's hard to speak what's trueWhen your lips won't doWell I cannot fuck you enoughAnd I wanna wake up wanting your touchYou don't want it to lastPush me off and watch it crashWhat's to lose, what's to loseJust youWhat is it calledWhen he won't trust at allWhat's to lose, What's to loseJust you'
Lyrics: Genius
The lyrics may be grim, but the instrumentation of the song is cheerier and more melodic than the brightly introspective and existential "Lime Habit". Perhaps that's because the realisation of the imminent disaster is the first step towards avoiding it? As AllMusic's Heather Phares noted, " is driven by the seemingly contradictory desires to bring things together and break them apart, but Poliça bring them into harmony with a gloves-off fearlessness, resulting in their most impassioned and immediate music yet".
