Released: September 28, 2018

Featuring: Jimi Charles Moody

Songwriter: Jimi Charles Moody Joe Newman Gus Unger-Hamilton Thom Sonny Green

Producer: Fergus Brignall Ben Cullum Charlie Andrew

[Refrain: Joe Newman]
Hit me like that snare more, more, more
Hit me like that snare more, more, more
Hit me like that snare more, more, more
Hit me like that snare more, more, more

[Chorus]
Focus
Take time, stop motion
Invite no jokers twice in vain
Broken
Love who's that hopeless
Feel like I know you, won't compare

[Verse 1]
I'm at the door at a quarter to four (focus)
Poppers popping, baby, might take some more (focus)
I'm fucking loose, you're gorgeous, I don't care (focus)
Come closer, baby, slap me like that snare (focus)

Like a dog, like a dog, like a dog
Let me follow, let me follow what you got
On the vinyl, another drama, another taste (like that snare)

[Refrain]
Focus (hit me like that snare more, more, more)
Focus (hit me like that snare more, more, more)
Focus (hit me like that snare more, more, more)
Focus (hit me like that snare more, more, more)

[Chorus]
Focus
Take time, stop motion
Invite no jokers twice in vain
Broken
Love bruised and hopeless
Feel like I know you, won't compare

[Verse 2]
Regret my safe word, one to ten in Japanese (focus)
At the party, carpet burning my knees (focus)
Na na na na na na na na na na na na (focus)

Something treacherous, but I still want to fail
Fool-fool-beautiful, you try to conceal
Your lies, your lives, you told me open wide

[Refrain]
Focus (hit me like that snare more, more, more)
Focus (hit me like that snare more, more, more)
Focus (hit me like that snare more, more, more)
Focus (hit me like that snare more, more, more)
Focus
Focus
Focus
Focus

​​alt-J

alt-J is an English indie rock band that consists of vocalist and guitarist Joe Newman, keyboardist and bassist Gus Unger-Hamilton and drummer Thom Green. Gwil Sainsbury was the band’s bassist before leaving the band in early 2014.

Formed at Leeds University and signed to a label in Cambridge, UK, the band originally made songs on Garageband before releasing them under the pseudonym ∆.

∆’s name takes a little explaining. Pronounced alt-J, the delta sign is inserted when you press alt and J on a Mac keyboard.