A Face Without Ambiguity

Priests “I’m Clean”

“I’m Clean” has a cool, crisp tone and a mechanical groove. This sets up a chilly, antiseptic vibe that contrasts sharply with Katie Alice Greer’s voice, which is all messy passion and complicated emotion. She’s singing about negating herself and suppressing her emotions and needs to accommodate a partner’s kinks, and while she generally sounds like she resented this experience, there’s enough ambiguity in her voice and lyrics to suggest she didn’t totally hate it either. It’s a deliberately thorny and tricky song, and it’s handed off to the listener like a challenge. Or maybe it’s more like a mirror – what you get out of the lyrics and music here will depend a lot on your point of view.

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