If I Could Drink Enough

Power hum, tightly packed drums, and shadowy guitars give “If I Could Drink Enough” a tense opening. Then the track kicks into double time. A campus crush gets replayed at skate-punk speed, with a vocal that starts close and quiet before rushing into the chorus. It’s the sound of an answer arriving a little too late.

A damp half-pipe, a small speaker, a highball can on a cold curb. The details keep the story close to the ground, even as the chorus opens up. The singer looks back at her hesitation with some humor, turning a lingering “what if” into something easy to sing on the walk home.