Jacob Chacko, the genre-fusing optimist, isn’t here to softly strum and croon about his feelings. With “Control My Pride”, the standout cut from his new EP ‘Give Me The Good Stuff’, Chacko delivers a quirky, rhythmically charged track that takes on ego head-on.
Here, there is no sombre, introspective snoozefest that sometimes accompanies songs about personal flaws. “Control My Pride” comes out swinging, and you can feel the pulse of Mike Dawson’s drum work—you know a name like that means the backbeat is solid. This is a command to pay attention.
It’s a theatrical performance, a battle between the synthetic and the real that mirrors the song’s central theme: the internal struggle to master one’s own arrogance. This isn’t a song of defeat; it’s a song of confrontation, coming from someone staring down their own demons and believing they can win.
With co-vocal producer Thomas Monaco in the mix, you know the vocals are weaponised, made to cut through the instrumentation. Add the engineering skills of Les Lovell and the backing vocals of Talya Gelfand, and you have a team making a wall of sound that builds and swells, full of conviction and raw power.
“Control My Pride” is Jacob Chacko refusing to be pigeonholed, tearing down the walls between quirky indie, punchy rock, and electronic experimentation. It’s a track that acknowledges the scourge of pride but meets it with a fistful of self-belief and a roaring, rhythmic assault. This is the good stuff, indeed.