Tidal Wave

The third single from UK Drum & Bass artist Sub Focus' second album became his first UK top 20 hit when it debuted at #12 on the singles chart. It was released by Mercury Records on November 4, 2012.

Sub Focus penned the song with South London male/female duo, Alpines. It features vocals by Catherine Pockson of the electro pop twosome, in which she compares love to a "tidal wave." Pockson's singing can also be heard on The Maccabbes' Given to The Wild track, "Unknow."

Sub Focus explained to MusicRadar.com how he crafted the song's punchy drum sound. "Well, I do some sidechaining, but I don't really go to town - it's largely just down to sound selection," he said. "Another trick I use is mix compression on all my mixes," Sub Focus added. "I'll have a compressor on the entire mix, and have the drum hits very slightly louder than they need to be. So, when you put a compressor over the whole mix it brings them in and makes them the right level. It compresses them more than everything else. A lot of the fine-tuning in my mixes is deciding how loud I put the mix into the compressor."