"A Little Bit Low" comes on like fireworks and that's kind of what writing it was like. Henry and I were living in a sort of communal house at the time and we were sitting around listening to tunes when Janelle Monae's "Tightrope" came on. It's non-stop. The percussion accents made such an impression on me.

In the middle of listening to that the chorus hook to "Low" suddenly came to me I climbed the stairs to our bedroom and started working out the chords. The verses flowed quickly after that. I wanted a constant drive to it; a sense of immediacy. I pictured a tune that would be relentless on us to play causing to perspire profusely on stage.

Lyrically, the song turned out to be a pick me up letter. Writing songs can sometimes be cheap therapy. It was a particularly arduous time and I was singing to myself. It's about all the anxieties that pile up in your head growing into larger monsters. It's a reminder to shut that mental picture down hence the line: "Its easy to lose your mind over nothing/Every time you close your eyes you're seeing something". We wrote the bridge the next day and took pains to make sure that it created a musical tension or build that would match the lyrics above.

I think it worked out. It's most certainly relentless on us at shows and is usually a peak moment. Perhaps one of my favorites on the album.