Kit Sebastian – Certain Things You Can’t Explain (I’ll Just Let Myself Go)

Kit Sebastian knows how to make musical boundaries disappear. The London-based duo of Kit Martin and Merve Erdem spreads their sound between Turkey and France, blending Anatolian psychedelia with Brazilian tropicália, 60s European pop, and American jazz.

“Certain Things You Can’t Explain (I’ll Just Let Myself Go)” finds the duo on Brainfeeder, exploring what Martin calls “the story of two people who are too afraid to confess their love.” The track builds around a 12-string electric guitar with Azerbaijani accents, supported by brass, glockenspiel, cuica, and strings. Erdem’s vocals float over this rich arrangement, combining Anatolian rock with bossa nova in a way that shouldn’t work but absolutely does.

The production lets each element breathe without overcrowding the mix. The cuica adds a subtle percussion texture, while the glockenspiel provides a metallic shimmer against the warm string section. Martin’s 12-string work anchors everything with those distinctive Azerbaijani inflexions that give Kit Sebastian their unique edge.

Lyrically, the song captures the frustration of unexpressed feelings—heart pounding, boundaries crossed, the weariness of ordinary lives transformed by connection. The repeated phrase “certain things you can’t explain, I’ll just let myself go” becomes both confession and release.

Kit Sebastian continues pushing their genre-fluid approach, never settling into predictable patterns while maintaining the jazzy, soulful core that makes their music immediately recognisable.