Dr Hook? Capt. Hook? It’s Shawn Hook! A young (probably in his 20s) Canadian singer/songwriter, just emerging stateside, who will likely make a splash in 2016. And it will probably be with this song—“Sound of Your Heart.” It’s the sound of his heart breaking because she broke up with him. He sez he never deserved her, anyway.

I was a stone, weighing us down

You were the angel I chained to the ground

I miss the way you UNdress

I miss your head on MY chest

Clever lyrics, a great “hook” lots of energy, a slick big band sound, Shawn Hook is clean cut and he wears a jacket and tie when he sings.

Hook’s been serious about music since he was four years old; has a top-tier music education, is successful writing music and songs for TV and movies, and he’s charts on Billboard in Canada, but not here, in the U.S.

But let’s get to the video. Perhaps you remember Chis Isaak and Helena Christensen’s smokin’ video for “Wicked Game?” The video for “Sound of Your Heart” smokes, too. Just saying.