The first single off the new album was described by Lauren Mayberry as “the nastiest, snidest tune” on the record. She recently told Pitchfork, “‘Leave A Trace’ is the middle finger mic-drop. It’s about that point where you’re like, there’s no point having this conversation anyways: There will be no resolve, I won’t feel better about it, you won’t feel better about it, no outcome from this will actually change my reality. It makes me feel better to write about that — I’ve done something constructive with it. You don’t put that on other people, you put that into what you do. That’s always the way I’ve written lyrics. My ex-partners are not friends with me, but I’m OK with that.”
This atmospherically dark video and matching lyrics contrast beautifully with Mayberry’s voice and the pounding synths coming from band mates Iain Cook and Martin Doherty. Click that play button and let us know what you think.
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