In this episode, Los Angeles-based rockers Carney share the story behind the lyrics to their single “Love Me, Chase Me,” as well as its new music video featuring Evan Rachel Wood…

Love Me Chase Me is actually a really special song for us :-) It is the first song that Carney ever co-wrote as a band, the song whose demo enabled us to record our album the way that we wanted, and the song that provided the inspiration (and soundtrack) for our first music video.

I remember how the song was written and looking back I see the embryonic stages of our still maturing band approach to writing. Reeve, our lead singer, has long been the main songwriter of the band and so this new sort of experience really snuck up on us overnight. I showed Reeve a simple riff that I had been messing around with for a year or two in what turned out to be the intro and verse guitar part, and Reeve thought I should share it with the band so we could give a shot at writing something together. The next day I showed him another riff that I had been hearing in Am (what turned out to be the bridge lead guitar fanfare) and somewhere along the lines that triplet landscape came into focus behind it.

Then we brought these two ideas to Aiden and Jon one day in rehearsal and from that point on started to figure out the arrangement of each section. We definitely were not trying to write a “single” so it’s quite ironic that it’s the first song we’ve released – we were just taking it to a place that felt natural while still maintaining that sense of exploration and the rest sort of fell into place.

It’s been really awesome to get people’s response to the song. Even if it’s not our favorite song on the album, it gives people an strong idea of what we sound like and shows that we’re not afraid to take some chances. Plus, there’s a guitar solo which I always like ;-)

Anyway, times a wastin’ so go watch the music video!

Sincerely,

Zane (Carney)

“Love Me, Chase Me”

I don’t want you baby
I don’t need you lately
Love is ever-changing
And I think you’re crazy

Girl, I’ve got to let you go…

Let me touch your daisy
Give me what I can’t be
Let tomorrow face me
Love me, kill me, change me

Girl, I’ve got to let you go…

I’m a jumper, baby
Mama, don’t forsake me
Madness can’t contain me
If you love me, chase me

Aw girl, I’ve got to let you go…
Girl, I’ve got to let you go…

Girl, I’ve got to let you go…

Carney is playing their last Los Angeles show for a while at the El Rey Theatre on November 28. They’re great guys, so you should definitely check this out if you can!