Paradise Fears’ “Who We Were With”: Idolator Premiere

Following the release(s) of their debut album Battle Scars, South Dakota alt-pop band Paradise Fears signed with  the DigSin label and are prepping a new album for 2015. Ahead of that, the quintet will release soaring new single “Who We Were With,” a song that lyrically peels away our starry-eyed ideals about love and presents a kind of basic truth about our common need for companionship.

“The song was adapted from a poem I wrote, based around this idea that was kind of haunting about how people are able to convince themselves consciously of what is or isn’t love, even though it’s supposed to be an intuitive process,” Paradise Fears vocalist Sam Miller tells Idolator. “So often, I’m afraid we feel comfortable, we call it love, we teach ourselves it’s good enough and we settle for less than we deserve. Love is the kind of thing we learn to do. We’re born knowing how to feel, but somewhere in the process of giving it a name, we screw it up.”

Below, Idolator is premiering “Who We Were With” a day ahead of its official single release. Give the bittersweet song a listen!

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