American musician and singer-songwriter Lou Barlow (Dinosaur Jr) has announced the release of a new album called Reason To Live which will be out on May 28th via Joyful Noise Recordings. “Over You” is the first excerpt. He explains:
“Over You” is based on one the first songs I captured on cassette back in 1982 or so. I’ve managed to save almost everything I recorded back then, and I decided to resurrect and recreate a few things for my ‘Artist Enabler Series’ for Joyful Noise in 2019. I used some of the original lyrics: ‘I knew everything about you.. I knew nothing about you’ and built on that feeling. Since the melody had followed through the years since I recorded it, it came together quickly. I went as far as recording the basic tracks of the new version on to cassette in an attempt to mimic the atmosphere of the original.
When considering the video I talked to my wife, Adelle, about things in our lives that we’ve never been ‘over.’ We moved from California six years ago, a place that we both loved. We started compiling home videos from our times living there (17 years in my case) and scenes from some 80’s movies that were filmed in LA. When we combined the footage it seemed to work with the song. I can’t say that I was thinking about anything specifically when I recorded “Over You”, it came from the general longing of my teenage years, but I can definitely say I miss the golden state.”
Watch the official video below.