Merce Lemon, recently shared the title track off her forthcoming album Watch Me Drive Them Dogs Wild, available September 27th via Darling Recordings. The LP’s closing track, is described by the artist as “a lonely ballad of forlorn projection into an unknown future, forever protected by the comforting green of Pittsburgh’s hills, rivers, bridges, and homes. she continues, his song is really the first time I collaborated with someone from the early stages of writing,” shares Merce, “my friend Spencer Smith, who was playing keys in my band at the time, sent me a voice memo of a chord progression he had written. I had been toying with an idea for a song based on a story my friend had told me about Michael Hurley, but I hadn’t found a home for the lyrics. This song came to life singing over Spencer’s piano on loop until the melody settled in.”

The video was filmed by Matthew Reed, who has painted several of MJ Lenderman’s album covers. Merce shares “I asked my buds Colin Miller and Landon George if they would dance in cut off shirts with knives in a not scary way to my most dramatic song down at Haw Creek. They asked our mutual friend Walker Rider to send us footage of him flexing. I stitched it all together.”

Merce Lemon
Watch Me Drive Them Dogs Wild
Tracklist:

01 Birdseed
02 Backyard Lover
03 Window
04 Foolish and Fast
05 Rain
06 Crow
07 Slipknot
08 Blueberry Heaven
09 Watch Me Drive Them Dogs Wild

Merce Lemon 2024 live Dates

9/9 – Morgantown, WV @ 123 Pleasant Street *
9/10 – Columbus, OH @ A&R Music Bar *
9/11 – Toledo, OH @ The Ottawa Tavern *
9/26 – Pittsburgh, PA @ The Government Center (Vinyl Listening Party)
10/3 – Catskill, NY @ The Avalon ^
10/4 – Burlington, VT @ Radio Bean ^
10/5 – Brooklyn, NY @ Baby’s All Right ^
10/6 – Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda’s ^
10/8 – Chicago, IL @ Sleeping Village
10/18 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Bottlerocket

* w/ Teethe
^ w/ Greg Freeman

pre-order Watch Me Drive Them Dogs Wild by Merce Lemon HERE