Chvrches' vocalist Lauren Mayberry told Pitchfork about this anti-love song: "'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."
Lauren Mayberry told NME: "It's like our fight song. An avalanche of sound. Both lyrically and musically, it's one of the most direct things we've ever done."
Chvrches premiered the song at Ottawa Bluesfest on July 15, 2015. It was their first live show in eight months.
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