Parmalee<\/a> is opening a new emotional chapter with the release of \u201cHow Do I Let You Go<\/a>,\u201d their most vulnerable song to date.<\/p>\n Known for their upbeat, feel-good hits, the group takes a deeply personal turn, drawing from the real-life loss of the fathers of frontman Matt and drummer Scott Thomas, as well as guitarist\/pianist Josh McSwain. The heartfelt tune captures the pain of grief and the longing for just one more moment with the ones who meant everything.<\/p>\n Lead singer Matt Thomas spoke openly with Country Now about writing the song and the story behind it earlier this week while backstage at the CMA Awards. He explained that the song came from a deeply personal writing session with Parker Welling and co-producers Casey Brown and David Fanning.<\/p>\n \u201cWe were talking in the room that day about\u2026one of my co-writers had just, he knew we had went through a lot of death earlier in our life in a period of years. Me and Scott lost our dad, and Josh lost his dad. Scott and I lost our best friend in our early twenties and we all lost several friends together. Suicide. We\u2019ve been through some heavy stuff,\u201d he shared honestly. \u201cAnd we didn\u2019t bring that to Nashville. It just all happened before we got here. So when we got here, we were just writing happy songs and doing fun stuff for the most part.\u201d<\/p>\n![\"YouTube](\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/rIYcG9z-228\/hqdefault.jpg\"\/)
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