The Runarounds knows when to let the music do the talking, but we had to ask the band for the backstories behind their songs.

Prime Video’s latest teen drama, which comes from Outer Banks boss Jonas Pate, tells the story of a fictional band trying to make it big after high school graduation. Pate consulted the stars themselves when writing it because — get this — they’ve been in a real-life band together for years. (In fact, they’re about to embark on a U.S. tour .)

As a result, William Lipton (who plays lead singer Charlie), Jeremy Yun (guitarist Topher), Jesse Golliher (bassist Wyatt), Zendé Murdock (drummer Bez), and Axel Ellis (vocalist and guitarist Neil) wrote every song that’s featured in the series. From poppy love song “Sophia” to the foot-tapping “Funny How the

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