fantasy of a broken heart‘s anticipated debut album Feats of Engineering is out on September 27, and they’ve shared another single from it, the maximalist “Loss.” “There’s always a tension in songwriting between simplicity and excess,” Bailey Wollowitz says of the track. “Especially in the home digital recording era, it’s hard to ignore an anxious tugging at the endless possibilities of overdubbing and arrangement. Why not put a string section on every song? In these moments of preoccupation, I often came back to the first few Unknown Mortal Orchestra records, which have always inspired me as pieces of work that achieve sonic maximalism with very minimal arrangements; a perfect hybrid between the euphoric peaks of the later Beatles catalogue and the roughest sounding Jay Reatard demo. The song Loss started as a word on a piece of paper and a desire to capture a complex feeling in a simple way. Memory loss, hearing loss, loss of love, loss of a loved one. Getting lost in yourself. This was the first song demoed for the album, and was a turning point for realizing that there was nowhere to hide with being honest about this stuff. By the final mix we had stripped back the layers and left it as it was meant to be: a little song with a lot to say. We also lost some of the drum stems along the way.”
They’ve also announced a couple of NYC shows this summer, happening at Union Pool on July 23, with Marguax and Lutalo, and Alphaville on August 10, with Scarlet Rae and Sadie. Tickets to both are on sale, and you can see all of their upcoming dates — including a few with GIFT — below.
FANTASY OF A BROKEN HEART: 2024 TOUR DATES
July 23: Brooklyn, NY @ Union Pool (duo set) with Margaux
Aug 10: Brooklyn, NY @ Alphaville with Scarlet Rae, Sadie
Sep 13: Troy, NY with Gift
Sep 15: Portland, ME with Gift
Sep 17 Burlington, VT with Gift