Failure to comprehend
Confusion of discipline
Survival is innate
There’s no choice but to appreciate endless noise
Chicago’s Wingtips return armed with The Break, a single off of their third LP, ON TRIAL, joined in synthpop synergy by New York’s Ronnie Stone. It’s a track steeped in bittersweet nostalgia, zipping between youthful abandon and sobering realization, vividly conjuring the tug-of-war between invulnerability and the slow erosion of dreams.
Themes of generational fatigue and personal upheaval drive through the song’s lyrical core, framing nostalgia as both escape and entrapment. Amid a whirlpool of shimmering electronics, Wingtips articulate the friction between youthful recklessness and adult resignation, reminding us that survival is more acceptance than triumph. The relentless modern chaos becomes, in their hands, something to endure; something to embrace.
Shot entirely on VHS across the urban blur of New York City by Rosa Luna and Ryder Huston, the video visually mirrors the track’s emotional unease. The lo-fi aesthetics, raw and disintegrating, amplify the song’s atmosphere of decay and memory. Alongside Vincent Segretario and Stone, Luna and Huston direct a compelling vision, meticulously edited by Tri Le into a hazy reverie of distorted imagery, matching the restless soul of The Break perfectly.
Watch the video for “The Break” below:
Listen to The Break below and order the single here. On Trial is out now. Order the album here.
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