"An ironically upbeat track that splits the difference between psychedelia and prog-rock, with a 7/4 meter and a xylophone-topped bridge that hints at Frank Zappa; ultimately, it’s life-affirming."
New York Times
"Band to Watch...fantasy of a broken heart revel in that exhilarating complexity."
Stereogum
"You can place the new song from fantasy of a broken heart somewhere between the epic dreamy prog of Mew, Destroyer’s loquacious troubadour stylings, and the jaunt of Randy Newman...foabh make it all feel fascinatingly natural.
FADER
"Listening to Fantasy Of A Broken Heart sounds like stepping into the neon-soaked hues of a delirious dreamworld...Ur Heart Stops,” with its 7/8 switch-ups and dream-pop atmospherics, sound like a pure fantasy that’s been fully realized."
Uproxx
"Like something Elliott Smith might have cooked up if he'd haunted The Glove...fantasy of a broken heart revels in buttoning up a truly indescribable, chaotically beautiful sound."
Paste
"Lush, effusive dreampop...A true treat"
PAPER
At the end of September fantasy of a broken heart will release their highly anticipated new LP Feats of Engineering (due out September 27th on Dots Per Inch). The duo of Al Nardo and Bailey Wollowitz have been earning a great deal of attention of late, earning a Stereogum Band To Watch designation around the release of their single "Ur Heart Stops," and seeing further praise from The New York Times (who called that track "life affirming"), PAPER, FADER, Uproxx, Paste, BrooklynVegan and many more, while earning comparisons to a dizzyingly disparate array of artists.
“Follow Your Captain” (released today alongside a FADER feature) is the band’s next and last single before their debut LP release. File it under NYC indie rock, noise pop, new psychedelic, or dream pop. “Captain" is a triumphant and emotionally positive song, reflecting on lessons learned in youth with a laugh. Band member Bailey Wollowitz says the song is about, “[band member Al Nardo & I’s] youth together, our time spent in the woods & tunneling underground—about a human's ability to recklessly let themselves be controlled by another. A lot of the sound design was inspired by Smash Bros. It's the quickest we've ever completed a recording from start to finish, & I think the anxiety of doing so is palpable.”
For fans of Wednesday, Deerhunter, Drugdealer, Wombo, feeble little horse, Current Joys, Black Country New Road, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, MJ Lenderman, Snail Mail, Foxygen, Okay Kaya, or anyone else in-between—fantasy of a broken heart's “Follow Your Captain” will please.
