Wingtips' new single "Crystal Clear" is now streaming on all platforms.
The infectious new track appears on the Chicago duo's sophomore album, Cutting Room Floor, out September 3rd on Artoffact Records.
Stream "Crystal Clear" and pre-order the album, here:
https://wingtips.bandcamp.com/
With their debut album, Exposure Therapy, released in 2019 on Artoffact, Vincent Segretario and Hannah Avalon stormed the scene with dark, infectious pop, drawing equally from slamming darkwave and lush synth-pop. Revolver Magazine called the pair a "devastating twosome" and Chicago Reader offered these words: "Goth-pop duo Wingtips captures the irresistible disintegration and woozy depths of The Cure's late-'80s sound."
Sophomore album Cutting Room Floor maintains a base in '80s sounds, but sees the band ascend to a new place of pure, timeless songcraft. With brighter melodies, deeper emotions, and a stripped-down approach that lets the songs shine, Wingtips have become something bigger than a retro act. With hooks so compelling they are cinematic in scope, and vocals that grab hold of the heart, Cutting Room Floor marks the genesis of a new style: "new romantic for post-millennial end times," in the band's own words.
"Writing 'Cutting Room Floor' was a much different experience than with our previous work," says Segretario. "In the past we certainly drew inspiration from '80s artists, and still do at our core, but this time we wanted to jump out of that mold. I think if anything, that’s how we’ve matured; simply doing more of what we want as artists and staying true to ourselves in the present moment."
The result is music that respects the past without being restrained by it. With utmost respect to the icons of yore, from Depeche Mode to Nine Inch Nails, Wingtips have graduated to a new place amidst contemporaries who are freely pushing forward into new realms – artists such as CHVRCHES, The Soft Moon, HEALTH, and FKA twigs.
The band will tour North America extensively in 2021 and 2022.
Aug 28 - Carbondale, IL @ Hangar 9
Aug 31 - Fort Worth, TX @ Main at South Side
Sep 2 - New Orleans, LA @ The Goat
Sep 3 - Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall +
Sep 4 - San Antonio, TX @ Paper Tiger +
Sep 5 - Laredo, TX @ Cold Brew Rock Bar +
Sep 6 - Austin, TX @ Elysium +
Sep 8 - Phoenix, AZ @ Rebel Lounge +
Sep 9 - Yuma, AZ @ The Alement +
Sep 10 - San Diego, CA @ Space +
Sep 11 - Los Angeles, CA @ Catch One + *
Sep 12 - Cathedral City, CA @ Bart Lounge + *
Sep 13 - Costa Mesa, CA @ The Wayfarer + *
Sep 15 - San Francisco, CA @ The Chapel + *
Sep 16 - Sacramento, CA @ The Starlet Room + *
Sep 17 - Portland, OR @ Dante's +
Sep 18 - Seattle, WA @ El Corazon +
Sep 20 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Metro Music Hall +
Sep 21- Denver, CO @ Oriental Theater +
Sep 22 - Wichita, KS @ Elbow Room +
Sep 23 - Tulsa, OK @ The Starlite +
Sep 26 - Chicago, IL @ Cold Waves Festival
Oct 8 - Minneapolis, MN @ Mortimer's
Oct 9 - Madison, WI @ Crucible
Oct 15 - Atlanta, GA @ Voth Festival
Nov 26 - Tampa, FL @ Crowbar $
Nov 27 - Orlando, FL @ Will's Pub $
Nov 28 - Miami, FL @ Gramps
Dec 2 - Indianapolis, IN @ Black Circle
Dec 4 - Louisville, KY @ Art Sanctuary
Dec 7 - Richmond, VA @ Fallout
Dec 8 - Baltimore, MD @ Metro Gallery
Dec 9 - Philadelphia, PA @ Warehouse on Watts
Dec 11 - New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge
Dec 12 - Providence, RI @ Dusk
Feb 11 - Toronto, ON @ Lee's Palace %
Feb 12 - Montreal, QC @ Theatre Fairmount %
+ = Twin Tribes
* = Creux Lies
$ = Vision Video
% = Lebanon Hanover
Photo by Carlos Azuara
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