Feats Of Engineering from Fantasy Of A Broken heart is a sprawling take on the tension of everyday life, a look into the emotional moments that define us, and a celebration of the beauty of what happens - and what doesn’t. Born out of a bond forged between Al Nardo and Bailey Wollowitz in 2017 at a now-defunct house venue in Bushwick, Feats Of Engineering finds its roots in the energy of friendship and the whirlwind of living life on the edge of music scenes in Brooklyn and Los Angeles. With backgrounds playing in bands like Water From Your Eyes, Sloppy Jane, and more, the pair's connection takes shape as something uniquely theirs, something deeply personal and strikingly evocative.

For Feats Of Engineering, they drew on experiences gathered on endless tours, writing in backseats and bedrooms, recording between four studios, cars, and friends’ apartments. It’s an album that’s seen its fair share of twists, with beloved takes lost to emails, and others created in bursts of happy accidents. As Wollowitz recalls, “Of all the names we cycled through, Feats Of Engineering was never on the table - until it became the only choice.” The title embodies both the album’s reference to infrastructure and transportation and its fractured process; a homage to highways, gas stations, long commutes, and the patchwork of lo-fi and hi-fi moments that create it.

The album opens with the slow, anxious beep of a car door left ajar, a sound that's cut off by a grand synthetic organ, drawing the listener into the ride as Bailey’s baritone voice brings you straight into their world. It’s a trip defined by dynamic swings, shifts between ambient moments and raucous rock arrangements, all marked by bursts of orchestral lushness and bold rhythms. Drawing from the dreamlike world of ‘70s prog-rock, ‘90s dream pop, and the unapologetically bizarre influences of animation, Feats Of Engineering is grounded in lived experience. Lyrics drift from whimsy to introspection, where “bibby bops” coexist with soaring art and Grecian imagery. The duo’s voices harmonize, diverge, and return to one another. In the title track, they croon together, "What's your intention?/Locomotion in detention/Think of jumping off a broken bridge suspension/In Middletown," a memory turned melodic.

With a mix of Americana imagery from cross-country drives, conflicts, laughter, and unplanned epiphanies, Feats Of Engineering isn’t a collection of love songs, it’s something else. It’s snapshots from the ever-changing relationships between two people and the sprawling, unpredictable world they occupy. Nardo says Wollowitz is the gas, but they’re both behind the wheel and barely tapping the brakes. So, pack your bags and jump in the car, indulge in the fantasy of a broken heart.