Indie Pop Duo Oh Wonder Fight Off A Breakup With New Single “22 Break” From Upcoming Surprise Album

Indie pop duo and real-life married couple Oh Wonder have announced their surprise new album 22 Break will be out on October 8th. After teasing the release earlier this week with the short film trailer/lead single “Baby“, the pair have made it official with the title track and its striking black and white music video for “22 Break”.

After announcing their engagement on their fourth album No One Else Can Wear Your Crown, and finally tying the note this past August, Josephine Vander Gucht and Anthony West, like many, had a massive shift in reality, as their 120-date world tour disappeared and the real-life responsibilities of marriage and opening a coffee shop began to unfold. 22 Break was written in their home studio, crafting songs that delve into their true feelings and the candid honesty of their relationship. As Josephine puts it: “We were just writing songs. We had no idea we were writing a break-up album.”

Serving as a portal into their emotional states and the universal themes of a breakup, 22 Break was an odd feat: “It was such a weird thing, to make a break-up album with the person you’re breaking up with, while you’re breaking up,” Anthony reflects. But after going away in September 2020 with the album completed, their relationship mended and lead to their nuptials in August of this year.

22 Break will be released alongside a short film of equal length, and you can watch the first instalment with the title track here:

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