Al Nardo and Bailey Wollowitz collided in 2017 at the since-shuttered house venue Heck, in Bushwick. Immediately bonding over the The Flaming Lips and Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, the two have intermittently lived and worked together since, but mostly on the road in-between, as shifting parts of pirate crews traversing the country and playing in bands Water From Your Eyes and This is Lorelei, among many more. The Fantasy of a Broken Heart began on these journeys, in moments stolen while wedged up between roommates and band members in overstuffed apartments and the cramped backseats of cars. In 2024 the duo released their debut album ’Feats of Engineering’, which was followed by EP ’Chaos Practitioner’ the year after. If you like idiosyncratic pop songs rooted in indie, freak-folk and psych – this is for you.