Words By: Bre Offenberger

Atlanta-based rock outfit glimmers have released the video for their latest single, “Purple Tux,” which will appear on the band’s newly announced EP, Worlds Apart — due out April 23 via Common Ground Collective. The track, despite its lyrical content, is good to put on full blast when you’re feeling on top of the world and want to sing your heart out.

Sara Bareilles-esque keys perfectly squashed between streaks of feel-good guitars start the track before  Schneider dives right into it, asking her partner if their relationship is actually going to last in the long run. She looks back on their time together, and she doesn’t remember the last time she felt as happy with them as she did at the genesis of their relationship. Rhythm guitarist and backup vocalist Alex Norrell plays the other side of the story, and he wonders how they ended up here just as much. They gorgeously harmonize all throughout but never more seamlessly as the end, where they simultaneously ask what happened between them and an answer is never given.

The video is split screen, showing a girl on the left and a guy on the right. They both wake up around the same time, and the guy finds his text sent to the girl unanswered while the girl stares at it, wondering how to respond. She starts typing a reply but then deletes it, sets her phone down and moves on with her day. They both make breakfast, and the guy’s photo of them two together flashes, signifying they used to be in a relationship. The guy frantically starts searching for his car keys, which are in his back pocket the whole time, while the girl goes to band practice and is surprised by her friends. He goes to the store and buys flowers and cake mix while the girl arrives home, bored. Finally, the guy decides to drive to her house, and she finally texts him back as he knocks on the door with the flowers in his hand for her.

Of the single, frontwoman Maggie Schneider shares: “I wrote this song with Alex Crain when we were in California. This song is about reminiscing about a past relationship, and thinking about all of the good times. The ‘purple tux’ that we reference is a symbol for adolescence, and makes us think about school proms. It’s quirky and fun, just like this relationship. I love John Hughes movies, and so this song is an homage to Sixteen Candles, or Pretty in Pink.“

“Purple Tux” is glimmers‘ follow-up to singles “Not Good At Goodbyes” and “Fallin.” Glimmers‘ debut EP, Cluttered Heart achieved several thousand streams, even with the band not even being together for half a year yet. For more relatable lyricism infused with production that’ll inevitably make your foot tap, get ready for Worlds Apart, and stream “Purple Tux” endlessly in the meantime.

Feature Image By: Sophie Harris