Song appears on forthcoming The Tipping Point album
Tears For Fears have released their new music video for “Break The Man,” the third single from their highly anticipated first studio album in 17 years, The Tipping Point, arriving February 25th via Concord Records. Inspired by the song’s lyrics, the music video encompasses a world that illustrates the constructed reality of the patriarchy – a place of endless hierarchies built on blind devotion to unstable and unsustainable structures. From the inside, the world appears infinite, but from the outside it’s a mere plaything in the hand of Mother Universe.
“It’s about a strong female — which is obvious — but it’s really about breaking the patriarchy,” Curt Smith says of the clip.
The album will be available on on CD and LP. A limited edition cassette is available for pre-order only through the band’s exclusive web store and independent retail.
In October the pair released the first single & title track, “The Tipping Point,” capturing the grief of watching someone you love lose their long-standing battle with disease. Their second single “No Small Thing” was a meeting of the minds as the pair went back to the drawing board and found the heart and soul that would complete the album. The accompanying video was made using solely found footage showing the conflict between individual freedoms and collective responsibility. The Tipping Point is the bold, beautiful and powerful sound of Tears For Fears finding themselves together, once again.
In November, the band also announced The Tipping Point World Tour, with support from Garbage on the US leg. Kicking off in Cincinnati, OH on May 20th, these dates will see the band performing in over 20 cities across North America before capping off with their last show in Wantagh, NY on June 25th. These dates will mark the band’s first US tour since 2017.
