Mainland Break Drop Double A-side 'I Give In' + 'Endlessly'

Denver-based indie rock band Mainland Break have returned with their first instance of new music for 2025. A double A-side encasing tracks 'I Give In' and 'Endlessly', the bewitching new release was produced and engineered by Mark Anderson (Sylvan Esso), mixed by Joey Oaxaca (White Reaper, twen, Mamalarky), and mastered by Nick Townsend (Cheap Trick, Weezer, Frankie And The Witch Fingers).

Having embarked upon their first trip down under in 2024 with the One Way Ticket To Midnight Tour, building connections and memories which would establish Australia as something of a second home outside of Colorado for them, Mainland Break are long-time fans of the local music scene in Oz.

Honouring this long-standing love for the country's music by taking influence from an array of Aussie acts both big and small, their personal brand of gritty yet melancholic indie rock has drawn comparisons to the likes of Floodlights, Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever and RVG.

The first of the new singles, 'I Give In', is a bittersweet anthem unveiling the eternal inner conflict between resignation and resistance in our day-to-day lives. Capturing the melancholic, floating energy of these commonplace struggles detailed in the song, Mainland Break expand;

"'I Give In' is about experiencing warring emotions and feeling unable to change the process or eventual outcome. It's about taking the path of least resistance and losing an internal struggle. The wave crashes over you, but also propels you. You love, but you hold yourself back from loving. Tension builds, but tension fades. You're emotionally nimble, but emotionally shackled. You feel mobile, but you are stuck."  MAINLAND BREAK

The second of the singles, 'Endlessly', was inspired by the concept that all individuals die twice; once in the corporeal sense, and again when that person's name is spoken aloud for the final time. Delving into this philosophy with a charming and healthy dose of anxious pondering, the band unravel the concept further:

"This idea clumsily opens the door for a multitude of other deaths that I now feel the need to generate and contemplate. What about the last time someone looks at a photograph of me? Or the last time someone looks at a photograph I took? Or the last time a telemarketer updates their list upon realizing someone else now owns my old phone number?"  MAINLAND BREAK

Expanding on the song which emerged from this thought exercise, the band said:

"'Endlessly' criticizes societal obsession with legacy while embracing the inherent impact of one's existence on the universe. Many people desperately wish to control how they are remembered, frantically trying to delay their "second death," while statues and monuments of those like them are perpetually erected and demolished. They fear that their lives will pass imperceptibly, like a drop of water falling into an ocean. Then again, how can you possibly undo the effect of a water droplet falling into the ocean? The resulting ripples, no matter how small, have forever changed the surface of the sea. Even our smallest actions change the course of history. We may put a name on a building or mountain to honor someone's legacy, but that isn't their true legacy. Your true legacy is your existence itself. Every breath and every footstep you've ever taken is carved permanently into the universe, and it will never stop speaking your name."  MAINLAND BREAK