The Chicago-based band composed of Tay Roebuck (vocals), Andrew Min (guitar), Bell Cenower  (bass/synth), Sam Ruschman (guitar/synth), and Aidan O’Connor (drums) – shares “Unbroken Thought,” the new single/video from How The Light Felt (Bayonet Records), their new album out November 11th. Following “Let Me Hate” and “After Silver Leaves” – “a shimmering shoegaze track that could have easily snuck into college radio rotation in 1993” (them.) – album closer “Unbroken Thought” is a tender turn from Smut. “Stay awhile,” Roebuck calls out through filtered vocals, “Stay awhile, I’ve been so lonely.”
 
Roebuck explains, “This is a love song! It stretches from pre-relationship to mid-relationship and the sort of mystical destiny that can bring people together. The first verse is before our couple has met, where they don’t realize that they are wandering and lost. Not necessarily looking for each other but when they finally meet? They are done for. The second verse is about them finally feeling the missing pieces filled. They are doing mundane day-to-day life but new life is given to it just by holding hands and knowing they’ve found each other.”
 
The accompanying video, directed by O’Connor, features Smut at a suburban carnival. “The music video hopefully reflects the kinetic energy of the song,”  the band says. “We have the good and bad juxtaposed in fleeting moments over a phone call. We took a more friendship-centric approach to the music video than romantic because that sort of love doesn’t necessarily have to be romantic. When you find the person or people you’re meant to be with you know. We wanted to reflect the desperation that comes sometimes when you realize you need that connection.”