The video for Peter Litvin’s “Don’t Break It” finds the singer and songwriter wandering a lonely, under-maintenanced (so it could be almost anywhere in America) highway cast in psychedelic colors from what looks like an in-camera effect from DV camera but too vivid and intentional to be just that. Yet the aesthetic suits the song about a breakup that leaves you confused because at least on your end you were putting what you thought was your all into the relationship. The song beckons the loved one not to break things off in what seems like a cavalier fashion. He fiery guitar solo in the last third of the song is an outburst of feeling that is like a dramatic mourning of what’s lost and fighting for what should still be. And yet the imagery asking the difference between a coffin and casket tells you how things played out in the end but if you can have humor about it and show that you tried, that your feelings were genuine and intense that you can preserve your dignity even if other people might think you’re being ridiculous. Watch the video for “Don’t Break It” on YouTube and follow the prolific artist at the links provided.
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