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Massachusetts-based emo-leaning power-pop band Cape Crush have released a new single, “Blank Wall,” accompanied by an animated lyric video by Rachel Creemers. The track captures a raw sense of generational disillusionment and urgency, drawing a direct line from millennial burnout to the growing chasm between the wealthy and the working class.

Written by lead vocalist and guitarist Ali Lipman, “Blank Wall” is as much a protest as it is a personal reckoning. Lipman was struck with inspiration while reading the comments under Propagandhi’s recent record announcement and a wave of frustration and recognition hit: we’ve been screaming these songs for 30 years, and things have only gotten worse.

“I thought about how many of us, especially in the music scene and activist spaces, have spent a lifetime organizing, fighting, showing up, singing,” says Lipman. “We’ve done everything we’re supposed to do. Got an education, showed up to the polls, engaged in the system, and yet here we are, watching democracy get gutted and billionaires fly to space while most of us drown in debt, live paycheck to paycheck, and will never own a home.”

“Blank Wall” reflects on the millennial experience: promised that education would be the ladder out, only to find that the ladder was made of smoke. With driving guitars, sharp lyricism, and Cape Crush’s signature emotional punch, the song is a visceral snapshot of hope tested by time.

The single marks a new chapter for Cape Crush: Lipman (vocals/guitar), James Christopher (guitar), Jake Letizia(bass), and Mike O’Toole (drum), as they double down on using their platform not just to feel, but to fight. The animated lyric video, created by visual artist Rachel Creemers, brings the song’s themes into reality. Following the journey from a hopeful and optimistic young person who faces a tide that will never stop rising. It’s part nightmare, part call-to-action.