Some bands know how to make a breakup feel like a slow fade. The Pulltops would rather crank the volume, cut the brakes, and peel out of the wreckage with the windows down.
Their latest single, ‘You Tripped Me Up’, is fueled by blistering guitar lines and vocals that teeter between wounded and defiant, the Milwaukee duo channels that razor edged moment when you stop replaying the lie and start reclaiming your own voice. It’s power pop with a backbone, indie rock with bite.
Mark Pierret and Tom Crowell don’t try to smooth things over here, and that’s the charm. There’s tension in the bones of this track. The rhythm section pounds with purpose, while the melody reaches for something just beyond the sting, not quite hope, but the flicker of direction when the fog finally lifts.
Their different musical backgrounds- country, soul and underground grit- show up in the song’s DNA. There’s a rugged emotionality under the polished hooks, a reminder that catchy doesn’t have to mean shallow. The chorus feels like a fist through drywall followed by a deep breath- cathartic, catchy, and clear.
In the world of post-heartbreak songs, this one doesn’t wallow, it climbs. If you’ve ever been knocked flat by someone who wasn’t who they claimed to be, this song isn’t just relatable- it’s medicine.