A young married couple in Chicago, very much in love, nonetheless finds their relationship fracturing under the pressures of work (or lack thereof), social obligations, and diverging worldviews. As straightforward as this might sound, this is no typical film: lurking outside of the storyline is a band featuring Azita Youssefi and Marvin Tate, who perform songs composed by LeRoy Bach that, like a Greek chorus, comment on the intricacies of the protagonists' lives.