WHY? have released a new single’, ‘Jump’, lifted from their forthcoming album The Well I Fell Into. Following previous cuts ‘G’dzillah G’Dolah’ and ‘The Letters, etc.’, the track arrives with an accompanying video from director Scott Fredett. Check it out below.
“’Jump’ was written at various times (starting around 2014 and finished in 2022) from the same hopeless, desperate feeling,” WHY?’s Yoni Wolf explained in a statement. “It’s a pessimistic song for sure but it’s at least a reaching out. It asks for help. It’s written from deep in trough state, but the songs around it on the album carry the hope and walk it home–so hang on (haha). I feel like our music is for people who’ve been through some shit and are still here trying to be better. Some songs – like ‘Jump’– are written from deep within that shit. But there’s always a sunrise after. There’s always someone around you who will call.”
Fredett added of the visual: “Coming off a more technical video for ‘G-dzillah G’dolah,’ and a compromising bout of sickness for Yoni, he wanted to go DIY and raw and fast. We filmed this in 3 evenings, using one toy lens with one light, and edited it in several days (thank you Evan Cutler Wattles). The only thing we did before we started filming was a motion test to see what type of walk looked best backwards. Very little planning, and made things up as we filmed. It wasn’t precious and that I think is good for WHY?.”
The Well I Fell Into is due out August 2 on WHY?’s own Waterlines label.
