WHY? Share video for new song “Jump”

WHY? have released a new single, “Jump”, from their upcoming 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 different points in time (starting around 2014 and finishing in 2022) from the same hopeless, desperate feeling,” WHY?’s Yoni Wolf explained in a statement. “It’s definitely a pessimistic song, but it’s at least an attempt to reach out. It’s asking for help. It was written from a deep low, but the songs on the album carry the hope and bring it home – so hang in there (haha). I feel like our music is for people who have been through some shit and are still here and trying to get better. Some songs – like ‘Jump’ – are written from the depths of that shit. But after that, there’s always a sunrise. There’s always someone around you calling.”

Fredett added of the image, “After a more technical video for ‘G-dzillah G’dolah’ and a compromising illness for Yoni, he wanted to do it himself, raw and fast. We filmed this over three evenings, used a toy lens with a light and edited it over several days (thanks Evan Cutler Wattles). The only thing we did before we started shooting was a motion test to see what kind of backwards walk looked best. We barely planned and made things up as we filmed. It was nothing special and I think that’s good for WHY?.”

The well I fell into will be released on August 2nd on WHY?s own label Waterlines.