Yoni Wolf has announced the first WHY? album in five years, The Well I Fell Into, which will be out August 2 via Waterlines, a new label he has started. Wolf and bandmates Josiah Wolf, Doug McDiarmid, and Andrew Broder tracked the album at Eau Claire, Wisconsin’s Hive Studio with Brian Joseph (Sufjan Stevens, Bon Iver), and it features contributions from by Gia Margaret, Finom’s Macie Stewart, Lala Lala’s Lillie West, Serengeti, and Ada Lea.
“Making a WHY? album is an opportunity for me to button up a period of my life,” Wolf says. “I’m bad at realizing how I feel or how something is affecting me in the moment. Things just sit inside me, but writing is a way to really take stock.”
The first single from the album is the lush, swaying and string-filled “The Letters, Etc.” Says Wolf: “This song was partially written for a year or two but the words to finish it just wouldn’t come until some further life experiences led it into its current incarnation. Though potentially filled with paranoid conjecture, it is also a song of acceptance, with only best wishes upon embarking on a difficult long-term estrangement. T’ruah. Love and let live.” Listen to that below.
WHY? will also be on tour starting August 16 in Asheville, N,C and dates include NYC’s Bowery Ballroom on August 23. Tickets for all shows go on sale Friday, May 24 at 10 AM local time. Check out their full tour schedule below.
The Well I Fell Into:
1. Lauderdale Detour
2. Marigold
3. Brand New
4. G-dzillah G’dolah
5. When We Do The Dance
6. Jump
7. Later at The Loon
8. Nis(s)an Dreams, Pt. 1
9. The Letters, Etc.
10. What’s Me?
11. Sin Imperial
12. Atreyu
13. Versa Go!
14. Sending Out a Pamphlet
WHY? – 2024 Tour Dates:
8/16 – Grey Eagle – Asheville, NC
8/17 – Terminal West – Atlanta, GA
8/18 – Motorco – Durham, NC
8/20 – The Atlantis – Washington DC
8/21 – Underground Arts – Philadelphia, PA
8/23 – Bowery Ballroom – New York City, NY
8/24 – The Sinclair – Boston, MA
8/26 – Velvet Underground – Toronto, ON
8/27 – El Club – Detroit, MI
8/28 – The Outset – Chicago, IL
8/29 – Vivarium – Milwaukee, WI
9/4 – Off Broadway – St. Louis, MO
9/6 – Deep Ellum Art Co. – Dallas, TX
9/7 – Mohawk – Austin, TX
9/10 – Club Congress – Tucson, AZ
9/11 – Rebel Lounge – Phoenix, AZ
9/13 – VooDoo Room – San Diego, CA
9/14 – Lodge Room – Los Angeles, CA
9/15 – The Independent – San Francisco, CA
9/17 – Mississippi Studios – Portland, OR
9/18 – Washington Hall – Seattle, WA
9/20 – Urban Lounge – Salt Lake City, UT
9/21 – Meow Wolf – Denver, CO
9/23 – Record Bar – Kansas City, MO
9/24 – Slowdown – Omaha, NE
9/25 – Turf Club – Minneapolis, MN
9/27 – Woodward – Cincinnati, OH
9/28 – Blue Room – Nashville, TN