WHY?, the creative moniker for consummate wordsmith and beloved songwriter Yoni Wolf, is excited to announce AOKOHIO, a visual album to be released on August 9, 2019 via Joyful Noise Recordings. Today, WHY? is sharing the album’s fifth three-song movement and accompanying visual, “V. I want to live with conviction, in silence and diction.” The album’s entire visual element stars Emmy-winning actress Tatiana Maslany (Orphan Black) and was directed by Sundance Dramatic Special Jury Award-winner Miles Joris-Peyrafitte and James Siewert. Stream or embed the video HERE.
The lead-up to AOKOHIO will follow the somewhat unconventional path of gradually revealing the entire album in playing sequence, each movement accompanied by its own visual element, from now until its August 9 release date. The visual component of the album is anchored by a continuing narrative, which will continue to take shape until the album is released.
AOKOHIO’s themes of familial anxieties and nostalgia will be familiar to many, but few have attempted as clear-eyed and sincere a portrayal as Wolf has succeeded with here. Collaborators like Lala Lala’s Lillie West and both members of Sylvan Esso will no doubt come as welcome additions, both serving to bolster the unmistakable sound and vision on which WHY? has grown its legions of fans.
Alongside their Autumn US tour, WHY? has also announced a run of UK/EU headline tour dates, beginning on October 23 in Glasgow at Stereo and concluding on Nov 6 in Copenhagen, Denmark at Vega. Full dates are as follows:
Oct 23 – Stereo – Glasgow, UK
Oct 24 – Band on the Wall – Manchester, UK
Oct 25 – Belgrave Music Hall – Leeds, UK
Oct 26 – Islington Assembly Hall – London, UK
Oct 28 – Exchange – Bristol, UK
Oct 30 – Patterns – Brighton, UK
