WHY? Announce Ninth Album 'Oh Golly / Yes Lord' With Lead Single In Spirit
Monday, 03 August 2026
Written by Jon Stickler
Photo: Eric Tankel
WHY?, led by Cincinnati musician and songwriter Yoni Wolf, have laid out plans for their ninth album.
The follow-up to 2024's 'The Well I Fell Into' and last year's demos edition is titled 'Oh Golly / Yes Lord' and is set to arrive on October 30 via Waterlines. It features co-production from Nate Mercereau (André 3000, The Weeknd) and WHY?'s Josiah Wolf, with assistance from frequent collaborator Andrew Broder (Fog, Lambchop) and Ryan Olson (Poliça, Bon Iver).
"The album is not a flattering look at my life, but that’s not the point,” Yoni Wolf explained. "This is warts-and-all stuff. I’m always striving for honesty in WHY?, but 'Oh Golly / Yes Lord' is particularly revealing."
It'll include the newly shared lead single and closing song, the hypnotic, introspective In Spirit, one of several tracks entirely written, produced and performed by Wolf, who said: "In Spirit is a romantic overture for someone I had never met in person. I’d call it a harmless, securely attached gesture of longing from a distance. It’s me going out on a limb without expectations, feeling like even if I never meet this person in real life, we are already connected in some alternate universe or on some other plane of existence. And that’s beautiful. That’s enough."
Head below to view the song's Evan Cutler Wattles-directed video starring dancer Julia Wasilewski, alongside the album's cover art, featuring Yoni and Josiah's mum Rachel Wolf.
WHY? are set to tour North America this fall. Head here for details.
'Oh Golly / Yes Lord' tracklist:
1. Sin Lite
2. What a Punim
3. Hare
4. Pretend So Real
5. Not Really A Stranger
6. Chaos Theory
7. Shine
8. Parks Tour
9. Story of My Life
10. Décembre 16th
11. In Spirit
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