Wishy‘s highly anticipated sophomore LP Nature’s Pill is due out October 2nd on Winspear. Today the group share the narrative apex to the record with driving new single and video ‘Sensational’ out now. LISTEN + WATCH HERE + PRE-ORDER LP HERE.

Where the album’s first two singles, ‘All The Rage‘ and ‘Lovesick‘, have hewn closely to infectious, ’90s-inflected guitar pop the band have become known for, ‘Sensational’ is something of a departure. Originating through singer/guitarist Kevin Krauter’s experimentation with drum loops, the song is what should be an unholy fusion of sugary grunge and dream-pop. Yet Wishy’s latest jubilant remix of the past bears all their trademarks: zany lyrics transfiguring melancholia into freedom, an instant classic chorus that immediately feels like an old friend.

“You can do what you want to do (every day is yours) / Baby, it’s your life / (That’s right) It’s such a sick ride” – that’s dual vocalists Kevin Krauter and Nina Pitchkites coming to terms to with a conclusion: Life is, simply put, fucking crazy. In the whirlwind first few years of the band, there had been breakups, new love affairs, and yearning all while Wishy stormed the indie scene as an instantly beloved new act. That revelation by way of pep-talk arrives in the chorus of ‘Sensational’. The song arrives with an animated video that involved 3000 paper cut outs of the band. Director Jess Dunn has written a substack post about the process which can be found HERE.

WATCH: Wishy – Sensational

Krauter says of the track: “hiiiii :))) we are back for press blurb no. 3!!!!!*(;( heres a mf Major Fact about this song: basically mitch wrote this killer bass line and we had to rock it out crazy style a la breeders etienne if u catch the vision 0_0 – hope everyone has fun listening lets run it up at a coworkers bday party and just see what happens <3 -kev”

Just as their sound is often a swirl of various alternative and indie traditions, Wishy’s new songs collide the highs, pitfalls, and banal detritus of human experience alike. Nature’s Pill re-examines some of Wishy’s favoured themes under new lights, jumping off from breakup songs to more abstract meditations on forlornness, romantic intention, lust. “We take that stuff and almost write in a fictional, hypothetical frame of mind,” Krauter explains. “The songs capture romantic frustration and neurotic desire and the melodrama that ensues from simply being a person with emotions experiencing relationships and inner turmoil. But it’s embellished—nothing we do is overly confessional.”

Underneath it all, Wishy locate a tenacity to keep trying anyway. “Being in an indie band feels bizarre when the world is on fire,” Krauter concludes. “What can you do at the end of the day other than carve out some space—at the very least I have my imagination and I can invite others to join me there. At a certain point you need to say fuck it and roll with it.” Sometimes you can’t make sense of it all. Nature’ s Pill finds Wishy gleefully giving into the madness. After all: If life is absurd, all the possibilities are up to you.

To coincide with the release of ‘Sensational’ the band have announced a run of headline dates cross the West and East Coasts, and Midwest following a busy US tour run with The Beths and Beach Bunny. See all tour routing details and support acts at wishyband.com