Joywave get Zapruder on new "Like A Kennedy" video

Rochester indie rockers Joywave have unveiled the video for the track "Like a Kennedy". The video features visual commentary on the current wave of violence, taking on the famous Zapruder video of the Kennedy assassination.

Joywave founder Daniel Armbuster has said that the bands decision regarding the video was very much in tune with today's political climate; "Nobody is surprised by the violence and no action is taken each time that it occurs. The violence is allowed to just continue and continue and continue. Obviously that is very relevant to where we're at now. Every time there's another mass shooting, all these people die, and you know, thoughts and prayers. And nothing changes."

"Like A Kennedy" is the band's latest single, their first new material since 2018's "Blastoffff". Regarding the song, Armbuster has said the new single is about the endless wave of media and content we are all faced in today's frenzied landscape of 24 hour news and social. The song is about the exhaustion and burnout;

"It's an anti-chaos song. Every screen you walk by DEMANDS your attention. Everything is BREAKING NEWS in all caps. It's a really difficult time to think about the mundane small-scale things that have been the focus of human existence until very recently. I don't think people should check out, but I think it's beneficial to at least zoom out and not take the bait every time. It feels like everything is designed to keep us enraged 24 hours a day. We deserve a little sanity."

We do indeed Daniel. We do indeed.

Joywave last released a full length album, Content, in 2017.