Yumi Zouma have released their fourth and final single from upcoming album Willowbank, set to be released October 6th via Cascine.

The band’s self-directed video is a simple black-and-white recording with an extreme sense of awareness. This feels appropriate as the lyrics explore death and what happens afterward, “I think I’ll need you when I die /  When I’ve got no one on my side.”

Half Hour is wonderfully easy to listen to. The simple repeated melody doesn’t have many gimmicks to hide behind and is aided by the seamlessly combined vocals of Christie Simpson and Josh Burgess.

Josh Burgess says of the track:

The first time I experienced death in any significant way was when I was 7. My granddad died, and I still remember this feeling knowing that no he was no longer on the planet, and no matter how hard I searched, he could not be found – he ceased to exist. I worried that he needed someone to help him as he navigated his way into death. The line ‘I think I’ll need you when I die, when I’ve got no one on my side’ is one that I wrote a while ago, which for me, captures my biggest fear about dying. An intensely visceral experience with no assistance.

Yumi Zouma will be beginning a worldwide tour next month, including an album release show at London’s Omeara on October 6th and a date at The Joker in Brighton on October 8th.