MJ Lenderman has bridge trouble in his new Lance Bangs-directed video for ‘Wristwatch’

MJ Lenderman has released a new video for ‘Wristwatch’, directed by filmmaker Lance Bangs, taken from his album ‘Manning Fireworks’.

The video features Lenderman driving a pickup truck loaded with basketballs and inflatable pool rafts, repeatedly crashing into an overpass. Members of The Wind also make appearances throughout the clip.

Bangs explains his vision for the video: “I had been drawn to make things with Jake for a while, and spent the late summer listening to the songs that would make up Manning Fireworks. The imagery of characters caught in persistence without progress that has recurred in his writing was there in ‘Wristwatch’ and that song was the one I went back to the most while listening to the batch of recordings.

“I had seen low clearance bridges in this part of North Carolina in my past travels, a mismatch between the train trestles that were built in the first half of the 20th Century and the modern 13ft height of most tractor trailers. Durham has a notorious one called the ‘Canopener’ that is featured on a website and Youtube channel ’11foot8.com’ by Jurgen Henn, who has captured 186 crashes since April of 2008. I took measurements and designed plans to add a few more crashes to Jurgen’s tally.”

Lenderman and The Wind are set to embark on their first European and UK tour dates of 2025, including sold-out shows across the UK and an appearance at Primavera Sound, followed by an extensive summer run of festivals and headline shows.

The dates in full read:

MAY
29 Marble Factory, Bristol, UK
30 CHALK, Brighton, UK
31 Rock City, Nottingham, UK

JUNE
2 Old Fruit Market, Glasgow, UK
3 O2 Ritz Manchester, Manchester, UK
4 Electric Ballroom, London, UK
5 Primavera, Barcelona, ES

AUGUST
3 OFF Festival, Katowice, PL
4 ARCHA+, Prague, CZ
5 Columbia Theater, Berlin, DE
7 Øya Festival, Oslo, NO
8 Way Out West Festival, Gothenburg, SE
9 Syd For Solen Festival, Copenhagen, DK
13 Paredes de Coura Festival, Paredes, PT
15 Roundhouse, London, UK
16 Green Man Festival, Wales, UK
19 Noorderzon Festival, Groningen, NL
20 Paradiso Noord, Amsterdam, NL
21 Paradiso Noord, Amsterdam, NL
23 Canela Party Festival, Torremolinos, ES