Waterparks have released “BETTER THAN THERAPY” a new single and visualizer out today. The song is taken from the band’s sixth studio album, JINX, out July 24 via BMG/Rise Records. The album, which includes features from Mark Hoppus of blink-182, Eric Nally of Foxy Shazam and Dillon Francis, is now available for pre-order with signed and special colored vinyl variants offered.
On “BETTER THAN THERAPY,” the band channels the rush of finding someone who understands you better than anyone else. Inspired by Awsten Knight’s admission that “I actually haven’t been to therapy in a couple years and I think it’s catching up with me,” the song leans into the messy, chaotic side of love, celebrating a relationship that feels equal parts obsessive, and a little unhealthy.
Listen to the new single HERE and watch the visualizer HERE
On their upcoming album, JINX, Waterparks turn inward and outward at once, unpacking existential dread, the disorienting cost of visibility, and all-consuming relationships to expose a world where nothing quite makes sense, but the desperation to find meaning, connection, or even escape never lets up.
The album opens with cinematic flair juxtaposed with emotional intimacy: “TELL ME WHY” is a story of death, purgatory, confrontation, and return. That deliberate juxtaposition runs throughout JINX, with each song asserting its purpose rather than blending into a palette. “PROWLER” is a study in isolation and reckoning. “RED GUITAR” snaps in the opposite direction, with swaggering hooks. “IF LYRICS WERE CONFIDENTIAL” folds cutting internal commentary into a song that thrives on tension. Even at its most aggressive or surreal, JINX remains tightly composed, its chaos less accidental than thoughtfully curated.
That multiplicity has always defined Waterparks. The band lives in the tension between charm and abrasion, sincerity and irreverence, building songs that can disarm as quickly as they hit. It’s a balance that runs across all six albums thus far. Each era raises the stakes. The scope widens, the ideas sharpen, and the band keeps moving forward, faster than expectations can settle around them.
“This album came from so many versions of me,” Knight observes, with a knowing laugh. “There’s, like, ten versions of me on it, looking back. Like, ‘Damn, we had the whole crew here.’”
“My creative competition is me,” Knight continues. “And I’m hard to beat.”
JINX Tracklist
- TELL ME WHY (feat. Mark Hoppus, Danny Elfman, Eric Nally, and Dillon Francis)
- RED GUITAR
- IF LYRICS WERE CONFIDENTIAL
- PROWLER
- BETTER THAN THERAPY
- NOBODY BUT YOU
- GWEN STEFANI
- NO NO NO NO NO
- PLAYING MUSIC
- MIRAGE
- TASTES LIKE TANGERINE
- ANY MINUTE NOW
- GIRLS NEED GUNS
JINX will be released on July 24 and is now available for pre-order
Waterparks writes anthems that define artistic eras, emotionally precise, sonically distinct, and color-coded. Awsten Knight, Geoff Wigington, and Otto Wood have built one of modern rock’s most vibrant, shapeshifting catalogs, reaching 1 billion streams and a No. 1 Alternative Album in the U.S.
