why jan 21 2008

The above photo, taken by our homie Mark Ziemke from Ground Control Mag, Why? frontman Yoni Wolf is throwing his hands in the air, as if to say “I’m waving them like I just don’t care.” In actuality, he’s rapping on some wtf shit, all post-coitus and alienation, love-songs-as-suicide-notes, self-conscious braggadocio in grandiose sweeps of the pen. wtf in the best way possible. Why’s forthcoming album, Alopecia (March 11th on Anticon records), delivers the word-smithery over what could only at its loosest be considered hip-hop beats — a mixture of echoing psychedelia and jangle-pop, with ghostly rhythms spliced and diced into wee sounds poems. Yeah, it’s on some other, and it’s definitely worth picking up on. Our other Ground Control homie Aaron Autrand wrote up a review of Why/’s recent show in LA - check it out at Ground Control’s site.

Be sure to check out Why? on tour - dates after the jump:
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