Elephant Eyelash

Why?

Why? / Elephant Eyelash
Format: CD Album
Released: Tue 4 Oct 2005
Catalogue Number: ANTC55.2
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Description:
* The name Why? once referred to Anticon collective and Clouddead member Yoni Wolf, who released a string of rough-and-ready records that mixed elements of hip-hop and indie rock . Wolf jumped among genres like the older, lo-fi Beck, but with less obvious irony and less of a folk influence.
* Now, after six years of treating Why? as a solo project, Wolf has fashioned Why? into a full-fledged band. Elephant Eyelash is a beautifully realized work, a smile-twisted opus of bright colors, dark corners and fearless moves by head architect Yoni Wolf . The Sanddollars EP, released in May, presents the group working through a short set of miniature oeuvres, but Elephant Eyelash dishes up the real deal: twelve gorgeously rendered tracks of jangly psych-rock, folk-hopand peculiar pop.

* Yoni Wolf's hip-hop roots (if indeed Clouddead counts as hip-hop) are mostly buried here Wolf sings melodies much of the time (in a stronger voice than before, although he's still no Sinatra), and the songs are mostly shaped like pop rather than hip hop, with verses and choruses taking similar amounts of time. The result is indie rock that's quirky and seemingly casual in a way that makes the catchy parts (and there are many) seem catchier, a little like Pavement in their prime.
* Whether inhabiting the persona of a lovelorn crooner or warpmouthed Dylanesque poet, self-deprecating, soft-singing shy guy or loudmouthed macho type, Wolf wraps unforgettable lyrical imagery around grooves powered by an arsenal of instruments: guitars, turntable, piano, glockenspiel, pedal steel, pots, pans and more.
* Pavement, Radiohead, Fiery Furnaces , krautrock and dub are all channeled here, but the mix never gets too heady. Rather, its Wolfs trademark delivery, half-smirk, half-grin,that reminds us that its the inconsistencies that make life so damn addicting.

Details:

  • Distributor: Cargo
  • Discs: 1
  • Release Year: 2005

Track Listing:

1.  Crushed Bones
2.  Yo Yo Bye Bye
3.  Rubber Traits
4.  The Hoofs
5.  Fall Saddles
6.  Gemini (Birthday Song)
7.  Waterfalls
8.  Sanddollars
9.  Speech Bubbles
10.  Whispers Into the Other
11.  Act Five
12.  Light Leaves

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