Elephant Eyelash

Elephant Eyelash
Studio album by Why?
Released September 26, 2005
Genre Indie rock, indie pop, alternative hip hop
Length 41:02
Label Anticon
Producer Yoni Wolf, Josiah Wolf
Why? chronology

Sanddollars
(2005)		 Elephant Eyelash (2005) Rubber Traits EP
(2006)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic (76/100)[1]
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic [2]
Exclaim! (favorable)[3]
Pitchfork Media (7.8/10)[4]
PopMatters [5]
Stylus Magazine (D)[6]

Elephant Eyelash is the first studio album by American rock band Why?. It was released by Anticon in 2005. Prior to the formation of the band in 2004, Jonathan "Yoni" Wolf had used "Why?" as his stage name for his solo work.

The title refers to an erection.[7] Why? said: "An 'elephant eyelash' is a hard-on. I like to make my own pantheon of slang. Isn't having a hard-on kind of vulnerable? It's an anticipation."[7]

Track listing

No. Title Length
1. "Crushed Bones"   3:30
2. "Yo Yo Bye Bye"   2:51
3. "Rubber Traits"   4:01
4. "The Hoofs"   1:57
5. "Fall Saddles"   2:44
6. "Gemini (Birthday Song)"   5:28
7. "Waterfalls"   2:50
8. "Sanddollars"   3:44
9. "Speech Bubbles"   2:57
10. "Whispers into the Other"   3:28
11. "Act Five"   3:20
12. "Light Leaves"   4:10

Members

References

  1. ↑ "Elephant Eyelash - Why?". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved March 14, 2015.
  2. ↑ Hoffman, K. Ross. "Why? - Elephant Eyelash". AllMusic. Retrieved March 14, 2015.
  3. ↑ Lindsay, Cam (December 1, 2005). "Why? - Elephant Eyelash". Exclaim!. Retrieved March 14, 2015.
  4. ↑ Dahlen, Chris (October 10, 2005). "WHY?: Elephant Eyelash". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved March 14, 2015.
  5. ↑ Berquist, Josh (October 5, 2005). "Why?: Elephant Eyelash". PopMatters. Retrieved March 14, 2015.
  6. ↑ White, Ethan (November 9, 2005). "Why? - Elephant Eyelash". Stylus Magazine. Retrieved March 14, 2015.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Weingarten, Christopher R. "So, WHY?... What's This Song About?". CMJ New Music Monthly (135): 11.

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