Friday, November 13th
8pm
$10
All Ages
"Even though I haven't seen you in years
Yours is a funeral I'd fly to from anywhere."
Couple these emotionally driven lyrics with jarring drum beats and catchy pop hooks, and you have the fierce music of Why?, a trio that will be in town this Friday at Rhino's All Ages Club.
The lyrics are from the song "These Few Presidents", which appears on Why?'s 2008 release, Alopecia. The album, which is known for having both hip-hop and pop elements, is critically acclaimed and was named one of the best albums of 2008 by the likes of Stereogum and CMJ.
Their latest album, which they are currently on tour in support of, strays from the sounds of Alopecia but doesn't leave listeners stranded or in hope of something different. As front man Yoni Wolf put it in an interview with Pitchfork Media:
"The Eskimo Snow songs are a bit more wild, and the drums have more room mics. They're more open. The sound is more open, more live ... This record, Eskimo Snow, is really the least hip-hop out of anything I've ever been involved with."
The members of Why? have also dipped their musical hands into other various projects such as cLOUDDEAD, Doseone, and Atmosphere.
Californians, The Moore Brothers and local band, Tammar will be opening for Why?
Listen to one of their wonderful tracks, This Blackest Purse.
xoxo,
Katie
