Name: Alopecia (10 Year Anniversary Edition)
Brand: Why?

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Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

jnr270cd

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Download code: No

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Rough Trade Exclusive: No

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2018-08-17

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Signed copies: No

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Standard:20

UPC / Barcode

0714270692833

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Why?

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Alternative / Modern

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Joyful Noise Recordings

Joyful Noise Recordings is an independent music label based in Indianapolis, Indiana. Since its inception in the early 2000s, the label has been dedicated to releasing innovative and boundary-pushing music across various genres.

With a roster that includes *Kishi Bashi*, *Sufjan Stevens*, and *Deerhoof*, Joyful Noise Recordings has become known for its commitment to supporting unique and talented artists. The label's diverse catalog spans from indie rock to experimental pop, showcasing a range of artistic voices.

Not only does Joyful Noise Recordings release albums, but they also offer exclusive limited edition vinyl releases through their subscription service called "The White Label Series." This allows fans to discover new music while collecting rare and collectible records.

Why? is the alias of Cincinnati born artist Yoni Wolf, known for his candytime-dissonant, singsong-suicide style. He discovered a 4-track in his father's synagogue basement, which laid the foundation for his unique sound. Yoni has been involved in groundbreaking constellations such as cLOUDDEAD, Greenthink and Reaching Quiet. In 2005, Why? expanded into a full band with long time collaborators Doug McDiarmid, Matt Meldon and older brother Josiah Wolf.

Yoni Wolf, son of a rabbi and an art book editor from Cincinnati, is the mastermind behind the music project known as Why?. His distinctive candytime-dissonant, singsong-suicide style was developed after discovering an abandoned 4-track in his father's synagogue basement. Over the years, Yoni has been part of influential groups like cLOUDDEAD, Greenthink and Reaching Quiet. In 2005, he formed a full band with close friends Doug McDiarmid, Matt Meldon and older brother Josiah Wolf.

Born in Cincinnati to a rabbi father and an art book editor mother,Yoni Wolf is best known by his stage name Why?. His musical journey began when he stumbled upon an abandoned 4-track in his father's synagogue basement. This discovery became the catalyst for developing his unique candytime-dissonant,singsong-suicide style that captivates

10th Anniversary Reissue Back In Print For The First Time In Years. "I'll go unknown by torpedo or Crohn's / Only those evil live to see their own likeness in stone." It's the kind of couplet you'd carve into a wall whilst savoring the irony at hand, but when Yoni Wolf spit the line ten years ago he was blissfully, broodily unaware that he and his band Why? were creating a career-defining album - one so fan-adored that it would go out of print, and so influential that the art-pop heroine Lorde herself would lovingly steal the very lyric quoted above. When it dropped in 2008, Alopecia not only marked Why?'s evolution from a sonically collaged mostly solo project to a live-recorded powerhouse band of badass multi-instrumentalists. Italso minted a genre of one: wryly written, poignantly posed, simultaneously swaggering and heart-rending song-rap that jangles like folk, bursts like psych-rock, and sways like chamber pop. To this day, there is no other group in the known universe that sounds or feels like Why? does on Alopecia. The album's 2018 reissue cheekily etches that aural likeness into our musical history.

2LP+ - Deluxe LP on Tri-Colour Vinyl and Demo LP and 7”. Bonus 7” includes remixes from Boards Of Canada / Dntel. Comes with Download.

LP+ - Cloud Colour Vinyl and 7”. Bonus 7” includes remixes from Boards Of Canada / Dntel. Comes with Download.

Alopecia (10 Year Anniversary Edition)

Music GB