Elephant Eyelash

Elephant Eyelash
Studio album by Why?
Released	September 26, 2005 (2005-09-26)
Genre	Indie rock
Length	41:02
Label	Anticon
Producer	Josiah Wolf Yoni 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]
Cokemachineglow	68/100 [3]
Exclaim!	favorable [4]
Pitchfork	7.8/10 [5]
PopMatters	[6]
Stylus Magazine	D [7]

Elephant Eyelash is the second studio album by American band Why?. It was released by Anticon on September 26, 2005. ^[8] Prior to the formation of the band in 2004, Yoni Wolf had used "Why?" as his stage name for his solo work. At the release of the album, most^{[ who? ]} considered this the debut Why? album;^{[ citation needed ]} however in later years, the band counted Oaklandazulasylum as their debut album. ^{[9] [ failed verification ]}

The title refers to an erection. ^[10] 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." ^[10]

Critical reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Elephant Eyelash received an average score of 76% based on 14 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". ^[1]

Josh Berquist of PopMatters gave the album 8 stars out of 10, calling it "one of the best records released this year." ^[6]

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

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.

• Yoni Wolf – music, production, recording, artwork
• Josiah Wolf – music, production, recording
• Doug McDiarmid – music
• Matt Meldon – music
• Anna Stewart – additional vocals (3)
• John Ringhoffer – trombone (5)
• Dee Kesler – violin (5)
• Doseone – additional vocals (6, 8)
• Jel – drum programming (9)
• Brian Wilson – additional vocals (10)
• Colin Guthrie – recording (1, 12)
• Jud Lee – recording (1, 12)
• Mike Walti – recording (1, 12)
• Tony Espinoza – mixing
• Brian Gardner – mastering
• Odd Nosdam – layout

References

1. "Elephant Eyelash by Why?". Metacritic . CBS Interactive . Retrieved March 14, 2015.
2. Hoffman, K. Ross. "Elephant Eyelash - Why?". AllMusic . Retrieved March 14, 2015.
3. Greenwald, David (November 8, 2005). "Why?: Elephant Eyelash". Cokemachineglow . Archived from the original on February 3, 2007. Retrieved July 22, 2018.
4. Lindsay, Cam (December 1, 2005). "Why? - Elephant Eyelash". Exclaim! . Retrieved March 14, 2015.
5. Dahlen, Chris (October 10, 2005). "WHY?: Elephant Eyelash". Pitchfork . Retrieved March 14, 2015.
6. Berquist, Josh (October 5, 2005). "Why?: Elephant Eyelash". PopMatters . Retrieved March 14, 2015.
7. White, Ethan (November 9, 2005). "Why? - Elephant Eyelash". Stylus Magazine . Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved March 14, 2015.
8. "Elephant Eyelash". Anticon . Archived from the original on March 28, 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
9. "WHY? announce their eighth full-length album, The Well I Fell Into". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved August 3, 2024.
10. Weingarten, Christopher R. "So, WHY?... What's This Song About?". CMJ New Music Monthly (135): 11.

External links

• Elephant Eyelash at Discogs (list of releases)