Elephant Eyelash

2005 studio album by Why?

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 considered this the debut Why? album; however in later years, the band counted Oaklandazulasylum as their debut album.^[9]

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

^ ^a ^b "Elephant Eyelash by Why?". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved March 14, 2015.
^ Hoffman, K. Ross. "Elephant Eyelash - Why?". AllMusic. Retrieved March 14, 2015.
^ Greenwald, David (November 8, 2005). "Why?: Elephant Eyelash". Cokemachineglow. Archived from the original on February 3, 2007. Retrieved July 22, 2018.
^ Lindsay, Cam (December 1, 2005). "Why? - Elephant Eyelash". Exclaim!. Retrieved March 14, 2015.
^ Dahlen, Chris (October 10, 2005). "WHY?: Elephant Eyelash". Pitchfork. Retrieved March 14, 2015.
^ ^a ^b Berquist, Josh (October 5, 2005). "Why?: Elephant Eyelash". PopMatters. Retrieved March 14, 2015.
^ White, Ethan (November 9, 2005). "Why? - Elephant Eyelash". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved March 14, 2015.
^ "Elephant Eyelash". Anticon. Archived from the original on March 28, 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
^ "WHY? announce their eighth full-length album, The Well I Fell Into". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved 2024-08-03.
^ ^a ^b Weingarten, Christopher R. "So, WHY?... What's This Song About?". CMJ New Music Monthly (135): 11.