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Why? announce new album & behind the scenes video

‘Mumps, etc’ out 8th Oct on City Slang/Anticon

by Nuno Saque Ferreira +, August 2nd, 2012 and has been Read 728 times.

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Nipping at the heels of their eagerly devoured ‘Sod in the Seed EP’, set for release on August 13th through City Slang (Europe) & Anticon (US), California's alternative Hip Hop sensation Why? have confirmed details of their fifth full length album.

Entitled Mumps, etc, the record will be released on October 8th to coincide with their UK tour – details below.

To accompany the announcement, Why? have also given us a glimpse into life behind the scenes with a video documenting the creation and final output of the artwork for ‘Mumps, etc’.

Watch the video here:

Mumps, etc, is a meticulous work of morbid fascination and offbeat romanticism. Though there is a mysterious sickness (perhaps of the mind) that lurks about these thirteen songs, one might also imagine the title as describing the musically swole state of these three Midwestern men as they bring their sound into glisteningly buff focus.

Yoni Wolf, brother Josiah and Doug McDiarmid are in the pocket, the unbreakable rock core at the center of a spinning ball of sonic kaleidoscopie. And all the things we love about them are still true: the grinning sun-warped choruses, that jangly Western lope, those confessionals cut with wry wit and crude details, set dancing down the odd knots of complex poetic daisy chains. It's just that ... well, all of it sounds better than ever this time around.

Mumps, etc artwork:

Mumps, etc track list:

Jonathan's Hope
Strawberries
Waterlines
High On 13
White English
Danny
Sod In The Seed
Distance
Thirst
Kevin's Cancer
Bitter Thoughts
Paper Hearts
As A Card

Why? European tour dates:

• 05.10. DE DUESSELDORF - NEW FALL FSTIVAL
• 06.10. FR EVREUX – L’ABORDAGE
• 07.10. FR PARIS - MAROQUINERIE
• 08.10. UK BRIGHTON - OLD MARKET
• 09.10. UK LONDON - ELECTRIC BALLROOM
• 10.10. UK MANCHESTER - CENTRAL METHODIST CHURCH
• 11.10. UK BRISTOL - FLEECE
• 12.10. UK GLASGOW - SWG3
• 13.10. UK OXFORD - THE BULINGTON
• 15.10. DE BERLIN – VOLKSBUEHNE