Why? - Mumps, etc.

01 Jonathan's Hope

02 Strawberries

03 Waterlines

04 Thirteen on High

05 White English

06 Danny

07 Sod in the Seed

08 Distance

09 Thirst

10 Kevin's Cancer

11 Bitter Thoughts

12 Paper Hearts

13 As a Card

http://www.pitchfork...lbum-mumps-etc/

Yes I do want. I will agree with P4K that the album is unfortunately named. Great cover though.

I always want to like Why? more than I actually do. I love Yoni in Clouddead and Reaching Quiet, but the Why? stuff always veers a little too far into indie rock for me. I'll check it out though.

This album is supposed to be more beat/rap heavy. but it is also supposed to be more intimate so not quite sure what to expect except we heard seed in the sod which is kinda poppy and rapped. for me why? can do no wrong.

  On 8/2/2012 at 1:54 AM, Boxus said:

I always want to like Why? more than I actually do. I love Yoni in Clouddead and Reaching Quiet, but the Why? stuff always veers a little too far into indie rock for me. I'll check it out though.

Exactly my feelings. Only Why? album I truly enjoy and own is Alopecia, everything else has it's moments but ends up being either too weird or too folksy.

Terrible title, but looking forward to this.

Alopecia was really good, as was Almost Live from Eli's Room... this might be great, or it might not be.

it will be

first track from the album :

http://soundcloud.com/anticon/why-jonathans-hope

I'm noticing that whilst the verses are more rapped the choruses are more sung than ever, even eskimo snow. liking the beat/production on this once it gets into step

grower!

second track

http://soundcloud.com/anticon/why-strawberries/s-6Nsfo

First album track is better than the one posted above, imo, but still sounding good.

I've been enjoying this album. It is quite the grower. Seems like Yoni has gone back to darker lyrics too.

BOOM

http://www.factmag.com/2012/09/24/premiere-stream-whys-new-album-mumps-etc-in-its-entirety/

thirteen on high highlight so far

Lol, I thought this was out already... I've been rocking the leak for at least a good week and a half.

i don't leak

white english is another standout on 2nd listen

and paper heart

Thirst is one of my favorites. Makes me kinda sad though...

Everything post-alopecia has not interested me in the least, but this sounds like a big improvement from Eskimo Snow and Sod in the Seed.

Video for Strawberries is now out http://www.stereogum.com/pl/1163212/why-strawberries-video/video/

Sorry for not embedding, I'm on my phone.

how dare you!

i noticed on the web store they are selling the mumps demos on cassette tape. loved the alopecia demos. but do not have a tape player anymore (got some tapes though..). have to hear anyway as i reckon the finished album is a bit clean/poppy and this will be more like it

  On 9/27/2012 at 4:58 AM, Murveman said:

Everything post-alopecia has not interested me in the least, but this sounds like a big improvement from Eskimo Snow and Sod in the Seed.

i thought eskimo snow was solid. on multiple listens to the new one i prefer eskimo still.

sod in the seed was ok although that was one track about the policeman asking them to switch driving gets stuck in my head and plays over and over and i don't even like that song.

also i hate the "chorus" of white english. lost in translation...ok. otherwise like that track alot. picky? perhaps. but it doesn't bode well for repeat listens

I haven't heard the leak but like the feedback I'm reading! I love Alopecia, like Eskimo Snow a good bit, and really like Sod in the Seed. I think I'm gonna be pleased!

if you liked seed in the sod you'll love mumps etc

and btw its streaming in full (link above) - so no need for the leak

Oh right, thanks for the link. I might just hold off though, I'm weary of stream quality, sucks that just about every album lately is being streamed pre-release, hard to resist and I don't generally want the lower quality to be my first experience.

It's 2012... Do you listen to everything on a HiFi system with headphones or something?