WHY? told me to announce their new LP Mumps, etc. “ASAP,” but I didn’t understand that acronym, so I had some lunch first instead

WHY? told me to announce their new LP Mumps, etc. "ASAP," but I didn't understand that acronym, so I had some lunch first instead

I’m no detective or anything (though I did just stay up all night long watching nine hours of that BBC show Sherlock, so I’m probably more qualified/exhausted than any any of you fucking rubes!) but does anyone else find it just a little bit suspicious that those dudes in WHY? announced a new EP last month, and now they’re coming back to tell us that that EP is actually just the precursor to a new LP, entitled Mumps, etc., that’s coming out on October 8 in Europe (via City Slang) and October 9 in the US (via Anticon), a.k.a. THE VERY SAME LABELS that put out the EP!?!? Dun-dun-duuuuuuun!!!! Huh?! Huh!? Wait… what do you mean “that’s what bands do”? So, no one else finds that suspicious at all??? Oooooh.

Well, in that case, does anyone else find it just a little bit BORING that they’re doing that? Like, how typical can you get, am I right? Are we supposed to be all “dazzled” by the fact that the band crashed the University of Texas music school and, reaching out to a professor therein, wrangled “a string quartet, an eight-person choir, woodwinds, horns” to help flesh out a pile of demos “some five years in the making” and recorded the whole set to tape with no loops whatsoever? Or that the record was produced by the brothers Wolf, and mixed in Atlanta by Graham Marsh (Cee-Lo Green, Katy Perry) with Yoni Wolf? I say “no way.” I do that sort of stuff all the time! I just don’t brag about it. Or make any money from it. Or show anyone the results. Or actually do that sort of stuff. Oh god, I’m such a horrible fraud.

Tourdates:

08.24.12 - Columbia, MO - The Blue Note *&
08.25.12 - Norman, OK - Opolis *&
08.26.12 - Santa Fe, NM - SOL @ Santa Fe Brewing *&
08-27.12 - Phoenix, AZ - Crescent Ballroom *&
08.28.12 - Los Angeles, CA - Echoplex *#
08.30.12 - San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall ^*#
08.31.12 - Arcata, CA - Arcata Playhouse *#
09.01.12 - Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom *#
09.02.12 - Seattle, WA - Bumbershoot Festival
09.03.12 - Boise, ID - Reef *%
09.04.12 - Salt Lake City, UT - In the Venue *%
09.05.12 - Englewood, CO - The Gothic *%
09.06.12 - Omaha, NE - The Waiting Room *%
09.07.12 - Lawrence, KS - The Granada *%
09.08.12 - Minneapolis, MN - Cedar Cultural Center ^*%
09.09.12 - Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall ^*%
09.10.12 - Cleveland, OH - Beachland Ballroom ^*%
09.11.12 - Ithaca, NY - The Haunt^*+
09.12.12 - Cambridge, MA - Middle East^*+
09.13.12 - Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg ^*+
09.14.12 - Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer ^*+
09.15.12 - Durham, NC - Motorco Music Hall ^*+
09.16.12 - Asheville, NC - Grey Eagle ^*+
09.17.12 - Atlanta, GA - The Earl ^*+
09.18.12 - Nashville, TN - Mercy Lounge ^*+
10.05.12 - Düsseldorf, Germany - New Fall Festival
10.06.12 - Evreux, France - L’Abordage
10.07.12 - Paris, France - Maroquinerie
10.08.12 - Brighton, UK - Old Market
10.09.12 - London, UK - Electric Ballroom
10.10.12 - Manchester, UK - Central Methodist Church
10.11.12 - Bristol, UK - Fleece
10.12.12 - Glasgow, UK - SWG3
10.13.12 - Oxford, UK - The Bullingdon
10.15.12 - Berlin, Germany - Volksbühne
10.18.12 - Cincinnati, OH - Lois & Richard Rosethal Center for Contemporary Art Black Box Theatre
10.20.12 - Pittsburgh, PA - Altar
10.24.12 - Richmond, VA - Canal Club
10.25.12 - Athens, GA - 40 Watt
10.26.12 - Jacksonville, FL - Jack Rabbits
10.27.12 - Orlando, FL - The Social
10.28.12 - Tampa, FL - Crowbar
10.29.12 - Tallahassee, FL - Club Downunder
10.30.12 - Mobile, AL - Alabama Music Box
10.31.12 - Baton Rouge, LA - Spanish Moon
11.01.12 - Houston, TX - Walter’s
11.02.12 - Dallas, TX - Sons of Hermann Hall
11.03.12 - Austin, TX - Fun Fun Fun Fest
11.05.12 - St. Louis, MO - Luminary Arts

* Serengeti
^ Doseone
& DJ Tony Trimm
# dj sodapop
% Jel (DJ Set)
+ DJ Thanksgiving Brown

• WHY?: http://whywithaquestionmark.com
• Anticon: http://www.anticon.com
• City Slang: http://www.cityslang.com

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