A few days ago I got Alopecia from the band Why? and holy shit this album is good! Seriously, internets, you got to check this out. For God's sake, it's got horses walking on clouds and shit. Four open palms, dude, coming out of another cloud. These guys like clouds.

Brilliant lyrics and layers upon layers of terrific sounds weave this album in and out of various genres. It's great for any mood. I've never been so vocal while listening to an album for the first time. "Fuck yea," "Aww shit," and "Yes!" peppered a stream of giggles as I drove down 244 on my way to work. However, later, I listened to it in bed and the album that had me vocalizing dirty sex sounds hours before had me quietly contemplating, reminiscing, and feeling all "dude that's deep."

Simply put, I would say this is music that can move you in all sense of the word, but that sounds too gay so I'm just gonna say this: It's music for awesome listening.

As for the sound itself, Why? really is a melting pot of hip-hop/electronic-pop/post-punk/art-rock and probably any other hyphenated sub-genre you can think of. Some people will hate it because they can't categorize it, others will hate it because it's not innovative enough. I say those people need to get laid.

These dudes are from the Oakland Bay area and they don't fuck around.

"The Vowels Pt.2" is the first song that won me over. It mentions a Chevy Cavalier, which immediately makes you kick ass.

"The Hollows" is pure brilliance. The lyrics to this song invoked the "Fuck Yea" mentioned earlier. I'm looking for the lyrics online so I can post them here. They are too brilliant for me to try and listen and copy them down. I'm known for seriously botching up lyrics-- just ask my wife. You know what . . . just listen to this awesome stuff yerself . . .