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WHY BOTHER?

  • 01. Lacerated Nights
    02. Where is Jodi?
    03. Get Used to It
    04. Eyes Everywhere
    05. She's a Vamp
    06. The Quiet One
    07. Prowlers in the Night
    08. Self Indulgent Ways
    09. Shells
    10. Cumulonimbus
    11. The Leaf is on Drugs Again
    12. Hawking Radiation
    13. I'm on to You
    14. Useless Time
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    WHY BOTHER?

    A City of Unsolved Miseries

    [engl] Mason City, Iowa's WHY BOTHER? return with 'A City of Unsolved Miseries', their third album in as many years. Their patented basement recording setup has yet again captured something magical, thirteen originals in all. From the fringes of a small, landlocked Midwestern city - WHY BOTHER? have honed in on a punk sound that is original, self-driven and shows no signs of slowing. Swirling in darker thematics, such as the still unsolved 1995 disappearance of Mason City TV anchor Jodi Huisentruit, the album speaks to every outcast living out their days underneath dark, grey skies. However the music strikes you - WHY BOTHER? have defined yet another chapter of their enigmatic existence with the genius sounds captured on 'A City of Unsolved Miseries'.
    Format
    LP
    Release-Datum
    11.04.2023
     
  • 01. Sub-atomic Runaway
    02. Cut Yourself Loose
    03. Weird World
    04. There's Something Out There
    05. More Brains
    06. Re-animation
    07. Hum Drum
    08. She's Gonna Wake the Dead
    09. Wasted Days
    10. Buried in the Landfill (of My Mind)
    11. Existence
    12. We're All Insane
    13. Dead Again
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    WHY BOTHER?

    A Year of Mutations

    [engl] In the heart of the heartland, a mere ten miles from where the airplane carrying Buddy Holly crashed into a frozen cornfield, lies Mason City, Iowa. A town so small that it's pre-pandemic punk scene (with 20+ bands) went almost entirely unnoticed. That is, until the music of WHY BOTHER? and the "Punk on the Plains" compilations (curated by WB? drummer Paul), were made available by Tremendo Garaje - one of YouTube's most obsessive gateways into contemporary underground punk music. WHY BOTHER? is Terry on vocals + synth, Speck on guitar, Pamela on bass, and Paul on drums. Their sound takes the classic Midwestern punk approach of The Zero Boys and Toxic Reasons, adding in warm layers of synth and sci-fi thematics ala The Spits and darker post-punk moments in the vein of early Joy Division. Yet there's so much more to this band that defies comparison, for WHY BOTHER? are truly a singular experience. "A Year of Mutations" collects tracks from the first four WHY BOTHER? EPs, all of which were released in limited cassette and 7" lathe cut runs in 2020 and 2021. These have all been remastered, paired with several new tracks exclusive to this release, and repackaged in a fresh layout with artwork from D.H. Strother. WHY BOTHER? have no plans or intentions to perform live, but their basement 8-track recording setup shows no signs of slowing down. Expect more in 2022 & beyond!
    Format
    LP
    Release-Datum
    29.10.2021
    Format
    LPcol
    Release-Datum
    29.10.2021
     
  • 01. Verbally Transmitted Diseases
    02. Enter Xterminator
    03. When the Radio is Off
    04. I Wanna Be Like Pete
    05. Beautiful Deformations
    06. Emotional Grotesque
    07. What's Wrong With Me?
    08. Hour of the Owl
    09. Chatter
    10. Climbing Out of the Sky
    11. I Forfeit
    12. Had Enough?
    13. And Beyond
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    WHY BOTHER?

    Calling All Goons

    [engl] Would it be October without a new WHY BOTHER? album? "Calling All Goons" is WB?'s fourth album in three years - a lexicon for the freaks, a beacon of hope amidst the digital deluge, or just a true artist's piece depending on how you see it. And that's the beauty of WHY BOTHER? They are the enigma. A band that extends from the roots of Midwestern punk while adding something new to the conversation. This is the kind of rare phenomenon that is outwardly difficult to describe...so step into the world of WHY BOTHER? and let these new 13 tracks dilute your mind forever!
    Format
    LP
    Release-Datum
    30.10.2023
    EAN
    EAN 795154144464
     
  • 01. Anything to Get it
    02. Laughing at What I Forgot
    03. (I'm) Coming Apart
    04. Split Personality Crisis
    05. Bent Spoon Blues
    06. Clouds
    07. Cut to Pieces
    08. Televised Assassination
    09. Submersive
    10. Oh Jodi
    11. The Stalker's Stare
    12. Dirty Secrets
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    WHY BOTHER?

    Lacerated Nights

    [engl] Talk about a band...WHY BOTHER? are not only doing it themselves, but doing it for themselves. With zero interest in performing live or promoting their music online - the Mason City, Iowa four piece have been back in the basement writing and recording highly original punk music faster than it can be pressed to vinyl in this day and age. Their earliest material was collected on 'A Year of Mutations' and issued on LP by Feel It in 2021 - since then, the band has been building towards their first full length, and hot damn does it deliver! Speck's guitar sound is cut straight from the ultra-trebly Killed By Death sound as Terry's vocals and '73 Univox 100 synth cut over top of the wildly dexterous rhythm section of Pamela and Paul. It's a sound both classic and futuristic from a group of Midwestern weirdos living outside the tech bubble, spinning their own web of sound straight from 8-track tape. So if you need a dose of true original punk rock in 2022 and beyond, WHY BOTHER? can give you that fix.
    Format
    LP
    Release-Datum
    25.11.2022
     
  • 01. There Are Such Things
    02. Buddy Found His Glasses
    03. Cemetery Man
    04. The Warning
    05. Children at Play
    06. The Wrong Way
    07. Dance Party at Enrico Fermi's
    08. Lacerated Nights (Rehearsal)
    09. Foot in Mouth Disease
    10. What a Drag
    11. Whiskey Man
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    WHY BOTHER?

    There Are Such Things

    [engl] Iowa's WHY BOTHER? are back mere weeks after their debut LP with an eleven song cassette! Just in time for Halloween, WB? give us five new cuts on Side A backed with an assortment of remastered hits from previous small run tapes and lathe cuts, including an epic cover of "Whiskey Man" by THE WHO to close things out!
    Format
    TAPE
    Release-Datum
    14.10.2022