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I’m absolutely loving the new album by Why? called Alopecia, which if you don’t know is a fancy term for a type of hair loss. Not the balding kind (aka “male pattern alopecia”), but the special where your hair falls out in giant clumps due to other medical conditions or stress. The album just came out on March 11 and it’s stellar.

You may recognize the first song that plays on the band’s MySpace page - it’s a cover of The Cure’s Close To Me, although a very, very different rendition. Only the lyrics are recognizable, in fact!

The band is in the middle of a huge North American tour that’s still got 24 dates left on it, among them, shows in Montreal (Wednesday, March 26 @ La Salla Rossa), Toronto (Thursday, March 27 @ Silver Dollar), and Vancouver (April 16 @ Media Club). You’d be wise to check them out while they’re still playing small venues!

All the usual outlets are also adoring the album - check out the roundup of positive reviews on Metacritic and go sample some songs on MySpace.

Links:
MySpace: Why?
Metacritic: Why? - Alopecia

Posted on Tuesday, March 25th, 2008 at 12:13 pm by Soja and is filed under MuchRadar.

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