AOKOHIO

AOKOHIO is the sixth studio album by American band Why?. It was released by Joyful Noise Recordings on August 9, 2019. It was released with an accompanying visual album.

AOKOHIO received a 67/100 on Metacritic, signifying generally favorable reviews. Pitchfork rated the album 5.3/10, describing it as overly experimental and lacking the appeal of Why?'s early albums.

Personnel
Credits adapted from Tidal.

Why?
 * Yoni Wolf – vocals, bass, drums, piano, sampling, producer, engineer, mixing, artwork
 * Doug McDiarmid – bass, cuts, piano, synthesizer, engineer
 * Matt Meldon – guitar, sounds
 * Josiah Wolf – drums, bass samples, guitar, percussion, piano, sampling, producer, engineer, mixing

Additional personnel


 * Grace Weir – cello, artwork
 * Kate Wakefield – cello
 * David McDonnell – contrabass clarinet, contra-alto clarinet, saxophone, engineer, artwork
 * Andrew Broder – cuts, sampling, synthesizer
 * Joe Westerlund – drums
 * Nick Sanborn – drums, sampling, engineer
 * Jonnie Walker – guitar, sampling, saxophone, synthesizer
 * Miles Joris-Peyrafitte – sampling
 * Stephen Gurewitz – sampling
 * Adam Schatz – saxophone, engineer
 * Peter Foley – synthesizer, engineer
 * Collin Thompson – trombone
 * Ofir Klemperer – trombone
 * Claire Whitcomb – viola, violin
 * Becky Wolf – vocals
 * Christian Lee Hutson – vocals
 * David Cohn – vocals, engineer
 * Felix Walworth – vocals
 * Gabby Smith – vocals, engineer
 * Gia Margaret – vocals
 * Lillie West – vocals, engineer
 * Liz Wolf – vocals
 * Marty Mars – vocals, mixing
 * Oliver Kalb – vocals, engineer
 * Pete Lyman – mastering, engineer
 * Josh Berg – mixing
 * Dave Vettraino – engineer
 * Marshall Vore – engineer
 * Nicholas Papaleo – engineer
 * David Woodruff – artwork