Elephant Eyelash

Elephant Eyelash is the first studio album by American band Why?. It was released by Anticon on September 26, 2005. Prior to the formation of the band in 2004, Yoni Wolf had used "Why?" as his stage name for his solo work.

The title refers to an erection. Why? said: "An 'elephant eyelash' is a hard-on. I like to make my own pantheon of slang. Isn't having a hard-on kind of vulnerable? It's an anticipation."

Critical reception
At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Elephant Eyelash received an average score of 76% based on 14 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

Josh Berquist of PopMatters gave the album 8 stars out of 10, calling it "one of the best records released this year."

Personnel
Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.


 * Yoni Wolf – music, production, recording, artwork
 * Josiah Wolf – music, production, recording
 * Doug McDiarmid – music
 * Matt Meldon – music
 * Anna Stewart – additional vocals (3)
 * John Ringhoffer – trombone (5)
 * Dee Kesler – violin (5)
 * Doseone – additional vocals (6, 8)
 * Jel – drum programming (9)
 * Brian Wilson – additional vocals (10)
 * Colin Guthrie – recording (1, 12)
 * Jud Lee – recording (1, 12)
 * Mike Walti – recording (1, 12)
 * Tony Espinoza – mixing
 * Brian Gardner – mastering
 * Odd Nosdam – layout