AOKOHIO is the seventh 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.
Track listing
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
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