Alopecia

I'm done with this project. I started in August 2020 and am the longest-running user of the site. But it's 5 years later, the original list is long gone and I've been on user albums for years. It's lost its charm now that anyone who donates a few $$ can select an album. I've seen submissions from users who've only reviewed 50 albums themselves. I understand that site hosting isn't free, so minimal judgement, but the user albums are just too many, too crappy, too unpredictable. I didn't listen to this album. It might be good, it might be shit, it might be somewhere in between. I don't really care. I've had fun, and many thanks to the site creator and everyone I've argued with on Reddit. This is an obscure place to leave a goodbye message, I know (I deleted Reddit), so thanks for reading.

Everyone I worked with at my college radio station loved WHY? and I was just too dumb to get it at the time. This is a wholly unique blend of indie sensibility and lyrical genius, a completely distinct artistic statement that has no equal in the 1400+ albums I’ve gone through on this site. The whole product dares you to get comfortable, keeping you on your toes with some insane lyric or instrumental change-up right around the corner. Not all of the tracks gel into more than the sum of their many parts, but even then I found myself dazed (in a good way!) after this one ended and going back for more. Thanks for adding a more-than-worthy album to the list and once again proving how awful my judgement was in college.

Alopecia by WHY? is an interesting indie rock album. It varies tracks with the frontman singing with songs that having hip hop influences in the instrumentals and rap. Still the albums sounds pretty cohesive.

Alternative hip-hop/indie rock. Reminds me of Beck. Pretty solid. Favorite songs: These Few Presidents, Fatalist Palmistry, The Hollows, A Sky for Shoeing Horses Under, "Vowels, Pt. 2", By Torpedo or Crohn's, Good Friday Least favorite songs: Gnashville 4/5

Hip hop alternativo. Está bien. Un 4, venga.

Pretty interesting! 3 stars.

Iiiinteresting, I figured this was the first I heard of Why?/Yoni Wolf, but he was on the 'cLOUDDEAD' album I put on last year. (Very trippy stuff, that) "Good Friday" has strong Beck vibes This is neat, I'm not bowled over by it but it's something I can see myself liking more with time. The moment I heard the toy piano in "Assassin" my feeling was "ah yes, these are my kind of hipsters" 3.5/5 HL: "These Few Presidents", "Song of the Sad Assassin", "A Sky For Shoeing Horses Under", "Simeon's Dilemma" October 4, 2025

It was not as bad as I was expecting but unmemorable I’m afraid.

The lyrics are so dense and clever that listening to them to comprehend and appreciate their artistry subtracts from the joy of music listening.

Rating: 6/10 Best songs: Vowels pt.2

Although very cleverly written and musically well constructed, I was a little put off by this throughout. The sort of teen angst plus edgily profane lyrical tone, under the wierdly They Might Be Giants reminiscent music, as a hip hop offshoot was a bridge too far for me.

Proto-Twenty One Pilots (Derogatory and complimentary)

Not bad… sort of reminds me of They Might Be Giants meets Beck.

This sounds like a cross between Beck and They Might Be Giants. I probably wouldn't listen to it again, but if someone was playing it, I'd have a pretty good time.

Canciones sorpresivas, un tanto diferentes. Voz masculina un tanto susurrante. Pop sin muchas pretensiones. Agradable de escuchar, pero le falta chispa.

Lots of echoes here from lots of other bands and songs but the overall impression is a really interesting collection of sounds and ideas. I really liked it.

Somewhat unusual...lots of minor keys added to the nilism.

Alright, I guess

Indie-rock with some mild hiphop influences. Very nasal vocals.

Ughh this is sooo indie rock

Why indeed. This album was lyrically a tour de force that would probably take multiple listens to digest everything going on. Overall though it felt like an album filled with edgy lyricism more than an album that was made for enjoyment. Something that may be cool as a teen or college but not for me. 4.7/10

Making another tally mark under the "Alternative Music By and For Sardonic Geeks" column, which has kind of become one of the flagship genres for the users list.

Certainly different... and certainly not something I enjoyed. The lyrics are odd and not very good.

Why indeed Hahaha I agree with the top comment on this album. This is becoming more of a chore than a hobby

Truly terrible. Pick a lane!