Why? Returns Spitting Ill Rhymes [free Mp3]

Photo credit: Aaron Conway

Oakland native Yoni Wolf and his band WHY? have returned with their first new non-demo track since 2009.  ”Sod In The Seed”, which can be downloaded for free above, is a return to the hip hop tendencies of Alopecia with the added pop sensibilities (and glockenspiel) found throughout Eskimo Snow.  It’s candy to my ears and serves as a perfect taste of their upcoming six-song release, Sod in the Seed EP, out of Anticon/City Slang on August 14.  Tracklist and tour dates below.

Tracklist:

1. Sod In The Seed
2. For Someone
3. The Plan
4. Probably Cause
5. Twenty Seven
6. Shag Carpet

Tour dates:

08-24 — Columbia, MO – The Blue Note *&
08-25 — Norman, OK – Opolis *&
08-26 — Santa Fe, NM – SOL @ Santa Fe Brewing *&
08-27 — Phoenix, AZ – Crescent Ballroom *&
08-28 — Los Angeles, CA – Echoplex *#
08-30 — San Francisco, CA – Great American Music Hall ^*#
08-31 — Arcata, CA – Arcata Playhouse *#
09-01 — Portland, OR – Wonder Ballroom *#
09-02 — Seattle, WA – Bumbershoot Festival
09-03 — Boise, ID – Reef *%
09-04 — Salt Lake City, UT – In The Venue *%
09-05 — Englewood, CO – The Gothic *%
09-06 — Omaha, NE – The Waiting Room *%
09-07 — Lawrence, KS – The Granada *%
09-08 — Minneapolis, MN – Cedar Cultural Center ^*%
09-09 — Chicago, IL – Lincoln Hall ^*%
09-10 — Cleveland, OH – Beachland Ballroom ^*%
09-11 — Ithaca, NY – The Haunt^*+
09-12 — Cambridge, MA – Middle East^*+
09-13 — Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall Of Williamsburg ^*+
09-14 — Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer ^*+
09-15 — Durham, NC – Motorco Music Hall ^*+
09-16 — Asheville, NC – Grey Eagle ^*+
09-17 — Atlanta, GA – The Earl ^*+
09-18 — Nashville, TN – Mercy Lounge ^*+
10-05 — Dusseldorf, Germany – New Fall Festival
10-06 — Evreux, France – L’abordage
10-07 — Paris, France – Maroquinerie
10-08 — Brighton, UK – Old Market
10-09 — London, UK – Electric Ballroom
10-10 — Manchester, UK – Central Methodist Church
10-11 — Bristol, UK – Fleece
10-12 — Glasgow, UK – SWG3
10-13 — Oxford, UK – The Bullingdon
10-15 — Berlin, Germany – Volksbuhne

* = w/ Serengeti
^ = w/ Doseone
& = w/ DJ Tony Trimm
# = w/ dj sodapop
% = w/ Jel (DJ Set)
+ = w/ DJ Thanksgiving Brown