| Elephant Eyelash | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Why? |
| Cover: | Elephant Eyelash.jpg |
| Genre: | Indie rock |
| Label: | Anticon |
| Prev Title: | Sanddollars |
| Prev Year: | 2005 |
| Next Title: | Rubber Traits EP |
| Next Year: | 2006 |
Elephant Eyelash is the second studio album by American band Why?. It was released by Anticon on September 26, 2005.[1] Prior to the formation of the band in 2004, Yoni Wolf had used "Why?" as his stage name for his solo work. At the release of the album, most considered this the debut Why? album; however in later years, the band counted Oaklandazulasylum as their debut album.[2]
The title refers to an erection.[3] 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."[3]
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."
Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.