''AOKOHIO'' is the sixth 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
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''AOKOHIO'' received a 67/100 on ''
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''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
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Why?
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Yoni Wolf – vocals, bass, drums, piano,
sampling,
producer
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engineer
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mixing, artwork
* Doug McDiarmid – bass,
cuts, piano, synthesizer, engineer
* Matt Meldon – guitar, sounds
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Josiah Wolf – drums, bass samples, guitar, percussion, piano, sampling, producer, engineer, mixing
Additional personnel
* Grace Weir – cello, artwork
* Kate Wakefield – cello
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David McDonnell
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contrabass clarinet, contra-alto clarinet, saxophone, engineer, artwork
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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
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– 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
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Pete Lyman
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mastering, engineer
* Josh Berg – mixing
* Dave Vettraino – engineer
* Marshall Vore – engineer
* Nicholas Papaleo – engineer
* David Woodruff – artwork
References
2019 albums
Joyful Noise Recordings albums
Why? (American band) albums
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