''Eskimo Snow'' is the third studio album by American band Why?. It was released by

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on September 22, 2009.

Production

The album was recorded in February 2007. When asked to compare it to his previous albums,

Yoni Wolf Jonathan Avram "Yoni" Wolf (born April 30, 1979) is an American alternative hip hop and indie rock musician and co-founder of the record label Anticon. From 1997 until 2004, Wolf released music under the stage name Why?. In 2004 he transferred t ...

said: "This record, ''Eskimo Snow'', is really the least hip-hop out of anything I've ever been involved with. I mean, they feel like song-songs with-- I don't want to say a typical verse-chorus structure, but they're song-songs."

Critical reception

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, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, ''Eskimo Snow'' received an average score of 76% based on 17 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Marisa Brown of

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gave the album 3.5 stars out of 5, calling it "a dynamic, nearly poppy record that finds lead singer Yoni Wolf slightly less verbose and esoteric than in the past." She added, "''Eskimo Snow'' is a success, a resilient album that combines melody, abstract references, and intelligent introspection in equal parts into something that grows more and more compelling the more times it's heard." Josiah Hughes of ''

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'' said, "''Eskimo Snow'' sees Why? losing some of their previous intensity for quieter, albeit deeply layered, pop structures."

Track listing

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes. *

– music *

Josiah Wolf Josiah Wolf is a drummer and vocalist from Cincinnati, Ohio. He is best known as the drummer, percussionist, and backing vocalist of the indie rock band Why?, of which his brother Yoni is the lead vocalist. History Josiah Wolf has been a member ...

– music * Doug McDiarmid – music *

Andrew Broder Andrew Broder (April 16, 1845 – January 4, 1918) was an Ontario farmer, merchant and political figure. He represented Dundas in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1875 to 1886 and in the House of Commons of Canada from 1896 to 1911 as ...

– music * Mark Erickson – music *

Jeremy Ylvisaker Jeremy Ylvisaker is a multi-instrumentalist from Minneapolis, Minnesota. He is a member of the indie rock bands Alpha Consumer and The Cloak Ox. Career He is a member of Alpha Consumer along with Michael Lewis and JT Bates. The band has released ...

– additional contributions * Andrew McDiarmid – additional contributions * Mark Nevers – additional contributions, mixing * Eli Crews – mixing * Mike Wells – mastering * Ms. Indigo Sweats – artwork * Phoebe Streblow – photography * Sam Flax Keener – layout

Charts

References

External links

* {{Authority control 2009 albums Why? (American band) albums Anticon albums