''Why Bother At All'' is the second EP by American

indie rock Indie rock is a Music subgenre, subgenre of rock music that originated in the United States, United Kingdom and New Zealand from the 1970s to the 1980s. Originally used to describe independent record labels, the term became associated with the mu ...

band Koufax. It was released in 2005 on

Motor Music Motor Music is an independent record label based in Berlin, Germany providing a wide range of music services including music publication, artists management, producing music for films and business and music advertising. Motor Music was founded in 1 ...

. The song ''Why Bother at All'' was recorded for the album ''Hard Times Are In Fashion''. It was also released as a CD-Single and as a 7" red translucent vinyl promo-single The first three songs were recorded in August 2004 at the Black Lodge Eudora-Studios in Kansas. Only the Joe Jackson-song ''Look Sharp'' was recorded in March 2003 at The Loft-Studio in Saline, Michigan.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Robert Suchan except as noted. EP Version # "Why Bother at All" – 3:16 # "Call the Cops" – 2:39 # "Loveless Meredith" – 3:02 # " Look Sharp" ( Joe Jackson) – 2:42 CD single #"Why Bother at All" – 3:16 # "Call the Cops" – 2:39 # "Loveless Meredith" – 3:02 7" vinyl single (promo only) #"Why Bother at All" – 3:16 # "Call the Cops" – 2:39

Music video

The music video was directed by

Uwe Flade Uwe Flade is a German music video director and entrepreneur. He has directed videos for many artists, such as a-ha, Depeche Mode, Franz Ferdinand, Apocalyptica, Westbam, Volbeat, In Extremo, Nickelback and Rammstein Rammstein (, "ramming stone" ...

and shows the band playing in grey overalls in front of an art-screen-animation.

Personnel

Band * Robert Suchan – vocals, guitar, piano * Jared Rosenberg – piano, organ, keyboards * Ben Force – guitars, bass, background vocals *

Rob Pope Robert Pope is an American musician, best known as the bassist for Spoon and The Get Up Kids. History Rob Pope grew up in Olathe, Kansas. In the summer of 1994, he was in a band called "Kingpin" with his brother Ryan and future Get Up Kids band ...

– bass, guitars, background vocals *

Ryan Pope Ryan Pope is an American musician who lives in Lawrence, Kansas. History Ryan Pope grew up in Olathe, Kansas. In the summer of 1994, he was in a band called "Kingpin" with his brother Rob and future The Get Up Kids bandmate Jim Suptic. After ...

– drums, percussion Technical * Michael Krassner – production, recording (Tracks 1-3)

References

External links

Why Bother at All
on Youtube {{DEFAULTSORT:Why Bother At All Ep 2006 EPs Koufax (band) albums