Elephant Eyelash is the second studio album by American band Why?. It was released by Anticon on September 26, 2005.[8] 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[who?] considered this the debut Why? album;[citation needed] however in later years, the band counted Oaklandazulasylum as their debut album.[9][failed verification]
The title refers to an erection.[10] 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."[10]
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".[1]
Josh Berquist of PopMatters gave the album 8 stars out of 10, calling it "one of the best records released this year."[6]
Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.
