Why? - Alopecia (Anticon, 2008)

Simeon's Dilemma is one of finest tracks on Why?'s incredibly fine album, Alopecia. It also utilizes an interesting spelling of the name 'Simon'; it looks Old Testament. Stranger still, is the little known story of how I came to be made aware of Why?'s music. Not very oddly, my old housemate - an excellent source for quality music - alerted me to the existence of Why?, recommending I give them a listen.
My old housemate's name: Simeon (spelt with an 'e').
Yet, the story does not stop there, for before I was able to give Why? a listen, I received another email from Simeon. He faced a dilemma brought on by a heady mixture of hard inner-city living, a fondness for the amber ale, life as a part-time student and a full-time connoisseur of only the finest musical delights.
Simeon's Dilemma
Weird... and Why?'s music is a little bit weird too, but in a very cool way. An eclectic melding of inie-guitar-pop-meets-a-little-bit-folkie-meets-ernest-hip-hop-troubadour. When is the NME going to start coming to me for genre descriptions?
Alopecia is an album unlike anything else your'e likely to hear this year. It is utterly original; a melding of music, words, and mulitple genres in order to create something entirely new.
Aside from all of my hype, though, the music is just really good. Listening to this type of music will make you cooler.

Key Tracks: The Vowels, Pt. 2; The Hollows; Fatalist Palmistry

Check Out: www.myspace.com/whyanticon