WHY BOTHER? - A Year Of Mutations LP exotica and submit to the dread

and submit to the dread

this final genius stroke from these increasingly warped Californian post punk merchants (following my posts of their Happiness And Contempt and Montage Morte EP’s

Zuider Zee never quite took off and dissolved into the ether of cult band land

Others claim they´re more like a gross joke on masculinity

with plenty of open space but never the slightest sensation of boredom (at least for my two willing ears)

WHY BOTHER? - A Year Of Mutations LP exotica and submit to the dreadHighly recommended. Their sound takes the classic Midwestern punk approach of The Zero Boys and Toxic Reasons, adding in warm layers of synth and sci fi thematics ala The Spits and darker post punk moments in the vein of early Joy Division. Yet there's so much more to this band that defies comparison, for WHY BOTHER? are truly a singular experience. "A Year of Mutations" collects tracks from the first four WHY BOTHER? EPs, all of which were released