AOKOHIO

AOKOHIO is the seventh studio album by American band Why?.^[1][2][3] It was released by Joyful Noise Recordings on August 9, 2019.^[4][5] It was released with an accompanying visual album.^[6][7]

AOKOHIO
Studio album by Why?
Released	August 9, 2019 (2019-08-09)
Genre	Indie rock
Length	42:14
Label	Joyful Noise
Producer	Yoni Wolf Josiah Wolf
Why? chronology
Moh Lhean (2017) AOKOHIO (2019) The Well I Fell Into (2024)

AOKOHIO received a 67/100 on Metacritic, signifying generally favorable reviews.^[8] Pitchfork rated the album 5.3/10, describing it as overly experimental and lacking the appeal of Why?'s early albums.^[9]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Apogee"	1:45
2.	"The Rash"	0:45
3.	"Peel Free"	4:44
4.	"Reason" (featuring Lala Lala)	1:40
5.	"Deleterio Motilis"	1:52
6.	"Stained Glass Slipper"	2:24
7.	"The Launch"	1:08
8.	"High Dive"	1:25
9.	"Mr. Fifths' Plea"	0:46
10.	"Good Fire"	1:22
11.	"Narcissistic Lamentation"	0:42
12.	"Krevin'"	1:32
13.	"The Crippled Physician" (featuring Lala Lala and Gia Margaret)	2:55
14.	"Ustekinumab"	0:31
15.	"My Original"	0:31
16.	"Rock Candy"	2:19
17.	"Once Shy"	1:08
18.	"The Shame"	0:35
19.	"Bloom Wither Bloom (for Mom)" (featuring Christian Lee Hutson and Gabby's World)	4:10
Total length:		32:14

Personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal.^[10]

Why?

• Yoni Wolf – vocals, bass, drums, piano, sampling, producer, engineer, mixing, artwork
• Doug McDiarmid – bass, cuts, piano, synthesizer, engineer
• Matt Meldon – guitar, sounds
• Josiah Wolf – drums, bass samples, guitar, percussion, piano, sampling, producer, engineer, mixing

Additional personnel

• Grace Weir – cello, artwork
• Kate Wakefield – cello
• David McDonnell – contrabass clarinet, contra-alto clarinet, saxophone, engineer, artwork
• Andrew Broder – cuts, sampling, synthesizer
• Joe Westerlund – drums
• Nick Sanborn – drums, sampling, engineer
• Jonnie Walker – guitar, sampling, saxophone, synthesizer
• Miles Joris-Peyrafitte – sampling
• Stephen Gurewitz – sampling
• Adam Schatz – saxophone, engineer
• Peter Foley – synthesizer, engineer
• Collin Thompson – trombone
• Ofir Klemperer – trombone
• Claire Whitcomb – viola, violin
• Becky Wolf – vocals
• Christian Lee Hutson – vocals
• David Cohn – vocals, engineer
• Felix Walworth – vocals
• Gabby Smith – vocals, engineer
• Gia Margaret – vocals
• Lillie West – vocals, engineer
• Liz Wolf – vocals
• Marty Mars – vocals, mixing
• Oliver Kalb – vocals, engineer
• Pete Lyman – mastering, engineer
• Josh Berg – mixing
• Dave Vettraino – engineer
• Marshall Vore – engineer
• Nicholas Papaleo – engineer
• David Woodruff – artwork