A City of Unsolved Miseries

by Why Bother?

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Mark Fitzpatrick The preview track "Self Indulgent Ways" boosts an awesome garage rock song that reflects a feeling of isolation and rage. Can't wait until the full album is released!

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1.	Lacerated Nights 02:23		buy track
2.	Where is Jodi? 01:39		buy track
3.	Get Used to It 01:46		buy track
4.	Eyes Everywhere 01:52		buy track
5.	She's a Vamp 01:07		buy track
6.	The Quiet One 02:55		buy track
7.	Prowlers in the Night 02:41	info	buy track
8.	Self Indulgent Ways 02:08		buy track
9.	Shells 01:42		buy track
10.	Cumulonimbus 02:48		buy track
11.	The Leaf is on Drugs Again 00:35		buy track
12.	Hawking Radiation 01:42		buy track
13.	I'm on to You 01:24		buy track
14.	Useless Time 02:02		buy track

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Mason City, Iowa's WHY BOTHER? return with 'A City of Unsolved Miseries', their third album in as many years. Their patented basement recording setup has yet again captured something magical, thirteen originals in all. From the fringes of a small, landlocked Midwestern city - WHY BOTHER? have honed in on a punk sound that is original, self-driven and shows no signs of slowing. Swirling in darker thematics, such as the still unsolved 1995 disappearance of Mason City TV anchor Jodi Huisentruit, the album speaks to every outcast living out their days underneath dark, grey skies. However the music strikes you - WHY BOTHER? have defined yet another chapter of their enigmatic existence with the genius sounds captured on 'A City of Unsolved Miseries'.

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released March 31, 2023

TERRY- VOCALS/SYNTH
SPECK- GUITAR/VOCALS
PAMELA-BASS
PAUL-DRUMS

*PROWLERS IN THE NIGHT written by Craig Lee (Digital only track, not on the vinyl release)

MIXED BY GATO
MASTERED BY WILL KILLINGSWORTH AT DEAD AIR
ALBUM ART LAYOUT BY SAM
SKETCH ON BACK COVER BY MADGE

A SPECIAL THANKS TO SAM RICHARDSON, TREMENDO GARAJE, JEROME COOK, AND H.R. AT KCRW BROADCAST-711

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