Elephant Eyelash

Elephant Eyelash
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 26, 2005 (2005-09-26)
GenreIndie rock
Length41:02
LabelAnticon
Producer
Why? chronology
Sanddollars
(2005)
Elephant Eyelash
(2005)
Rubber Traits EP
(2006)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic76/100
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic
Cokemachineglow68/100
Exclaim!favorable
Pitchfork7.8/10
PopMatters
Stylus MagazineD

Elephant Eyelash is the second studio album by American band Why?. It was released by Anticon on September 26, 2005. 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 considered this the debut Why? album; however in later years, the band counted Oaklandazulasylum as their debut album.

The title refers to an erection. 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."