What For?

by Toro y Moi

What For? cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 7 April 2015
  • Label: Carpark
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 36:43
  • Community rating: 3.03/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Continuing to distance himself from the laptop-driven chillwave of his origins, Chaz Bear fully embraces live-band instrumentation and sunshine pop nostalgia. The incredibly warm, summery arrangements draw heavily on 1970s soft rock, funk, and heavily chorused guitar riffs. It acts as a breezy, melodic exploration of shifting friendships and the pressures of entering his late twenties.

Genres

Tracklist

  1. What You Want (3:26)
  2. Buffalo (3:17)
  3. The Flight (3:59)
  4. Empty Nesters (3:43)
  5. Ratcliff (2:41)
  6. Lilly (4:27)
  7. Spell It Out (2:54)
  8. Half Dome (3:15)
  9. Run Baby Run (2:45)
  10. Yeah Right (6:11)

Credits

  • Toro y Moi - primary artist
  • Ruban Nielson - backing vocals, guitar
  • Patrick Jeffords - bass
  • Julian Lynch - clarinet, saxophone, synth
  • Aaron Gold - drums
  • Andy Woodward - drums
  • Keath Mead - guitar
  • Anthony Ferraro - piano

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