It’s been three years since fans have heard new material from WHY?, the four-man hip hop/indie/folk band from California.

This fall, WHY? is back with a new album, Sod in the Seed (out August 14), and a shiny new list of tour dates. Judging from the album’s title track, the break has not stifled their creative juices.

WHY? first popped onto the scene in 2003, but has undergone multiple band member changes throughout the years. With the release of their two most recent album’s, Alopecia and Eskimo Snow (2008 and ’09), WHY?’s popularity grew to new lengths.  A creative mix of genres, bluntly honest lyrics and rhythmic, catchy beats have made this band stand out among the rest.

Anticon, the band’s record label, promises the new album to be a familiar, but updated version of what WHY? fans have come to know and love. With a long list of tour dates, listeners will have plenty of opportunities to decide for themselves.

WHY? Fall 2012 American Tour Dates

08-24 – Columbia, MO – The Blue Note
08-25 – Norman, OK – Opolis
08-26 – Santa Fe, NM – SOL @ Santa Fe Brewing
08-27 – Phoenix, AZ – Crescent Ballroom
08-28 – Los Angeles, CA – Echoplex
08-30 – San Francisco, CA – Great American Music Hall
08-31 – Arcata, CA – Arcata Playhouse
09-01 – Portland, OR – Wonder Ballroom
09-02 – Seattle, WA – Bumbershoot Festival
09-03 – Boise, ID – Reef
09-04 – Salt Lake City, UT – In The Venue
09-05 – Englewood, CO – The Gothic
09-06 – Omaha, NE – The Waiting Room
09-07 – Lawrence, KS – The Granada
09-08 – Minneapolis, MN – Cedar Cultural Center
09-09 – Chicago, IL – Lincoln Hall
09-10 – Cleveland, OH – Beachland Ballroom
09-11 – Ithaca, NY – The Haunt
09-12 – Cambridge, MA – Middle East
09-13 – Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall Of Williamsburg
09-14 – Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer
09-15 – Durham, NC – Motorco Music Hall
09-16 – Asheville, NC – Grey Eagle
09-17 – Atlanta, GA – The Earl
09-18 – Nashville, TN – Mercy Lounge