Why Why Why?

Why Why Why? Performed by Ants Ants Ants. CD. Approx. 45 min. Produced by Johnny Clay and Dave Gulick. 2018. CD: $15.99; Download: $9.49.

K – Gr 5—

Johnny Clay and Dave Gulick, a duo who recently formed the band Ants Ants Ants, serve up 12 delicious pop and rock songs that take listeners back to the 60s with sounds akin to the early Beatles and the Beach Boys. Back up musicians perform with excellence on guitar, bass, strings, saxophone, trombone, drums, and percussion. The vocals resound with great harmonies. “Morning Song” will have listeners up on their feet and shaking, smiling, and moving. While driving to the coast, the kids just want to ask “Are We There Yet?” The question of our lives is “Why Why Why?” The duo celebrates rhyming words in “Six Pickup Sticks.” Then they sing about what a “Pinwheel” has in common with a bicycle and a race car. Maple tree seeds can be called “Helicopter Leaves” or whirly birds. “Blue” is a blue whale swimming in the sea. Marching “Ants” wonder if they have time to dance and sing. “Where Does the Moon Go” asks where the moon and stars go during the daytime. If you could talk with a “Willow Tree,” what questions would you ask it? A final, soft lullaby reminds listeners that at bedtime, it’s time to turn on the “Stars.” I loved the classic rock sounds of this album.