ADULT. are an awesome band that have yet to make an awesome album. This one, however, is still pretty damn good.   Full text...

Why Bother? may not have quite the same sonic guitar depth as Gimme Trouble, but the mechanical, industrial-punk synth work, inching closer to perfection with each release, does an admirable job of filling in the aural gaps.  Full text...

With Why Bother?, the group's third full-length, Adult. continues pushing the boundaries of electronically-based rock music. "Cultivation" and "You Don't Worry Enough" fuse together loud, noisy, synthetic beats with a dark, industrial grime.  Full text...

It's a little disappointing that none of the band's stylistic shifts have let them bloom into much more, but as furrows for ploughing go, this one's still pretty fascinating, and still all theirs.  Full text...

Why Bother? is the work of an "album" band, with their dance roots receding into the distance. There's a theme: the forces of conformity closing in, a disgust towards those that try to herd the sheep. There's the consistent fried-circuit sound.  Full text...

If being cool in 2007 means being artistic (possibly pretentious), intelligent (possibly boring) and self-aware (possibly self-absorbed), Adult. isn't having any of that. Leave all that junk to the hipsters. Why Bother? is ready to chuck it all and start afresh in a much less well mannered world.   Full text...

Synths, guitars and drum-machines drill and hiss with all the grey frustration of 1982, while Adult.'s worldview is best summed up by 'Inclined To Vomit'. They make Miss Kittin & The Hacker sound like The Chuckle Brothers. Over 14 tracks it can seriously grate, yet there are times when Adult.'s disgust reaches a feverish pitch and 'Why Bother?' sparkles.  Full text...