07 Jun 2012 — Henning Lahmann
Others call it "colourfully ecstatic psych-rock with synth-pop influence", which is likewise cheap and totally appropriate.
Wet Hair aka the Iowa City, Iowa (duh) trio of
Night-People's Shawn Reed, Ryan Garbes, and Justin Tye (replacing Matt Fenner), are back with their new full-length entitled
Spill Into Atmosphere, an album that is, well, thoroughly lo-fi and just as heavily psychedelic as expected. Of course it is, we'd like to say, but that shouldn't obscure the bare fact that we're dealing with some of America's most talented underground pop musicians right here, which should leave both the means of production and the overall feel of the record of marginal importance at most, however prominent those features may seem. Instead, it's worth to rather focus on the group's outstanding knack for songwriting and arrangement, which has lead to some of the most fun and engaging songs of the past months. Watch the video for the excellent first single "Camouflage" below.
Spill Into Atmosphere is out now on
De Stijl. Get it
here or digitally
here.
