“The sound of a band having fun”, a line that can often induce a shudder from ‘serious’ music fans fearing the onset of some monstrosity of a novelty record. In the case of Wet Illustrated, there is no need to worry, as ‘fun’ is communicated in a gloriously ramshackle procession of lo-fi garage rock with just enough psych skew-whiffery to prevent it from veering into ‘by numbers’ territory. ‘Gypsy Town’ has the kind of infectious melody which is hard to shake, and even seemingly more straightforward numbers such as ‘Satellite Kids’ eventually veer off into more idiosynchratic territory. In the hands of Wet Illustrated, ‘fun’ need not be a dirty word in music anymore.
