Wet Denim - Wet Denim
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| Wet Denim - Wet Denim |
So far I've typed the words Wet
Denim three times (OK, four now). It just makes me feel uncomfortable like I've
wet myself or fallen in a puddle in front of all my friends and nobody was even
filming to sell to one of those home video shows. Icky is the word. Icky and
uncomfortable. As is often the way with these things, the music is anything but
uncomfortable as the Canadian quartet delicately pump the keys and lazily thump
the tubs on 'Demagnetize' and 'Greater Love'. The gentle, indie sway of 'Last
Night' is somewhere between Belly and Belinda Carlisle while 'Leisure' feels
like Kraftwerk with bored 80s girls on vocals. 'My Guy' has a seductive scuzzy
sway to it like that girl you know that dresses so innocently but likes to
flash you her wicked smile when nobody else is looking.
The ladies of Wet Denim have
carefully crafted their lo-fi indie jangle with the added treat of some
Manzarek-esque keys work sprinkled liberally throughout the album. The wild
west chords of 'Small Town' show this keys work off perfectly as the subdued
vocals emerge from the smoky shadows like a sultry siren song. There is a
wonderfully sunny, West Coast feel to 'Surf Song' that is somewhere between
Best Coast, the Beach Boys and the Carpenters but then 'Take A Walk' has a more
English feel to it with its rippling notes like freshly melted spring water
running over smooth, rounded pebbles. The album finishes with a track called
'Truth Bombs' which sounds like something Rikki Lake would 'drop' on her 90s
chat show but is in fact highly reminiscent of other LWM favourites September
Girls. Wet Denim have a great ability for making infectious but gentle indie
pop tunes that put you in a damn fine mood. Yes sir.
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