Dj Intro – There’s a Reason
There’s a Reason you should stream Wet’s new album Still Run. Scratch that, MANY reasons. And we’re gonna tell you all about them in this review.
I’m coming into this never having heard Wet before their single There’s a Reason weeks back on #NewMusicFriday. I was immediately intrigued. I should disclose that my NMF listening usually happens around 4am after I wrap my Thursday night Dj gig. I’m usually more than 4 drinks in, and a few sheets to the wind. I’m not sure what compelled me to click the song. Whether it was the strange cursive album cover or the fact I wanted to hear what a band called Wet could actually sound like. Most likely a combination of both.
I immediately fell in love with it. It was so refreshing. Like a cold drink of water on a hot summer day. After long nights of club banger’s, it’s always the cool melodic music that set’s my vibe right. There was something so emotional about the record. The kind of song that opens your tear ducts to let those pent up emotions in your subconscious escape. I couldn’t wait to hear more.
You’re Not Wrong
Wet continued to release singles, but I must have skipped over them until You’re Not Wrong debuted. Finally, I thought, a record I can play out when I’m djing. Although I was able to drop There’s a Reason, it wasn’t usually until the very end of the night. Not without a lack of trying though.
Quite simply, You’re Not Wrong is a feel good record. It has the power to uplift and inspire, yet at the same help us reflect on the troubled times of our past. It’s a heartfelt apology wrapped in an infectious pop melody. It takes an enormous amount of maturity to admit when one is in the wrong, and almost an elusive trait these days. Lead singer Kelly Zutrau does it with such a melodic poise.
The tune has a very Vampire Weekend-ish sound, and it’s no wonder, because Rostam Batmanglij takes the production credit on this one. It’s definitely a song to sing and dance to while drinking a cold glass of Horchata on a summers day.
Still Run – Album Review
The album is an emotional journey through love and heartbreak, the highs and lows. It ties together all the singles into a more tangible story, a fairy tale, one where the endings aren’t alway’s happy. It starts off with the title track, Still Run, a song about running away to an unfamiliar place to start anew. A part of me always yearns for this, to go where no one knows my name, this album allows for me to do it.
The album continues with There’s a Reason & You’re Not Wrong. And even though I’ve been playing these songs for a couple weeks now, I just can’t skip them. They’re a crucial part of the story.
Next up is Lately, a mid tempo ballad about the power of giving. My favorite line is when she sings “I use up all my energy to make you feel like you’re important.” When it’s not reciprocated, we struggle to figure out why. Why we can give so much to people who just take it all for granted. Is it all for nothing?
Softens picks up where Lately leaves off. A more optimistic ballad wrapped in an air of melancholy. It’s a song of hope. One where “beauty softens grief.” 11 Hours is a testament of patience. How long are we willing to wait for the one we love, when our heart cry’s out for them?
This Woman Loves You answers that question: Foolishly as long as it takes. This song is about how powerful a woman’s love can be. So powerful that it can move mountains and bring a man to his knees. It has patriotic elements, “from sea to shining sea” & “with the flag above our heads, this countries in your hands.”
Dj Outro
The last three song’s is where the album loses me a bit. While I was craving for the tempo to go up, Wet shift’s it down with even more emotional ballads. Out Of Tune, Visitor, & Love Is Not Enough are the more heartbreaking songs on the album, and leave you feeling like you wanna call your ex. Never a good thing in my situation.
Overall this album itself is a work of art, and one of the rare ones these day’s you can really listen to all the way through. My biggest critique is the cover art. The imagery itself doesn’t really match the tone of the album. It probably would’ve caused me not to listen to it, had I not already been drawn in by the singles.
To conclude, I highly recommend this album. I’ve included all the links below for streaming and purchase.
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