Don't You
Wet are a Brooklyn three-piece that has flitted around synthpop, Cat Power-ish folk, '90s R&B, and modern alt-R&B without quite committing to any of them. Their debut album's main problem is a common one: if you set out to be an amalgam of beloved styles, you’d better equal and preferably outdo at least a couple of them somewhere along the line.
Brooklyn-based dream-pop band Wet makes an understandable but rookie mistake on its debut album Don’t You: It overproduces the hell out of it. Delicate melodies and airy vocals are often practically drowned in a wash of synth-laden effects, smoothing out any and all rough edges, and turning the album into an overly…
Unflinchingly honest, Wet don’t specialise in happy endings, but they’re always telling a good story.
On Wet's delicately pretty Don't You, the young trio from Brooklyn offers a sweet debut brimming with innocence, romance, and the sometimes uncertain moments that float in between, enveloping those empty spaces with a comforting embrace.
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'Don't You' by Wet, review by Northern Transmissions. Wet's debut album comes out on January 29th via Columbia. Their latest single "Weak" is now streaming.