Wet Fruit and the obtuse, swing and subversion of "Dandelions at the Gate"

 

"...I'm free from you, yeah...."


From the onset, "Dandelions at the Gate", the title track from Portland post punk, obtuse rock quartet Wet Fruit's new album, swings. The rattling percussion, the surprising bass and guitar shapes, the juxtaposed surfy lead guitar accompaniment that cements in as part of the rhythmic engine, the wonderful in the pocket (if not a nano second ahead) drumming and the shoegaze vox, make for a sound that is on edge and running. 

The vocals from non lexical sing-a-longs "yada dadda daddah daddah daaah" to rattled off lyrics that you might have to choose and pick like ripe cherries. The vocal countenance is empowered while a bit aloof at the same time, sitting in a dizzy haze. The narrative sense (to me) feels like severing a relationship that needs to be severed but I could, of course, be totally wrong. Either way, I dig the tensions, the sonics and obtuse rock sound, subversive but smiling. 

-Robb Donker Curtius 




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THE FACTS AS WE KNOW THEM 

https://open.spotify.com/artist/0Gr5kPZFtuJ3vUs02MXQEK

https://www.instagram.com/wetfruitmusic/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYzkhc6gDDA


Wet Fruit from Portland, OR blend indie & punk to create a textured danceable quirky rock music that sways & shifts. FFO Yo La Tengo, The Raincoats, Cate Le Bon, Gang of Four, Slint.

Wet Fruit, Portland Oregon, surf rock, indie rock, obtuse rock, alt pop, shoegaze, new album "Dandelions at the Gate", juxtaposed musicality, jammy, progressive, post punk,