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With The Floating World, Wet Hair return to the spotlight with a kinetic collection of six sizable tracks that represent their most exciting and beautifully-produced efforts to date.
On their latest (the trios first release since 2012s Spill Into Atmosphere LP), the Iowa City-based veterans revitalize their hybrid psych / Krautrock sound, masterfully working shimmering synths swells and fiery drum and bass grooves into pointed explorations of growth and texture.
Working in a style that has traditionally drawn excitement from longwinded sonic build-ups, Wet Hair keenly sculpt their jams so the electric musicality only highlights the pop vocal leads. Tracks like Dear Danae and Revealing revel in their allusion to noise-pop of the aughts, offering up simple, ear worm melodies that shine in the frantic orchestration. Endless Procession, the records eight-minute long jaunt, works through a haze of twittering synths toward the ultimate goal of full-blown catharsis and ensuing decay. Meanwhile, cuts like Through The Night and Lift The Stone show off Wet Hairs rock-solid rhythm section as they syncopate and shred support for crunchy synth melodies.
Years in the making, The Floating World oozes a self-evident aura of quality and craftsmanship as Wet Hair serve up some of the brightest gems in their already expansive catalogue.
They set up a table full of banged-up doodads, set the controls for the heart of the sun, and let it rip. Pitchfork
Shawn Reeds and Ryan Garbes sounds mesh so well Tiny Mix Tapes
Muscled bass, loose drumming, and vivid swirls of keys that punch through that fog like a beacon Ad Hoc
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