Rank: 5/5
Wet, an alternative pop group based out of New York released its debut album over the weekend.
The album titled “Don’t You” features a plethora of deep sounding alternative pop music.
The group has picked up quite a bit of fame since they performed on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” on Jan. 25. Wet performed “Weak” which is debatably one of the best tracks on the album. The song has the key features of a track to be number one in the charts with it being so catchy.
While “Don’t You” features many potential hits, which may soon be known to worldwide, the first to listen to and know is “Weak.”
Another potential hit off the tracklist is “Don’t Wanna Be Your Girl” which is a meaningful slow tune, a change of pace from the rest of the album.
“Don’t Wanna Be Your Girl” focuses more on vocals as opposed to a lot of the tracks on the album which feature the voice of vocalist Kelly Zutrau and other instruments played by members Joe Valle and Marty Sulkow. Their guitar and drum skills, when blended together on the track, are unparalleled by any other group.
Zutrau’s voice is also a thing of beauty. Her voice is soft, yet powerful. It allows her sound to really flow along with the rest of the track. When -put together these three musicians form a group with a sound that, is not only difficult to mimic, but makes the listener want to listen to the album over and over again.
In terms of track order, the album begins with “Its All in Vain” which is a pretty solid song to start the album with because it reflects a lot of the sound the listener will hear throughout the rest of the album itself like “Weak.”
The track that ends the album, “These Days,” is really what shows Wet’s talent as musicians, writers and composers. The song debuts each f their o talents and brings them together as a whole. The song allows Zutrau to show listeners her range as a singer, but also allows Valle and Sulkow to show how different their sound is and how it blends so well together all in one track. The song is not only written with meaningful lyrics, like many of the songs featured on the album, but is altogether structurally sound.
Expect to hear more from Wet in the future because with its sound, it’s hard to imagine the band won’t be going places.