Having made music for bunches of years I’ve gotten lotsa lotsa
great (and nasty and not so great too) press, though virtually ignored
by Exclaim Magazine the so-called “Canada’ Music Authority” distributed
free through Canada, I have been receiving good notices from countries
I’ve never been to- such as this reputable rave, link here, scrolll down
to WET DIRT:
http://terrascope.co.uk/Reviews/Rumbles_January_13.htm
“Coming across like an early seventies, slightly-fried, band of freaks, the rather excellent Wet Dirt
sound suitably messed up on their album “Self Sabotage, The Early
Years” with the stoned groove of “Bad Choices” setting out their stall
with the chorus “Bad choices, made some bad choices, gonna make some
more”. Add to this fine guitar playing, a solid rhythm section,and an
ear for melody, and you have a perfect opening song and statement.
Moving on, “The Chill Out Man” is weird and creepy, nonsensical word
play, and a crawling guitar line creating a strange atmosphere, the song
sounding like something Zappa could have created. As the album
progresses the band get weirder, louder, more interesting by turns with
“Hot Pink” managing all three at once. Elsewhere, “Invalids” is
post-punk noise, angular guitar and an individual vocal delivery adding
to the tension of the lyrics reminding me of Pere Ubu, whilst “Of Felt”
is a song about the tactile pleasures of felt, as it should be. If you
are searching for something different, energetic, angry and weird then
this should hit the spot, a minor classic. (www.inyrdisk.com)”
