Wet Specimen - Wet Dreamin' LP

Is there an Albert's Basement sound? There might be associated qualities with the great Melbourne label, but look a little closer and even those signifiers become less clear. Still, Wet Specimen are a surprising edition to the catalog.

Hailing from Otepoti/Dunedin and featuring members of Opposite Sex and Wolfskull, this rock trio play post punk that's mostly in-the-pocket with a controlled hairiness round the edges.

There's a wit and dark humour in the song writing that recalls the sombre side of 60s radio pop in a non-dress-up manner. Not going overboard with post production fx let's the songs and performance take centre stage. - Nic