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Wet Illustrated, whose 1x1x1 we released a couple of weeks ago, are ready to set off on their first ever tour. They’re traveling up the west coast with their fellow San Franciscan Devon Williams. The tour starts tonight at Amnesia in San Francisco!

11/17 – San Francisco, CA @ Amnesia w/Devon Williams, Tim Cohen
11/18 – Portland, OR @ Reed College at Winch/Capehartw/Devon Williams, Hausu
11/19 – Vancouver, BC @ Glen 360 w/Devon Williams, The Shilohs
11/20 – Seattle, WA @ Chop Suey w/Devon Williams, Craft Spells
11/22 – Sacramento, CA @ Bows & Arrows w/Devon Williams, Touchez
11/23 – San Diego, CA @… Read More

On October 25th of this year, we’re proud to share the debut album from San Francisco’s Wet Illustrated.

You may have seen the video for album cut “Satellite Kids”, but here’s an official taste/first mp3 of the track “Gypsy Town”. The track is like a combination bottle rocket-smart bomb. Explosive and ebullient, bursting with ideas, but also precisely executed, with intelligent interplay of guitars, a surprisingly ambling song structure. It’s a real treasure and one of our favorite cuts from the record so we hope you enjoy.

Download “Gypsy Town” HERE
Pre-order 1x1x1 HERE
Wet Illustrated- Gypsy Town by… Read More

1x1x1 (preferably pronounced one by one by one) is the debut LP from Wet Illustrated, conceived slowly and methodically over the past two years in San Francisco. After playing and touring in various Bay area bands for years Robbie Simon (drums/vocals), Tim Hellman (guitar), and Chrys Nodal (guitar) decided to start a group committed to celebrating the legacies of weirdo pop outsiders like the Soft Boys, Guided By Voices and the Swell Maps- writing jagged pop songs imbued with skewed hooks and personal yet playful lyrics.

After self-releasing their first 45 on freshly minted Corvette City Records they conceived, accumulated and eventually recorded an LP in Portland,… Read More