Wet Tuna :: Water Weird

Matt Valentine and Pat Gubler (AKA PG Six) are back with another serving of deep fried psychedelic hijinks — six messily brilliant jams that sprawl, skronk and choogle their way to heady heaven. Water Weird is Wet Tuna’s second proper full length (though there are many official bootlegs out there for the grokking), and it sees the duo bringing some friends into the mix — John Moloney (drums), S. Freyer Esq. (drums/percussion), and Jim Bliss (bass) among them. But the real pleasure here is the strange chemistry between Valentine and Gubler. These guys have been playing together for decades now, and the interplay is both free-flowing and locked-in, whether they’re sauntering dangerously down Shakedown Street on “Disco Bev” or rambling acoustically on the appropriately titled “Roam,” which drifts along smoke-ring-like for almost 10 minutes, closing Water Weird out on a deliciously stoney note. words / t wilcox