Nearly a decade into their sonic trans-dimensional sojourn, Wet Tuna’s Vast, slingshots us sidelong toward the very heart of the Tunaverse— a place where the bass is deep and the vibes flow free down that shimmering stretch of good ol’ astral highway. With this installment of the Lagniappe Sessions, Matt Valentine, Erika Elder, and Jim Bliss serve up a dubbed out Spectrasound love letter to the glorious fuzz’n’scuzz of yesterday’s underground. The Tuna guide us on a rural glam walking tour of downtown NYC with an ever-unfolding take on Lou Reed’s “Walk On the Wild Side,” an exploration of “Cortez the Killer” that detours into Daydream-era Sonic Youth, nods to venerable free folk progenitors Pearls Before Swine and Sandy Bull, and a glacially resplendent meditation on The Jesus and Mary Chain’s “Just Like Honey” that’s basically psychoactive. Many wonders abound here, so get in there and touch the sound!
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Wet Tuna :: Vast
The musical and psychic evolution of Matt “MV” Valentine traces a wide-ranging and gloriously unwieldy trajectory through sound and space for those intrepid enough to follow it. Spanning the earliest days of Tower Recordings, a bevy of solo albums, one of the most exhaustive and rewarding live recording archives you can dig into, and twenty-five years copiloting the fantastic voyage of MV&EE, Valentine has never stopped pushing the music outward and onward. And it doesn’t get any farther out than the freewheeling funkified flights of Wet Tuna.
Wet Tuna :: Warping All by Yourself
Deep fried in vibe and spiked with a little bit of the good stuff, Warping All by Yourself is a fresh helping of glorious rural delirium served up from the wooly woodland world of Wet Tuna. Here we find the untethered aural id of Matt “MV” Valentine roaming wild and free, uncoupled from Pat “PG Six” Gubler this time around, leading a merry band of mainstay collaborators that include Erika “EE” Elder, Samara Lubelski, Mick Flower and Doc Dunn.
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 […]
Wet Tuna :: Livin’ The Die
Aside from a handful of digital-only releases , Livin’ The Die is Wet Tuna’s debut. But the band . . . Only the good shit. Aquarium Drunkard is powered by its patrons. Keep the servers humming and help […]