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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