If you've been looking for a band that picked up where ? and the Mysterians left off then you should have been at Memories on Monday night.Fellow Michiganders Wett Nurse have taken the organ-infused garage rock of said band, added a bit of West Coast psych-pop, and crafted a sound that's as haunting as it is addicting. Their guitarist plays his instrument like it was a shotgun, riding waves created by a combination of urgent percussion and a creepy crawler organ sound that gives the whole set a sort of Scooby Doo-on-acid feel.
Playing tracks mostly culled from their debut album, Worships the Devil, the trio's live sound belies their age. Not once during the show did a song collapse under its weight. Each one simply created its own fuzzy cloud, knowing exactly when to drift away. The straight-forward rocker "SPOOK IT" felt tight and seemed to bow out right on cue, while other numbers, though equal in length, seemed a bit more sprawling. During the finale Wett Nurse appeared to melt onstage, warbling to the end like a delicious microwaved Peep.
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