Indie punks Wet Tropics to release its debut LP, Everybody Get In (Friends Club Records) on vinyl. With the veil of the pandemic lifting, perhaps you’re thinking about putting something tropical in your Summer or future plans. Everybody Get In, is on vinyl and it’s available to pre-order now, limited to 200 copies. Friend Club Records originally offered and sold out of the cassette format version of the album that was originally released on November 27, 2020. Get it here.

Wet Tropics are an enigma: a beautifully misshapen, wonderfully weird piece of the modern musical puzzle that firmly overlaps multiple rock genres all at once. On their forthcoming album, Everybody Get In, it’s not uncommon for Wet Tropics to playfully occupy the same hazy reverb-soaked space as post-punk forbearers Psychedelic Furs and the angular, art-damaged rock bombast of Ty Segall, Osees, or Jacuzzi Boys in the course of a single three-minute foray. Although the band’s sound may lean to the West Coast, they haven’t eschewed their Midwest roots entirely. You’ll get those pungent whiffs of Pixies and The Jesus and Mary Chain’s cool anthemic college rock color mixes here too!

Guitarist and vocalist John Rejba began his career in the Midwest indie and post-rock bands Boys Life and The Farewell Bend. While his contributions to songwriting and rhythmic bass playing of his earlier efforts are broadly recognized, Wet Tropics find him moving from stage right to lending his writing voice to the musical soundscape. Rounding out the mayhem is veteran drummer/vocalist Krystal Rosenbrock and multi-instrumentalist Justin Watt on bass. These two bring more power and expression to a rhythm section that simply can’t be underestimated. Together, the three form Wet Tropics, a DIY musical democracy that delivers a markedly distinct and impactful group effort. Make no mistake, the Wet Tropics sound has the Gen-X slacker charm firmly in place, but it’s also hotwired with key elements of garage rock, power pop, and post-punk that find Wet Tropics at the front line of exploratory rock music.