The Wet Darlings

Thee Wet Darlings are a female fronted rock band from Columbus, Ohio, United States. Appropriately dubbed ‘sexpot rock’ by Columbus alt. rag The Other Paper, the sound is heavy and the vocals are big, but rarely does the music ever lose its sense of humor. There’s a strain of sarcasm running through tracks like “Vampires” and “Pretty’d” that’s equal parts personal and self deprecating – but is still potent enough to stick like red wine on a white corset. The album opener and first single “Bicycle” winks at its influences without ever treading on retro pastiche. The short blasts of guitar-wall testosterone punctuate Jenny Lute’s seemingly innocent metaphors - until you realize that she’s not as innocent as she lets on. Innocent or not, that juxtaposition is the band’s calling card. Growing up working the tobacco fields and singing in church in a small town near Serpent Mound, Jenny Lute never intended to sing again after moving to Columbus in 2007. When brothers Bill and Joe Patterson (guitar/bass) convinced the begrudging Lute to work on some material, the embryonic stages of The Wet Darlings began. They rounded out the lineup when they met Aaron Bishara, who now mans the drumkit. After building a strong regional following with their live shows, including a pre-show slot for Kings of Leon at the Value City Arena in the fall of 2009, and opening for British indie rockers Deluka in the summer 2010, the band has received gracious support from Columbus’ premiere alternative station CD101 for the debut EP “X” with afternoon DJ and program director Andyman Davis saying, “I don’t think that there is anything else out there like this.” Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.