Before wrapping up their co-headlining tour, Wet and Kilo Kish played at The Regency Ballroom in San Francisco. Each of them got one hour of stage time: Kilo Kish from 8:45 - 9:45, Wet from 10:15 - 11:15 and Helena Deland opened with a modest 30 minute set from 8:00 - 8:30.
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| Wet @ The Regency Ballroom 3/26/2019 photo by Marc Fong |
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| Kilo Kish @ The Regency Ballroom 3/26/2019 photo by Marc Fong |
If you know Kilo Kish, you know that the 28 year old is known as a visual artist. Her music is described as being psychedelic, experimental hip hop. Her set was dark in an artistically eerie way but she was lively. In a mod style dress that matched her blunt hair cut, aqua-marine tights and glitter covered Mary Jane's, she hopped around the stage, enchanting the room with smooth vocals and eye locking stares.
Lights flashed inauspicious purple, green and blue behind her on stage while spontaneous bright flashes offered fleeting glimpses of what was going on. Cheers rose respectively from the crowd during her emotion driven, performance arts piece that ebbed and flowed like a tempest at sea: deep, cathartic and unpredictable.
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| Kilo Kish @ The Regency Ballroom 3/26/2019 photo by Marc Fong |
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| Wet @ The Regency Ballroom 3/26/2019 photo by Marc Fong |
Wet was up next and the stage remained rather dark for their set and smokey, too thanks to an active fog machine behind the scenes. Kelly Zutrau popped in a white pant suit though, bringing all attention to the petite singer. Her perfectly red painted toe nails were exposed as she kind of floated around the stage barefoot. Her slow and steady movements made her sultry voice that much more seductive.
While their set and stage presence was pretty serious and almost sullen at times, Zutrau offered a breath of fresh air between songs through out the melodic set. She'd brighten up, becoming pretty personable with fans: talking about how there was only a few more shows of the tour left and giving insight to some songs before playing them. When you listen to Wet, you can hear that they down to earth and real and those feelings translate to the stage with a captivating vulnerability.
Songs from Still Run and Don't You sound as graceful live as they do through headphones or speakers. They played one of my personal favorites, the new single "Old Bone" early on which surprised me a little. I guess I'm old fashioned in the sense that I think new songs, smash hits or hot singles are saved for the end of sets or en cores, never the less I was happy they played it.
Songs from Still Run and Don't You sound as graceful live as they do through headphones or speakers. They played one of my personal favorites, the new single "Old Bone" early on which surprised me a little. I guess I'm old fashioned in the sense that I think new songs, smash hits or hot singles are saved for the end of sets or en cores, never the less I was happy they played it.
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| Wet @ The Regency Ballroom 3/26/2019 photo by Marc Fong |
The ambient lighting really worked with both sets that night as it fit the mood each one conveyed: raw, sensitive and strong.
Wet and Kilo Kish are different yet similar because like so many, they somehow fit the mold of the indie music spectrum. It's difficult to understand what makes an artist an indie artist these days but whatever it is, these two have it.
Wet and Kilo Kish are different yet similar because like so many, they somehow fit the mold of the indie music spectrum. It's difficult to understand what makes an artist an indie artist these days but whatever it is, these two have it.
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| Wet @ The Regency Ballroom 3/26/2019 photo by Marc Fong |
As of right now Wet has a couple shows in May on the East Coast.
Keep your eyes peeled to find out when you can go get Wet.
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