“As in many worthy post-punk bands, the bass ties everything up on "Message", the oddly harmonious opener off British trio Wetdog's third LP. Those thumping melodies help translate "Message"s skeletal clatter: angular guitar jabs, hypnotic singing, whistles and chimes. The crucial, barebones drum sound recalls the pure joy of Palmolive, or the Shaggs-y smashes of a kid behind the kit for the first ”
