In a music world often filled with imitation, Copenhagen duo 100%WET—made up of Jakob Birch and Casper Munns—emerge as a force of genuine innovation. Their new album Warmblooded is not just a collection of songs; it’s a full-bodied exploration of what happens when shoegaze, hyperpop, and drum & bass collide in a wash of emotion, texture, and sonic risk-taking. This is the sound of a band unafraid to break the mould and craft something truly their own.
“Ether 424” is a standout early on—a shimmering landscape of digital pulses and soft, ghostly melodies that would sound equally at home in a club at 4 a.m. or echoing through headphones during a solitary night walk. The track pulses with an ambient DnB energy but remains intimate, never losing its human touch beneath the machinery.
From the opening moments of “Lost Myself,” you’re plunged into a swirl of hazy guitars and glitchy beats that feels both alien and deeply personal. The track sets the tone for an album that’s as much about feeling as it is about experimentation. Vocals are treated like instruments, often submerged beneath layers of reverb or twisted through effects, creating a dreamlike sense of disconnection that somehow still cuts to the emotional core.
On “Looking In from the Outside” and “Re-Emerging,” Birch and Munns delve into more introspective territory. These tracks are gorgeously melancholy, like glancing at your reflection through rain-streaked glass. There’s a restraint in the production here, allowing space for slow-burning emotional clarity to rise above the blur of sounds.
But they don’t stay in one gear for long. “Over Me” crackles with urgency, its rapid-fire percussion and warped pop sensibilities suggesting what might happen if My Bloody Valentine produced a Burial record. This track alone captures the band’s ability to channel chaos into cohesion—it’s a thunderstorm of emotion wrapped in post-genre perfection.
The wonderfully oddball “Two Packs of Red Apples” feels like a surreal interlude, playful and disjointed but still cohesive within the album’s broader emotional spectrum. It’s this fearless approach to structure and tone that gives Warmblooded its staying power. 100%WET don’t just blend genres—they dissolve them into something entirely new.
“Leave It” returns to more emotional terrain, with vocals gliding over a lush bed of guitar fuzz and ambient noise. It’s the kind of track you get lost in—both meditative and visceral.
“Carat” leans further into their shoegaze roots, but with a modern, hyper-processed edge that keeps things feeling futuristic rather than nostalgic. If Slowdive and SOPHIE ever met in some cosmic dreamspace, the result might sound like this—textural, immersive, and achingly beautiful.
Closing the album is “Warmblooded,” clear emotional centrepiece. Here, the duo strip things back just enough to let the emotion hit raw. It’s an aching, radiant finale—like the sun breaking through clouds after a storm of distortion and fractured beats. The warmth hinted at throughout the album finally arrives, not in resolution, but in acceptance.
Whats so impressive about “100%WET” is its ability to feel cohesive while navigating wildly different textures and tempos. Birch and Munns have clearly put years into crafting this unique voice, and it shows. The album is deeply personal, sonically adventurous, and completely unafraid to challenge conventional expectations of what guitar-driven music can be in 2025.
Tracklist 100%WET
- Lost Myself
- Ether 424
- Looking In from the Outside
- Re-Emerging
- Over Me
- Two Packs of Red Apples
- Leave It
- Carat
- Warmblooded
Verdict:
An intoxicating blend of shoegaze haze, hyperpop energy, and DnB precision, Warmblooded marks a thrilling new chapter for 100%WET. Innovative, emotional, and wholly unique—this is the future of guitar music, and it sounds breathtaking.
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