Deep Dive: Wet World – Volcano

Wet World is Steph and Luke, who met when Steph played drums in Luke’s old band, Coast Modern. The duo’s debut single Volcano is an indie-electro bop treasure, as Icona Pop meets Shiny Toy Guns on an exhilarating night out. We chatted with Luke about the song as part of our Deep Dive series.

Lyrics and genesis of Volcano

Steph and I had been making songs on and off for a few years before Volcano appeared. I played Steph the initial beat idea I had, and she flipped out over it. We started dancing around, throwing gibberish melodic phrases on it, really focusing on the tactile feel of the words.

The meaning we found secondarily. Ultimately, I think it’s about the pent-up feelings of the last few years and seeking a huge release! It’s also how we felt waiting for Wet World’s first song to come out.

Instrumentation

The fuzzy out-of-tune bass is an Ableton stock sound that I came across and it inspired the whole beat. I’m pretty sure all the elements are very detuned but that’s what makes it cool and different to us. It might be too “jazz” for some haha. Maybe Charlie Puth can tell us what’s really going on.

Recording Volcano

We wrote the song and recorded demo vocals in about 4 hours one rainy LA afternoon. I think we just went back and added a new lead vocal over the demo vocals which are still in the background.

Where does the song fit within your overall sound?

This one is pretty different, more aggressive and dancey. We thought we’d pop out of the gate with a bang. Our other songs are all over the place from more indie rock, to funky stuff, pop stuff, but they’re united by a sense of freedom and fun that we feel when we’re making them, which I hope comes across in the recordings. I’m really excited for people to see the scope of this Wet World.

Volcano is out now and can be streamed Apple Music and Deezer or downloaded via Bandcamp. Why not follow Wet World on Instagram and TikTok to keep up on news about new music from the duo?