ANDREW W.K.: I GET WET

SCORE: 85/100

No one, and I mean no one pulls of so-called "party metal" as well as Andrew W.K. - it's an album full of nothing but what seems like cheap fun, but there's a layer of cleverness that makes this album special, setting it apart from other albums that fall under a similar light. 

It's hard to make an entire persona built around partying without seeming too juvenile, but there's a certain amount of edge to W.K.'s music that keeps this album feeling fresh and fun rather than overblown. It's maddeningly silly, but it's a deeply, wholeheartedly good time - and that's all it wants to be.

When an album has direction like this one does they are usually better off than most, and this album follows that standard. It knows what it wants to be - and it doesn't try to be more or less than what it is. It's an album that focuses more on fun than substance, and the substance is made along the way through enjoyable instrumentals and unique vocal deliveries.

From catchy choruses to genre mixing, 'I Get Wet' is a more consistent album than one might expect it to be. It isn't as trashy, frat boy-esque as one might expect, and it feels more like a fun whirlwind that you certainly won't remember in the morning - in the best way. It perfectly captures the essence of partying hard, and it's 35 minutes of nonstop buffoonery in the most enjoyable sense.

The instrumentals being mixed together the way they are here and the amount of overdubbing throughout the album makes this project loud and fun, it feels exactly how it should for what it is, and it's a highly enjoyable project full of catchy and worthwhile tracks that work both inside and outside of the album's context.