the wet nurse files

It’s so hard to articulate a gratitude that runs deeper than a mere “thanks.”

You were probably there so you know, but we had a release party last night for our new record. What’s a stronger word than party?! The twins and I had to sit for a few minutes together after it all died down just in complete awe of what just happened. In awe of all of you guys! How did we get here, you know? We were expecting to have an awesome night with friends, but what we got was so much more than I can even wrap my head around. I always wondered why anyone would want an autograph from us, we’re just three nerds, your friends. But a simple signature on Susana’s knees or a picture made so many of you so happy, which in turn had us grinning from ear to ear all night. I think we even signed some body parts?! And so many new faces! Whoa!

And our boys! In Thee Wilt Chamberlain and Woolly Bushmen! Right?! Russell’s got the new speaker setup sounding unbelievable and their sets blew me away. I can’t wait to hear what Tantrum Dan was able to squeeze out of his new recording setup! It seems like everyone in town is stepping up their game, and it shows. Thank you gentlemen, thank you Russell for making my bass drum sound like an 808, thank you Phil for letting us have the show at Peacock, thank you DJ for always letting us use your truck and helping load and unload and carry and… thank you Lisa for running the merch table like a BOSS, thank you ML and Val at Astro Girl for putting together a piece of art for us that everyone can enjoy, thank you Bao and Jason and the Weekly for promoting the shit out of the show, thank you Holly for having a birthday and thank YOU, EVERYONE, for being there. Seriously. For coming out and showing us love like no one else can. Thank you.

We hope that you enjoy your records and the love we put into them. Play them loud, play them with friends, learn all the words, start to listen to it so much that once one song ends you know how the next song starts and you’ve already got it going in your mind! (That’s the new Big Eyes record for me right now!)

We are going on tour many miles from home starting next Wednesday, but we will always be Orlando’s girls. I hope I never forget how this feels.

xo

vicrollins:

Nobfest recap at Stephany and Aaron’s place.

St. Augustine, FL

A perfect snap to sum up our release party evening. Laughter, drinks and friends. So awesome! :)

(Source: victorrollins)

punknews:

Today’s stream comes from Orlando, FL-based Wet Nurse. We’ve got four songs from their new album Daily Whatever, due out August 28, 2012.

You can find it on their Punknews.org Profile.

via Punknews.org (http://pnkn.ws/MsinZU)

New tracks from the record streaming on Punknews until the release this Saturday, August 18th!

xo

NEW LP OUT THIS AUGUST - “DAILY WHATEVER”

Cat’s out of the bag! Test pressings are due back this week from Astro Girl and we just can’t hold it in any longer! A firm release date is not set just yet, but count on late August. Our release party in town will most likely be on Friday, August 24th and we’ll hopefully have them in by then!

Vinyl: 300 on black / 100 on white
Plus cassette out on Protagonist Music!

Tracklisting:
1. Life & Death
2. My Nature
3. Bon Voyage
4. Daily Whatever
5. Sassy
6. Hey Stranger 
7. Peace Treaty
8. Heart Attack
9. Waiting Room
10. Randy Kelly
11. iLL House

+2 different bonus tracks - one each on the LP and cassette releases! 

If you haven’t yet, you can check out the lead single “Peace Treaty” up on the PureHoney mixtape HERE.

 PRE-ORDERS
Check out our indiegogo pre-order/tour fundraising page that’s now live!

http://igg.me/p/106464?a=608574
 
Snag your copy of the record early and get in FREE to our record release party in Orlando in August! There are also lots of other cool pre-order items, like tees and postcards from the road. Check it out and share! Gas is essspensive, y’all!

Tour date post coming next.

We love you.

V!N!S! 

hustlinglikeraindrops:

Wet Nurse ‘Peace Treaty’

It’s true! A new song! From our new record! It’s part of SoFla monthly PureHoney’s July mixtape for their Antiwarpt issue. Give us a little bit longer and we’ll share the album art and tracklisting with you. For now, enjoy “Peace Treaty” and let us know what you think! Jordan at Beached Miami had some kind words for us:

“Orlando-based punk trio Wet Nurse premiered the first track off of their upcoming debut album, due out in mid-August, in a new compilation by PureHoney, and it’s two minutes of guitar-driven F-U-N for frustrated lovers whose winning melodies bode well for the full record.”

#DASWASSAP

Share share share, y’all! We’ve got some more cool news to share once we release the details of the record, but I guess since you’ve read this far I can leak a couple little tidbits to keep you satisfied for now… We’re doing a run of 400 12” LPs with Astro Girl - 100 on delicious white vinyl and 300 on black… And there will be a special secret bonus track! Cassettes on Protagonist will be just as awesome - they’ll have a different bonus track and super sweet art.

GET STOKED.

Hee hee heeeee.

<3

(via purehoneymagazine)

Check out the rest of the pics of the house show last weekend on Kick Bright Zine!

Phyew. In other news, we have been crazy busy. Record masters are cooking and should be done this weekend… We had to finish up all the pictures and layout for the record art… Had to make a bunch of decisions about everything to do with all the final products (that was fun though)… Gotta get everything over to the pressing plant ASAP to have all the records in time for tour… Gotta make a cassette-exclusive layout and send that over to the Protagonist boys… Gotta pick a single and get it ready for all of your patient little ears… Etc etc etc…

Ya know. The usual.

:)

somegrace:

sometimes i’ll really miss Orlando.

This show was amazing! We were raising money for this summer’s first annual Rock ‘n Roll Camp for Girls and everyone involved had a blast.

We covered:

Bikini Kill “Suck My Left One”
Tacocat “Baby Tooth”
Joan Jett “Bad Reputation”
Le Tigre “Deceptacon”
The Go-Go’s “We Got The Beat”
The Breeders “Saints”
Splendora “Daria Theme Song”

AND IT WAS GLORIOUS.

Vanessa’s gonna be volunteering at the camp this summer organizing the girls into bands, helping with songwriting, structuring practice and a bunch more. It’s gonna be so fun, so if you know of any little ladies (no experience / instruments necessary!) send ‘em our way.

<3

(Source: feral-hearts)

Though I’m Not Dead Yet, You Give Me Heart Attacks

In one week, we’re recording our first LP! Crazy. That picture is from our very first show together at Hoops (RIP) with just a handful of songs, and now we’re finishing up the pre-planning for a full-length record. Any ounce of spare time we may have had this past week has been dedicated to finalizing and perfecting the 11 or 12 tracks that will ultimately end up on your turntable, cassette player and/or MP3 player! Figuring out all the harmonies and melodies and otherwise putting a ton of thought into a cohesive record and what that means to us.

In the past, we always would write new songs and test them out live. We’ve got plenty of scrap songs that have never made it past one or two shows, actually… haha. However this time around we have several that we’ve kept under wraps and not even our local Orlando fans have heard them yet! It’s going to be so fun to share them with everyone. The songs are stuck in our heads to the point where we just want to get them out out out and into your ears as soon as possible!

We’re also super excited about the title of the record and the art, and as soon as the concept becomes reality we’ll be sharing all the information we have in conjunction with our awesome labels, Astro Girl Records from Italy and Protagonist Music out of Arizona. There are even talks of exclusive bonus tracks and packaging, oh my… ;) Hannah Bozenhardt pretty much designs and photographs everything for us (she did our EP layout!) and she’s going to make this thing look gooooooood, we promise.

We’ve really put a lot of ourselves into this process and it’s been a super rewarding experience for us, both as musicians and friends. Our “business lunches” at Hideaway discussing song structure over alfredo fries. (Professional!) Ridiculous memes like these resulting in laugh breaks and practice interruptions. Those Darlins fangirl moments. Listening to records too loud, too slow, too much. Late night drinks with friends at Wally’s. Homeless guys harrassing us at Uncle Lou’s and long drives through empty Florida spaces. Loving our friends’ bands and going to shows. “Self-Destruct” being an option for the album title when three ladies with strong personalities make for sassy moments…

I could go on and on, but you get the picture. We’re three kids that like to play fast, poppy songs and we’re stoked that you like to listen to them. We’re equally as stoked that we get to provide them to you in cool packaging on mediums that we love and feel strongly about. We also just got a cool new gadget to use on long drives and beyond so we’ll be able to keep you updated more and more on our inner workings as we gear up to release this record!

That’s all I’ve got for now.
Stay tuned!

V+N+S

“Three bad-ass girls from Orlando start a punk band that routinely rocks faces — Vanessa Brewster killing it on the drums, while sisters Nina and Susana Chaplin play guitar and bass, respectively, while trading off vocals. Think The Coathangers via Dum Dum Girls, turned up eternally to 11 while embracing the sloppiness inherent to lo-fi garage pop and rock. Wet Nurse’s slightly dirty yet angelic melodies and jagged instrumental parts will have you alternately singing along and moshing for your life.”

http://staugustine.com/surf-drift/2012-03-25/nobfest-sunday-program-guide#.T29yBjGPWSo

Thanks, Nick! See you all at NOBFEST tonight!