Wet Ashes is a rock band with influences ranging from Post Punk to Brit Pop and New Wave to Shoegaze. Their beginning goes back to 2009, when singer/guitarist Angel Soto presented a few of his compositions to Raul “Picho” Torres. Soon, the ideas between the two of them began to flow naturally and it was inevitable that Picho would produce and create the musical arrangements for Angel’s songs. Their good chemistry motivated them to keep collaborating despite the distance, since Angel lives in the United States and Picho in Guadalajara, Mexico. Picho programmed beats, played drums, synths and hypnotic guitar riffs along with Angel’s vocals and guitar. The resulting sound was so fresh and unique that it was worth putting a band together: Wet Ashes. On this process, Picho invited the renowned bass player Yuri Gonzalez to collaborate, and the songs suddenly reached another dimension. To achieve a distinctive sound, sound engineer Alejandro Lepe helped Wet Ashes on recordings and collaborated with guitars.
The quartet has been honing and developing their emotive and unique sound between Chicago and Guadalajara, pulling together various influences to create a cohesive whole, and braving the distance in order to maintain the band’s undeniable chemistry. During 2015, they will be releasing videos of some of their best songs in a live session format which should catapult them to a wider audience. One of the band’s new arrangements is the live version of “I Speak Too Much”, originally on their first EP, a folky stomp with a gorgeous, delicate chorus melody. These songs, already captivating on recordings, bloom in unexpected ways when performed live. For 2016, Wet Ashes is preparing a new live show and an important collaboration with a couple of producers to continue creating the original songs they love.
Wet Ashes is now playing on TMN Radio.