High Wasted is not shy at all about their drug use, or it’s role in their music. I’ll let their own description of the jam, "Acid Tape Vol. 1" do the talking: "We went to Nashville, hung a mic in the room of a haunted house, took acid, and hit record on an old reel to reel. This is what happened." The result is a psyched out surf rock extravaganza (through the deforming lens of incompetent sound engineering). Ok, the recordings are lo-fi, but the energy is unmistakably vibrant and colorful, and the band has a good live reputation. Most exciting is the show they have coming up this Thursday… because it’s on a fucking BOAT! That’s right, this Thursday (8/28) you can check out High Wasted and Mainland (who played our ten year anniversary show this year) at sea, equipped with an open bar, face painting and more. In other Deli news, High Wasted is playing our CMJ show at CBGB’s come this fall, so stay tuned for that as well. Stream The Acid Tape Vol. 1 here and buy tickets to the boat show here. -Jake Saunders
