Fresh from their three Grammy nominations last month – for Alternative Performance (“mangetout”), Alternative Album, and Best Album Cover – today, Wet Leg share the new video for “pokemon”.
The band’s second album moisturizer is largely an album about being, as the band exclaim on “pond song”, so “DEEP! IN! LOVE!!!!” and it contains love songs of every stripe: stressed-out, gooey-eyed, gratuitously horny, blissed out, obsessive, mysterious. On “pokemon”, Rhian...
Today, Wet Leg reveal the third song from their anticipated second album moisturizer – due July 11th. Entitled “davina mccall”, it’s a soft, lovelorn ballad that takes a cheeky premise – Big Brother and Shakira - and coats it in a sense of earnestness that’s new for Wet Leg; it’s a song about pure, unadulterated devotion.
The video for “davina mccall” is directed by Chris Hopewell and is a...
Kicking off their UK tour last week that saw the band play two storming shows at London’s Brixton Academy as well as Radio 1’s Big Weekend, Wet Leg continue their comeback with the palpitation-inducing new single “CPR”. The opening track of their second album moisturizer (due July 11th), “CPR” is one of the many love songs found on their upcoming record. However, Rhian Teasdale’s refrain of “Is it love, or...
Wet Leg - the Isle of Wight five-piece founded by Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers – have announced their eagerly anticipated second album moisturizer will be released on July 11th.
Joined by Ellis Durand (bass), Henry Holmes (drums), and Joshua Mobaraki (guitar, synth), moisturizer is fun and freaky and fabulous, an unbridled display of the live muscle Wet Leg have built up over a few years of non-stop touring. Punchier,...
Having kicked off their UK tour last Sunday, a tour that sold out months in advance and a tour that is taking in two dates at London’s O2 Forum Kentish Town, Wet Leg are pleased to announce they will be streaming the second of these London shows live on TikTok.
It is easy to forget it has only been fifteen months since Wet Leg released their debut single “Chaise Longue”, such has been their impact in that short time. Globally, the duo have reached over 150 million streams and sold over 250,000 albums, inspired a wealth of lobster fancy dress, garnered an ASMR following as well as finding fans in the likes of Drew Barrymore, Lorde, Iggy Pop, Elton...
“They’ve ensured their debut album is well worth hearing – again and again and again” The Guardian 4* Album of the Week
“It rushes with liberating, infectious joy that makes you want to grab your own partner-in-crime and speed off on an adventure to find somewhere that’s, as Angelica’s mantra suggests, is ‘good times all the time’” NME 5*
“On Wet Leg, existential ennui never sounded so fun” The
On Friday, Isle of Wight’s Wet Leg will release their eagerly anticipated self-titled debut album. Since unleashing their first single in June last year, things have moved at lightning speed for Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers – from selling out all their live shows in minutes, performing on US TV three times, being crowned number 2 in BBC’s Sound of 2022 to racking up 40M global streams and 9M YouTube...
With the release of Wet Leg’s self-titled debut album just over a month away (due April 8th), the Isle of Wight duo (Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers) are pleased to unveil their new single “Angelica”.
Named after Rhian's oldest friend, “Angelica” was recorded in Hester's living room, by bandmate Joshua Mobaraki. A mixture of the absurd (“She brought lasagne to the party”), the sardonic (“I don’t wanna listen to your...
After releasing two of the best singles of the year, Wet Leg’s Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers were catapulted from their confines on the Isle of Wight to sold out venues across the UK and packed-out tents at festivals causing giddy excitement wherever they went. Now, the duo are thrilled to unveil two new songs alongside news of their debut album. The album is called Wet Leg and will be...
