another Domino falls
― pickle loaf (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 8 March 2022 19:56 (two years ago) link
I live in Tasmania which is pretty much exactly the opposite side of the world from the Isle of Man, so the global reach is complete
― assert (matttkkkk), Tuesday, 8 March 2022 21:06 (two years ago) link
but the Isle of Wight is 109 kilometers closer!
― pickle loaf (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 8 March 2022 21:10 (two years ago) link
the Isle of Wight Man lies between the two
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Tuesday, 8 March 2022 21:58 (two years ago) link
Someone should trace the influence of Britney's "Work Bitch" on Chaise/LaLaLa-type songs.
― deep luminous trombone (Eazy), Tuesday, 8 March 2022 22:17 (two years ago) link
shit, guess it's a Wight girl summer coming for you folks then
― assert (matttkkkk), Tuesday, 8 March 2022 22:17 (two years ago) link
The singer reminds me a bit of Sarah Snook, I’ve just realised.
― 29 facepalms, Tuesday, 8 March 2022 22:19 (two years ago) link
xpost lollll
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 8 March 2022 22:54 (two years ago) link
Wow, I hadn't looked at this thread in awhile. I hope it brings everyone the catharsis they need.
Wet Leg are playing a bunch of shows on the west coast right now so we saw them again on Wednesday. I gotta give them credit - fuck, I'm sorry, I really dislike pulling rank but over the decades I've sat through so many bullshit bands in Los Angeles that have zero ideas, not enough concept, can't write a hook, take themselves way too seriously, can't play, way too much concept, or even just outright fail at the basic task of being the background music to "can I exchange two tickets for a better beer?" as you obsessive-compulsively side-eye your guitar and amp backstage to make sure they're still there. Wet Leg live right now is killing it with a bunch of songs no one really knows except for big one and maybe the other. Really the only other times I've seen that happen was when I saw The Smiths' first show in LA in '85 and anytime No Doubt played those outdoor shows across the street from UC Irvine in 1990.
Like it or not, Wet Leg write some
― Elvis Telecom, Sunday, 27 March 2022 03:46 (two years ago) link
Like it or not, Wet Leg write some super sticky hooks.
They’re playing the Fonda next week? Wow. Impressed that they merit a venue of that size.For rough comparison, we saw Franz Ferdinand at the Troubadour (their 2nd West Coast show), around a month after their first album came out… they blew the roof off the place, it was pretty amazing, but even they didn’t warrant the Fonda. You’re telling me Wet Leg is a bigger draw than straight-out-the-gate Franz Ferdinand?
― Please don’t take / My time change away (morrisp), Sunday, 27 March 2022 04:23 (two years ago) link
(My wife just reminded me that we saw FF again at the Avalon, a few months later… so it didn’t take them long to fill a comparable venue. The Blood Arm opened, I forgot about that… talk about an L.A. band that routinely “killed it with a bunch of songs no one really knows”…!)
― Please don’t take / My time change away (morrisp), Sunday, 27 March 2022 04:32 (two years ago) link
For rough comparison, we saw Franz Ferdinand at the Troubadour (their 2nd West Coast show), around a month after their first album came out… they blew the roof off the place, it was pretty amazing, but even they didn’t warrant the Fonda. You’re telling me Wet Leg is a bigger draw than straight-out-the-gate Franz Ferdinand?
Savages was a better draw than FF - as with Wet Leg their first show in LA was at The Echo and then returned to play the Fonda.
― Elvis Telecom, Sunday, 27 March 2022 05:59 (two years ago) link
uh oh https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/27/arts/music/wet-leg.html
― assert (MatthewK), Tuesday, 29 March 2022 01:59 (two years ago) link
“Chaise Longue” has the feel of an epochal one-off, something unrepeatable, like “Louie Louie” or “Because I Got High.”Ponder the implications of these comparisons in terms of career longitivity
― Please don’t take / My time change away (morrisp), Tuesday, 29 March 2022 02:44 (two years ago) link
I saw Afroman performing for 150 people at a dive bar four years ago, he's doing fine.
― papal hotwife (milo z), Tuesday, 29 March 2022 02:47 (two years ago) link
writing a single as good and enduring as "louie louie" would be completely legendary? lol
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 29 March 2022 03:00 (two years ago) link
Michael Champion of the band Champs, who played bass on the song, liked it enough to contact Hall, who asked to meet them, much to their disbelief.
so a guy who played bass on "chaise lounge" tipped off their mythical kingmaking manager, who listened to their demos and signed them and then brought them to domino, who listened to their demos and signed them. a shocking tale of music industry corruption.
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 29 March 2022 03:11 (two years ago) link
from the NY Times piece
Older listeners might hear echoes of bands from an earlier generation, like Delta 5, Elastica or Art Brut. But Teasdale and Chambers aren’t familiar with any of those groups. Their closest compatriots are Dry Cleaning, Yard Act and Sports Team, young British bands who, despite having been born after new wave’s popularity crested, emulate the music’s springy bass lines, resolute drums and jabbing guitars
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 29 March 2022 04:14 (two years ago) link
I didn't realize they'd both been making music for so long separately and together, also undercuts the "manufactured overnight success" story.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 29 March 2022 04:45 (two years ago) link
see it more as a "Have Love Will Travel" can't wait for their reunion shows in 2072
― papal hotwife (milo z), Tuesday, 29 March 2022 05:19 (two years ago) link
Rob T. took the time to inquire if they were familiar with bands from three different decades, but didn’t bother to ask about topping ILM’s 2021 tracks poll.
― Please don’t take / My time change away (morrisp), Tuesday, 29 March 2022 06:08 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGg-hitVZKQ
― papal hotwife (milo z), Monday, 4 April 2022 20:53 (two years ago) link
legit
― assert (MatthewK), Monday, 4 April 2022 21:35 (two years ago) link
I find myself saying “excuse me……. what?” to the dog a lot.
― 29 facepalms, Monday, 4 April 2022 22:20 (two years ago) link
"WET LEG BAND" as Wet Leg Band
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Monday, 4 April 2022 22:29 (two years ago) link
Love it! Can't wait for the album!
― cajunsunday, Tuesday, 5 April 2022 10:43 (two years ago) link
I've been keeping off the ILM hype machine on Wet Leg, which has clearly turned into ILM controversial opinion machine, but I might listen to this album to see what the fuss is. Speaking of previous indie bands that have worked (for me), they remind me of Yeah Yeah Yeahs (minus the post-punk and radicality), which Jordan mentioned.
― Nabozo, Tuesday, 5 April 2022 12:28 (two years ago) link
oh in isolation they're fine, have their moments even, but they're the latest (rodrigo aside) to unite the horny dads and the zeitgeist poptimists into coalition, which is always a prime breeding ground for ILM controversy
― imago, Tuesday, 5 April 2022 12:59 (two years ago) link
as for myself, i am preparing to move to phase 2: cautious, conditional assent. i will cherry-pick the two or three decent songs off their album so help me god
― imago, Tuesday, 5 April 2022 13:01 (two years ago) link
Only 3/5https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/apr/02/wet-leg-wet-leg-review-absurdist-delights-and-damp-squibs
― Toshirō Nofune (The Seventh ILXorai), Tuesday, 5 April 2022 13:03 (two years ago) link
“Horny dads” – because they’re two women(?)
― ass time permits (morrisp), Tuesday, 5 April 2022 13:16 (two years ago) link
God forbid they dabble in the dark arts of attractiveness and hooks.
― assert (matttkkkk), Tuesday, 5 April 2022 13:23 (two years ago) link
I like "Ur Mum" a lot
― castanuts (DJP), Wednesday, 6 April 2022 13:35 (two years ago) link
that’s exactly what a horny dad would say!
― in places all over the world, real stuff be happening (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 6 April 2022 14:06 (two years ago) link
Or the Bouncing Souls
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUro3Uwq6Mw
― peace, man, Wednesday, 6 April 2022 14:20 (two years ago) link
xp lol
― rob, Wednesday, 6 April 2022 16:39 (two years ago) link
Haha
― And liberty she pirouette (Sund4r), Wednesday, 6 April 2022 18:46 (two years ago) link
this band is fun. I usually hate fun but this time it's kind of good. maybe because the world is so fucking depressing.
― akm, Wednesday, 6 April 2022 20:23 (two years ago) link
that Guardian review seems fair - the first two singles are still by far my favorites, the latter one have sounded like a band I could have seen playing with Imperial Teen circa 2002 - which is good but not nearly as much fun.
― papal hotwife (milo z), Wednesday, 6 April 2022 20:24 (two years ago) link
The non-singles don't seem conspicuously outstanding after a cursory listen, but I have to concede that I now genuinely quite like "Angelica" at this point.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Friday, 8 April 2022 00:11 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNXb7iC4mr0
― Came Here to Roll the Microscope (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 8 April 2022 03:22 (two years ago) link
That song lives or dies on whether the rhythm section can play in the pocket and, uh... R.I.P.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Friday, 8 April 2022 03:27 (two years ago) link
Horny DadQu'est-ce que c'est?
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 8 April 2022 04:10 (two years ago) link
Horny Dads is a good band name
― ass time permits (morrisp), Friday, 8 April 2022 04:17 (two years ago) link
Pitchfork’s review is on-brand for this thread, btw:
If you don’t already love Wet Leg, chances are their swift rise and self-deprecation induce a particular kind of cynicism. Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers arrived fully formed with the kind of infernally catchy indie rock hit not heard since the days of Franz Ferdinand and were instantly everywhere: played to death on British alternative radio; on Jools Holland and late-night U.S. talk shows; the subject of approving texts from your dad.
― ass time permits (morrisp), Friday, 8 April 2022 04:30 (two years ago) link
Nouvelle Vague should have covered "Psycho Killer"
― papal hotwife (milo z), Friday, 8 April 2022 05:05 (two years ago) link
xp feeling a bit seen tbh
― assert (matttkkkk), Friday, 8 April 2022 07:41 (two years ago) link
listening now and i can safely say they picked the right singles
― in places all over the world, real stuff be happening (voodoo chili), Friday, 8 April 2022 14:41 (two years ago) link
"supermarket" and "i don't wanna go out" are fun too