WET LEG a girl band from the Isle of Wight on Domino Records

I imagine people my age would be talking about the funny new Breeders single a lot, people the age of the band Wet Leg would probably just tell their parents that band they like has a new funny song.

https://www.nme.com/news/music/wet-leg-named-ambassadors-for-independent-venue-week-2022-3080853

this band has released TWO SONGS

I get that they feel like a new exciting and distinct proposition in the greater "UK indie" landscape but this is odd.

Every generation needs its “Where’s me Jumper?”

They will get really sick of doing it when the touring kicks in.

'Smoko' was surely this generation's Where's Me Jumper?. Maybe there's an allocation for one per hemisphere.

Sometimes elevated presentation is enough

i don't mind this band or these songs, but this is otm:

I wonder how much people would be talking about these two songs if they were the new singles by, like, the Breeders or Warpaint or even Dry Cleaning. I really fail to hear what's supposed to be so special about this beyond "whoa, new thing!"

― Paul Ponzi, Tuesday, October 12, 2021 9:54 AM (two weeks ago)

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/oct/30/wet-leg-omeara-london-review

According to the band, they formed at the top of a ferris wheel, drunk, after a 2019 Idles festival set.

Chambers and Teasdale might have named themselves after a loss of bladder control – there is a wicked ick factor to a lot of their lyrics – but “wet leg” could equally describe the ejaculatory critical response to them.

I assumed the latter, but am curious myself.

Or maybe she just spilled her diet coke

Wet Dream has grown on me, I hope there's a live video coming from the festival above.

"Why does band X get this attention but not band Y" is such a dead end to go down. The Breeders had a platinum record (almost) 30 years ago, Warpaint is big, not hard to imagine why this version of sprechgesang is more approachable than Dry Cleaning (or Billy Nomates or Lithics or etc.).

Dry Cleaning haven't, to my knowledge, done anything close to as immediate or as catchy as this one. I totally get why it's popular although yeah I also don't think it's THAT remarkable beyond a certain amount of strange novelty. It's a juggernaut though, isn't it? I'm getting it advertised to heavily on social and I'm going to guess that most non-rock music fans I know are aware of it.

it's not like we're paying huge amounts of attention to what's otherwise going on in British indie music either

Really want to hear Kim Deal singing Chaise Longue now.

And now I want to hear Black Francis singing it.

[screaming:] Would ya like us to assign someone ta buttah ya muffin?
[four bars of asthmatic wheezing]

I mean "UMass" and "Chaise Longue" make kind of a good A-side/B-side "I Went To College And It Was OK" record

Trying to sleep but I've got this mashed up in my head with Beez In The Trap

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UB3PJwPMHzQ

OH MY GOD

they have a third song

Honestly though, what an absolute triumph of PR this has all been. The industry's still got it

Apparently they played seven songs at their Pfork Fest Paris show (doesn't say if they were all originals, ha ha).

But yeah I don't really "get it" w/r/t this particular band...

Here’s a fourth song, fwiw:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nl15P0qeBVk

"Oh my god, life is hard
credit card - oh no
You're so woke, Diet Coke
I feel gross - oh no"

brb gonna go drink some bleach

Never thought I’d hear the phrase “triumph of marketing” used about a 4AD release but we are a long way from the Ivo Watts-Russell years.

the emperor has no clothes a GET NAKED sign on their wall

oh no

Wet Leg is a one-trick band much the same way Art Brut was, except 1000% more mundane.

Come on, it's a pretty engaging trick, just not when deployed four times in four releases

xps - they’re on Domino, unless 4AD are releasing the album in some territories?

going to say 'industry plant' just for the hell of it

yes, ufo, yes. come to the dark side

what's the one trick?

sardonic ranting and repetition over angular indie?

live at the wetleg trials

Chaise Lounge 7" showed up yesterday and my kids were dancing around the house like mad. Ordered the limited version of the album. ALL IN ON WET LEG!

trying to imagine how silly the hype would be if this were 2004 or so, it could surely be so much worse

they're fine but nothing special, the weird thing is of course how disproportionate the buzz around them is compared to the substance. imago generally otm here. like i am pretty sympathetic to parts of uk indie from the mid 00s but there's not really anything to get this excited about here idk

Cow Art All Inn Onn Wet Leg

xps - they’re on Domino, unless 4AD are releasing the album in some territories?

really need a band called fresh pants to complete the wet leg / dry cleaning laundry cycle

With Pissed Jeans as opening act.

New Pants plays on the following day.

Am I the only one hearing an Electrelane influence in this one?

xps - I did think after posting you were maybe thinking of Dry Cleaning.

Not trying to be overly-critical of jed_, but looking at the thread title, how cool are we with calling them a "girl band"?

On a related tangent, their more recent videos have the three dudes in them, which to me would indicate that they are more substantial than just ringers to fill out the live band. But then I haven't encountered any mention of them in press/interviews.

Also, discogs is like 5 For Sale from $63.60 re the 7"

I find that each of their four songs reminds me of specific other songs from a very interesting range of bands, both as far as sound as well as themes.

list plz

the four tunes of wet leg

Didn't see it explicitly covered upthread, but just saw Domino has the self-titled debut up for pre-order, due out April 8, 2022.

1 Being In Love
2 Chaise Longue
3 Angelica
4 I Don't Wanna Go Out
5 Wet Dream
6 Convincing
7 Loving You
8 Ur Mum
9 Oh No
10 Piece Of Shit
11 Supermarket
12 Too Late Now

fwiw, regarding the lineup, the brief write-up at Domino only refers to them as a duo and only names those two:

After releasing two of the hottest 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 is thrilled to unveil news of their debut album. The album is called Wet Leg.

Bold. This is indie promotion when nothing is selling. It reminds me of Elastica. Relying on a great first single to sell an album. And sex. Sex sells and it's in every song.