With Pissed Jeans as opening act.
― Dan Worsley, Tuesday, 30 November 2021 17:13 (two years ago) link
New Pants plays on the following day.
― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 30 November 2021 20:34 (two years ago) link
Am I the only one hearing an Electrelane influence in this one?
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 30 November 2021 21:02 (two years ago) link
xps - I did think after posting you were maybe thinking of Dry Cleaning.
― hamicle, Wednesday, 1 December 2021 00:10 (two years ago) link
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"
― peace, man, Wednesday, 1 December 2021 12:45 (two years ago) link
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.
― hourspass, Wednesday, 1 December 2021 21:01 (two years ago) link
list plz
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Wednesday, 1 December 2021 21:10 (two years ago) link
the four tunes of wet leg
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Wednesday, 1 December 2021 21:11 (two years ago) link
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 Love2 Chaise Longue3 Angelica4 I Don't Wanna Go Out5 Wet Dream6 Convincing7 Loving You8 Ur Mum9 Oh No10 Piece Of Shit11 Supermarket12 Too Late Now
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 1 December 2021 21:14 (two years ago) link
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.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 1 December 2021 21:19 (two years ago) link
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.
― kraudive, Wednesday, 1 December 2021 22:56 (two years ago) link
I'm watching the Tiny Desk Concert; she introduces the three guys separately, as "our band" (she does say their names, fwiw).
Their guitar sound is OK, but I find their jaded, low-energy presentation to be displeasing.
― katebishopfan616 (morrisp), Tuesday, 7 December 2021 05:50 (two years ago) link
what bugs me about their general vibe is by going for both 'detached cool' and 'whimsical nonsense' they've ended up with just the weaknesses of both
― ufo, Tuesday, 7 December 2021 05:55 (two years ago) link
Prinzhorn Dance School update
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Tuesday, 7 December 2021 06:25 (two years ago) link
This is indie promotion when nothing is selling. It reminds me of Elastica. Relying on a great first single to sell an album.
isnt that how singles work?
― nobody like my rap (One Eye Open), Tuesday, 7 December 2021 13:35 (two years ago) link
From excitement to backlash before the album is out, the 90s are back!
― A Pile of Ants (Boring, Maryland), Tuesday, 7 December 2021 13:56 (two years ago) link
lmao
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 7 December 2021 14:29 (two years ago) link
Much of the backlash is tbf about the ludicrous amounts of unwarranted hype they're getting
― imago, Tuesday, 7 December 2021 15:33 (two years ago) link
itt wet leg meets wet blankets
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Tuesday, 7 December 2021 15:35 (two years ago) link
We Emulate Terribly Let's Eat Grandma
― imago, Tuesday, 7 December 2021 15:38 (two years ago) link
?? I don't hear Let's Eat Grandma in this at all
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 7 December 2021 15:48 (two years ago) link
not sonically, more the schoolfriend-duo-come-to-save-British-pop thing, also mostly i'm trying to make the acronym work
― imago, Tuesday, 7 December 2021 15:53 (two years ago) link
tread lightly before someone starts acronyming "imago"
― talkin' about his flat tire (DJP), Tuesday, 7 December 2021 16:19 (two years ago) link
Are they really school friends? One looked a lot older than the other in that tiny desk, but she was kind of standing in the shadows
― katebishopfan616 (morrisp), Tuesday, 7 December 2021 16:22 (two years ago) link
i trust you to be kind, Definitely Joking Person
― imago, Tuesday, 7 December 2021 16:23 (two years ago) link
― A Pile of Ants (Boring, Maryland), Tuesday, 7 December 2021 16:27 (two years ago) link
Cool to see ILX geezers discussing their ages and 'presentation'
― Ward Fowler, Tuesday, 7 December 2021 16:29 (two years ago) link
'slightly elevated presentation' was about their costume/production values/budget/filming style, not anything else - something which is absolutely part of the reason that debut single got noticed
― imago, Tuesday, 7 December 2021 16:30 (two years ago) link
are we really all old and bitter enough to justifiably get angry about novelty bands getting too big too fast?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMR_L8S30aA
― When Young Sheldon began to rap (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 7 December 2021 16:50 (two years ago) link
The only place I've encountered this band remains this thread. Maybe because I wouldn't listen to 6 Music if they paid me to.
― feed me with your clicks (Noel Emits), Tuesday, 7 December 2021 18:16 (two years ago) link
Then again, amongst my IRL friends, “Chaise Longue” is the 2021 track I’ve heard mentioned more than any other.
― mike t-diva, Tuesday, 7 December 2021 22:44 (two years ago) link
it's not a bad song but it's something of a throwaway. allows drunk people to scream the lyrics at each other before they throw themselves around the bar i guess. Rock and roll!
― When Young Sheldon began to rap (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 7 December 2021 22:57 (two years ago) link
I'm still not cynical enough to actually look into the reason for their meteoric rise but surely someone somewhere has pulled a few strings. I mean it can't just be "it's a really cool song" because there are millions of really cool songs
― Paul Ponzi, Tuesday, 7 December 2021 23:07 (two years ago) link
The best part of not living in the UK is being mostly unaware of and completely immune to whatever the UK music press is saying or hyping.
― papal hotwife (milo z), Tuesday, 7 December 2021 23:52 (two years ago) link
Maybe they're getting as much of a press push in the US but I wouldn't even know where to look for that kind of hype machine. I only heard "Chaise Longue" because of a generated playlist based on Lithics and Dry Cleaning.
― papal hotwife (milo z), Tuesday, 7 December 2021 23:54 (two years ago) link
they're getting a big push in nyc. they were supposed to play a show at Music Hall of Williamsburg (650 capacity) and got pushed to Brooklyn Steel (1800 capacity) and a $30 ticket. Not bad for your debut performance.
― When Young Sheldon began to rap (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 8 December 2021 00:29 (two years ago) link
I've stumbled on way more Dry Cleaning hype than Wet Leg hype, fwiw. (And not that much of either. But also I'm not in the UK, sounds like it's different there.)
Anyway "Chaise Longue" is great, the other tunes are good, not sure what there is to hate here.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 8 December 2021 00:37 (two years ago) link
screw the haters, chaise longue and wet dream are bloody excellent tracks
― josh az (2011nostalgia), Wednesday, 8 December 2021 01:59 (two years ago) link
Really like "Too Late Now" - hearing a bit of Karen O/YYYs in it.
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 8 December 2021 08:07 (two years ago) link
lol @ 'the UK music press'
― Ward Fowler, Wednesday, 8 December 2021 08:44 (two years ago) link
i think said the gramophone had the best take on them in his year end list:
Powered by cute girls, a cool video, and this excellent, double-entendre-crammed single, I can't decide if Wet Leg are the next Yeah Yeah Yeahs or the next Right Said Fred.
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 9 December 2021 00:08 (two years ago) link
six of one afaic
― Paul Ponzi, Thursday, 9 December 2021 00:46 (two years ago) link
Right Said Yeah
― When Young Sheldon began to rap (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 9 December 2021 04:39 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBiWrp9kkWE
i'm sorry but this is great. they're hysterical! idk about the rest of the music but this is self evidently a great single, a point that is of course confirmed by the song's very divisiveness
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 9 December 2021 18:02 (two years ago) link
Debut album out April 8th? What's the delay?
― When Smeato Met Moaty (Tom D.), Thursday, 9 December 2021 18:24 (two years ago) link
ride the hype train as long as you can before you disappoint the world
― imago, Thursday, 9 December 2021 18:27 (two years ago) link
Also "girl band", aren't they a bit mature for that?
― When Smeato Met Moaty (Tom D.), Thursday, 9 December 2021 18:31 (two years ago) link
100%
― stirmonster, Thursday, 9 December 2021 18:35 (two years ago) link
How are they hysterical in that performance? Idgi
― katebishopfan616 (morrisp), Thursday, 9 December 2021 18:49 (two years ago) link
Quite impressed, actually; didn't realize how little they were working with until I saw that live video.
― Indexed, Thursday, 9 December 2021 19:17 (two years ago) link