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

that is a very good glastonbury line up IMO

we are foes

(lol sorry drunk)

yeah they set up around the perimeter of a field and blast away at each other, where you stand determines the mix of what you’re hearing

oh dear, full screen ad on my Instagram feed featuring the goofy dancing from the new video

I don’t even follow many bands

Aha! The marketing, spotted in the wild.

another Domino falls

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

but the Isle of Wight is 109 kilometers closer!

the Isle of Wight Man lies between the two

Someone should trace the influence of Britney's "Work Bitch" on Chaise/LaLaLa-type songs.

shit, guess it's a Wight girl summer coming for you folks then

The singer reminds me a bit of Sarah Snook, I’ve just realised.

xpost lollll

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

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?

(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”…!)

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.

uh oh https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/27/arts/music/wet-leg.html

“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

I saw Afroman performing for 150 people at a dive bar four years ago, he's doing fine.

writing a single as good and enduring as "louie louie" would be completely legendary? lol

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.

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

I didn't realize they'd both been making music for so long separately and together, also undercuts the "manufactured overnight success" story.

see it more as a "Have Love Will Travel" can't wait for their reunion shows in 2072

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.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGg-hitVZKQ

legit

I find myself saying “excuse me……. what?” to the dog a lot.

"WET LEG BAND" as Wet Leg Band

Love it! Can't wait for the album!

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.

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

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

Only 3/5
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/apr/02/wet-leg-wet-leg-review-absurdist-delights-and-damp-squibs

“Horny dads” – because they’re two women(?)

God forbid they dabble in the dark arts of attractiveness and hooks.

I like "Ur Mum" a lot

that’s exactly what a horny dad would say!

Or the Bouncing Souls

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUro3Uwq6Mw

xp lol

Haha

this band is fun. I usually hate fun but this time it's kind of good. maybe because the world is so fucking depressing.

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.

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.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNXb7iC4mr0

That song lives or dies on whether the rhythm section can play in the pocket and, uh... R.I.P.