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

“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.

Horny Dad
Qu'est-ce que c'est?

Horny Dads is a good band name

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.

Nouvelle Vague should have covered "Psycho Killer"

xp feeling a bit seen tbh

listening now and i can safely say they picked the right singles

"supermarket" and "i don't wanna go out" are fun too

"Oh No" is still bad but I like the rest of it

Man that p4k review is beautifully written, I kind’ve didn’t want it to end.

It is a good review – reminded me of that Bongwater song about the Rolling Stone review ("I'm still not sure it was a pan, the writing was so convoluted and semiotic, it was more like something you'd read in Artform or October magazine")... but in a good way.

Sounds entirely nothing like Elastica.

Giving it a spin and enjoying it

Haha

― And liberty she pirouette (Sund4r), Thursday, April 7, 2022 4:46 AM (two days ago)

otm

Solid album. I don't hear Elastica.

Wish it wasn't so rhythmically boring. It's plodding without going full motorik. The vocals are thin and the hooks dry up fast.

I probably would've liked this in 2001, to be honest.

was at a record fair earlier today and two not-so-young stallholders were talking about a band called Hot Leg that one of them had just heard

Rod Stewart tribute band iirc

I like the album. The singles are standouts for sure, but overall a lot of good hooks and lines. You can play spot the influence all day — e.g., "I Don't Wanna Go Out" nicks that hammer-on guitar note from "The Man Who Sold the World" and the melody somehow reminds me of "Paisley Park." But even if they don't always make their influences their own, they at least do them justice. Nothing earth-shaking, but entirely likable.

Weren’t Hot Legs the dancers on Top of the Pops or summat?

Legs & Co.

They knew how to use them.