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
"Oh No" is still bad but I like the rest of it
― castanuts (DJP), Friday, 8 April 2022 19:03 (two years ago) link
Man that p4k review is beautifully written, I kind’ve didn’t want it to end.
― assert (MatthewK), Friday, 8 April 2022 21:03 (two years ago) link
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.
― ass time permits (morrisp), Friday, 8 April 2022 21:14 (two years ago) link
Sounds entirely nothing like Elastica.
― billstevejim, Saturday, 9 April 2022 03:41 (two years ago) link
Giving it a spin and enjoying it
― assert (matttkkkk), Saturday, 9 April 2022 07:17 (two years ago) link
Haha― And liberty she pirouette (Sund4r), Thursday, April 7, 2022 4:46 AM (two days ago)
― And liberty she pirouette (Sund4r), Thursday, April 7, 2022 4:46 AM (two days ago)
otm
― beepy fridges (sic), Saturday, 9 April 2022 08:09 (two years ago) link
Solid album. I don't hear Elastica.
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 9 April 2022 14:08 (two years ago) link
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.
― paulhw, Saturday, 9 April 2022 20:08 (two years ago) link
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
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Sunday, 10 April 2022 18:17 (two years ago) link
Rod Stewart tribute band iirc
― Helly Watch the R’s (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 10 April 2022 18:18 (two years ago) link
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.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Sunday, 10 April 2022 18:28 (two years ago) link
Weren’t Hot Legs the dancers on Top of the Pops or summat?
― Otto Insurance (Boring, Maryland), Monday, 11 April 2022 00:00 (two years ago) link
Legs & Co.
― stirmonster, Monday, 11 April 2022 00:03 (two years ago) link
They knew how to use them.
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 11 April 2022 00:06 (two years ago) link
Leggs Inc.
― Helly Watch the R’s (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 11 April 2022 00:12 (two years ago) link
I don't hear Elastica.
One day we'll hang out in person, and I'll play you an Airbourne song just so you can tell me with a straight face that you don't hear AC/DC.
I watched their two videos and that was enough. My favorite thing about them was the blond girl's dancing in the "Chaise Longue" video. I'm mostly left pondering which sounds it's critically acceptable to C&P and which it's not.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Monday, 11 April 2022 00:16 (two years ago) link
For one, I prefer Elastica.
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 11 April 2022 00:22 (two years ago) link
feel like you could make a stronger Stereolab circa "French Disko" case than Elastica
― papal hotwife (milo z), Monday, 11 April 2022 01:28 (two years ago) link
I hear Descendants.
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 11 April 2022 01:29 (two years ago) link
I hear a symphony
― Otto Insurance (Boring, Maryland), Monday, 11 April 2022 02:04 (two years ago) link
xp don't really hear that, it is much more restrained
I liked Milo Goes to College, listened it on repeat on KUSF and KALX at the time (the USF and Berkeley college radio stations). I remember that The Descendants felt really out there to me, as did Flipper, Minor Threat, Hüsker Dü, Black Flag, MDC, Bad Brains
― Dan S, Monday, 11 April 2022 02:12 (two years ago) link
Maybe Alfred meant the movie
― Otto Insurance (Boring, Maryland), Monday, 11 April 2022 02:27 (two years ago) link
Maybe he meant the old Other Music category La Decadence.
― Helly Watch the R’s (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 11 April 2022 02:33 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myUuXffyu_k
― And liberty she pirouette (Sund4r), Monday, 11 April 2022 14:08 (two years ago) link
Nah, I meant the band: the snottiness, the insistence on "simplicity."
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 11 April 2022 14:12 (two years ago) link
I some of the album cuts (e.g., "I Don't Wanna Go Out") a lot more than the singles. I also agree w/whomever said the drumming feels a touch too slow and tentative for this style.
― ass time permits (morrisp), Monday, 11 April 2022 17:41 (two years ago) link
Also agree they sound nothing like Elastica. BPM-era Unrest is a touchstone that comes to mind for me
― begrudgingly bound by duty of candor (morrisp), Monday, 11 April 2022 18:01 (two years ago) link
if we're doing comparisons, i'd say the yfeel like a kindler gentler yeah yeah yeahs with a less good drummer
― in places all over the world, real stuff be happening (voodoo chili), Monday, 11 April 2022 18:08 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOr5cyLvqOM
― Rick O'Shea (Tom D.), Monday, 11 April 2022 18:18 (two years ago) link
"Supermarket" (another one I like) sounds like some of those melodic Parquet cCourts songs (e.g., "N. Dakota"); and as a bonus, it shares a lyrical concern – being stoned in public.
― begrudgingly bound by duty of candor (morrisp), Monday, 11 April 2022 18:45 (two years ago) link
"Piece of Shit" is a good song (wish it had a different title)
I like this band now, lol
― begrudgingly bound by duty of candor (morrisp), Tuesday, 12 April 2022 16:25 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhrJKasTbjw
― papal hotwife (milo z), Tuesday, 12 April 2022 23:18 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ianu7PBhJck
I'm liking the non-"Chaise"/"Wet Dream" songs better in these live videos than on the record.
― papal hotwife (milo z), Thursday, 14 April 2022 23:13 (two years ago) link
I think those two songs are more appealing, at least in this 2nd vid (haven't watched the first one yet). Good performance.
― begrudgingly bound by duty of candor (morrisp), Thursday, 14 April 2022 23:55 (two years ago) link
The first video is good, too – I like how it has some non-album songs.
― begrudgingly bound by duty of candor (morrisp), Friday, 15 April 2022 00:24 (two years ago) link
This is a good album
― Bee OK, Friday, 15 April 2022 03:46 (two years ago) link
straight in at number 1 on the UK album chart! that is impressive and unexpected. i figured it would go in in the mid teens and then drop out after a week so it will be interesting to see how it fares next week.
― stirmonster, Sunday, 17 April 2022 14:55 (two years ago) link
Described as "the much-hyped Isle of Wight indie duo" on the BBC website. So it must be true.
― Où est Lee Mason de fromage? (Tom D.), Sunday, 17 April 2022 15:05 (two years ago) link
How do you get to number 1 in the uk, sales or streams or both? Does airplay on the digital channel “BBC Horny Dads” count?
― DAMAGED by Black Flat (Boring, Maryland), Sunday, 17 April 2022 17:07 (two years ago) link