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Wet Leg (album)

April 26, 2024

Wet Leg is the debut studio album by British rock duo Wet Leg, released on 8 April 2022 by Domino. It was promoted by the viral hit "Chaise Longue", followed by the singles "Wet Dream", "Too Late Now", "Oh No", "Angelica", and "Ur Mum". The album received acclaim from music critics, topped the charts in Australia and the United Kingdom, and entered the top ten charts in Belgium, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands and New Zealand. It was shortlisted for the 2022 Mercury Prize and it won the Grammy for Best Alternative Music Album at the 65th Annual Grammy Awards and nominated for Album of the Year at the 2023 Brit Awards.[1][2]

Wet Leg
Studio album by
Wet Leg
Released8 April 2022 (2022-04-08)
RecordedApril 2021
Studio
    • Mr. Dan's
    • Jon McMullen's studio (London)
    • Hester Chambers' flat
    • Joshua Mobaraki's flat (Isle of Wight)
Genre
Length36:47
LabelDomino
Producer
Singles from Wet Leg
  1. "Chaise Longue"
    Released: 15 June 2021
  2. "Wet Dream"
    Released: 28 September 2021
  3. "Too Late Now"
    Released: 29 November 2021
  4. "Oh No"
    Released: 29 November 2021
  5. "Angelica"
    Released: 28 February 2022
  6. "Ur Mum"
    Released: 4 April 2022

Recording edit

Wet Leg was recorded in April 2021, before the band had even played live, with Speedy Wunderground's Dan Carey acting as main producer.[3]

Promotion edit

Wet Leg released their debut single "Chaise Longue" on 15 June 2021. The song earned the band acclaim from various magazines after it went viral online.[4] They followed it up with "Wet Dream" on 28 September 2021 with a "surreal" self-directed video.[5] "Wet Dream" was sent to alternative radio in the United States on 19 April 2022.[6]

The duo released the double singles "Too Late Now" and "Oh No" on 29 November 2021, alongside a sci-fi video for the former track and the announcement of the album's release date, tracklist, and tour dates.[3][7] "Oh No" received a music video 1 February 2022, while "Too Late Now" was sent to adult alternative radio in the United States on 7 February 2022.[8][9] "Angelica" and "Ur Mum" were released as the fifth and sixth singles on 28 February and 4 April 2022, respectively.[10][11]

The band toured the album across North America and Europe in 2022.[12]

Composition edit

Primarily an indie rock,[13] post-punk,[14] alternative rock,[15] Britpop,[14] post-punk revival,[16] indie pop,[17] and punk pop album,[18] Wet Leg takes influence from a variety of other genres, particularly '90s and '00s indie and garage pop.[16][19]

"Being in Love" is an indie pop, wonky pop, and bubblegum grunge-pop song with post-punk riffs, a synth-rock groove, and art pop influences.[18][20][21] "Chaise Longue" is a post-punk and garage punk song wherein Teasdale "intone[s] a series of non sequiturs – from suggestive Mean Girls quotes ('would you like us to assign someone to butter your muffin?') to suggestive allusions to academia" in a deadpan voice.[22][18] "Angelica" is a psychedelic pop and slacker rock song with "ethereal, dreamy harmonies amid distorted guitars" about "a woman miserably going through the motions at a party".[22][23][24][25] "I Don't Wanna Go Out" is a psychedelic and grunge song that lifts the riff from David Bowie's "The Man Who Sold the World".[22][26] "Wet Dream" is an indie rock and surf rock song with disco handclaps, "a big, shout-along chorus", "a looping bassline and propulsive beat".[27][19][18][16] Long-time guitarist Joshua Mobaraki co-wrote the song. Teasdale sings about an ex who texts her when she appears in his wet dreams, as well as doing other increasingly ridiculous things like "exposing himself on the side of the road, climbing onto the hood of her car, licking the windshield."[27] The song references the film Buffalo '66 in the line "Baby do you want to come home with me; I've got Buffalo '66 on DVD".[28] "Convincing", the only song Hester Chambers sings lead on, is an psychedelic folk, folk-pop, glam rock, and ethereal song influenced by lounge music that "finds [Chambers] in a rut of sadness, not ready to start digging herself out".[29][24][21] "Loving You" is a country pop ballad sung in falsetto that "details the breakdown of a relationship and the painful aftermath of seeing an ex moving on with someone else".[29][18] "Ur Mum" is a surf rock-inspired pop song that sees Teasdale "calling out a former lover, asking them to forget her", culminating in Teasdale "announcing that she’s been practicing her 'loudest scream,' counting to three before letting out a screech."[30][31] "Oh No" is a glam rock and glam punk song with "fuzzed-out guitars" about doomscrolling and smartphone anxiety.[13][27][18] The folk-tinged "Piece of Shit" "compares a full-of-themselves partner to excrement in the toilet bowl" and incorporates "computer game blips".[29][32] "Supermarket" is a slacker rock song influenced by first-wave British punk that tells a story about being stoned while shopping.[22][27] "Too Late Now" is an atmospheric, experimental post-rock and guitar pop song that features "a gratifyingly relatable self-doubt break, when the music drops out to allow Teasdale to document her existential angst as it spreads into the track she is currently performing".[22][23][26]

Critical reception edit

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?8.1/10[33]
Metacritic87/100[34]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [35]
And It Don't StopA[36]
Clash9/10[23]
The Guardian     [22]
The Independent     [37]
NME     [29]
The Observer     [13]
Paste8.0/10[27]
Pitchfork7.2/10[38]
Rolling Stone     [14]

Wet Leg received widespread acclaim from music critics upon its release. On Metacritic, the album has an average score of 87 out of 100 based on 27 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".[34] Reviewing the album for AllMusic, Heather Phares claimed that "It's rare that a band is so fully formed at the start of their career, but on their self-titled debut album, Wet Leg deliver more of those immediately memorable hooks and relatable, witty retorts."[35] Clash writer Robin Murray called it "the most infectious, alluring, irresistible, and downright fun debut record that’s come our way in a long, long time".[23] In a five-star review for DIY, Lisa Wright praised the band's unique personality, saying "it’s the slightly wonky worldview of the band themselves that really elevates Wet Leg into the realms of the truly special. Don’t be fooled by the prairie dresses and sweetly innocent vocal delivery, Rhian has bite and gleefully revels in a rude one liner."[39]

In another five-star review for NME, Rhian Daly called it an "instant classic" and "It rushes with liberating, infectious joy that makes you want to grab your own partner-in-crime and speed off on an adventure to find somewhere that’s, as "Angelica"'s mantra suggests, is 'good times all the time'." Rachel Aroesti of The Guardian called Wet Leg a "collection of 90s and 00s-era indie that is by turns dreamy, lush, hooky and thunderous, and layered with lyrics saturated with millennial disaffection, anxiety and overwhelm."[22] The Independent writer Annabel Nugent said that "In vocals that vacillate between taunting melody and rage, Teasdale and Chambers speak to their twenty-something peers in a language they know: work is dull, dating apps are awful, parties aren’t as fun as they used to be, death is (thankfully?) inevitable".[37] Rob Sheffield of Rolling Stone said that "All told, Wet Leg are a couple of artsy rock & rollers who want too much, feel too much, hate too much, while chasing too many good times. No wonder the world was so ready to fall madly in love with them. After two years of quarantine blues, there was just a widespread cultural craving for this kind of action, and Wet Leg were as surprised as anyone when they tapped into it. But the album makes it sound like they're just getting started."[14] Paste contributor Eric R. Danton said "Their songwriting is tight, their lyrics are brazen, smart and amusing, and they are at ease shifting through various indie styles. What really makes Wet Leg stand out, though, is that Teasdale and Chambers are so clearly having fun."[27]

In a more mixed review Kitty Empire, selecting it as her Observer Album of the Week, nevertheless expressed disappointment at the album's mundanity, stating "Wet Leg’s unself-conscious art seemed initially to foreground the ridiculousness of everything (especially weird stains). Their album, by contrast, drills down hard into how rubbish exes are. Relatable, of course, understandable too, but perhaps not what was originally indicated by those lobster claws."[40]

Wet Leg are the first band from the Isle of Wight to achieve a UK number 1 album.[41]

Year-end lists edit

Publication Rank List
BrooklynVegan 44 Top 50 Albums of 2022[42]
NPR 31 The 50 Best Albums of 2022[43]
The Independent 19 The Best Albums of 2022[44]
Slant Magazine 17 The 50 Best Albums of 2022[45]
Billboard 10 The 50 Best Albums of 2022[46]
Rolling Stone 10 The 100 Best Albums of 2022[47]
Entertainment Weekly 9 The 10 Best Albums of 2022[48]
Uncut 7 Uncut's Best New Albums of 2022[49]
Flood 6 The Best Albums of 2022[50]
Exclaim! 5 Exclaim!'s 50 Best Albums of 2022[51]
Paste 4 The Best Albums of 2022[52]
The Atlantic 3 The 10 Best Albums of 2022[53]
Far Out 3 The 50 Best Albums of 2022[54]
NME 2 The 50 Best Albums of 2022[55]
Pitchfork N/A The 38 Best Rock Albums of 2022

Accolades edit

Grammy Awards
Grammy Awards for Wet Leg
Year Nominated work Category Result Ref.
2023 "Chaise Longue" Best Alternative Music Performance Won [56]
Wet Leg Best Alternative Music Album Won

Track listing edit

Wet Leg track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Being in Love"Rhian TeasdaleDan Carey2:02
2."Chaise Longue"
Jon McMullen3:19
3."Angelica"
  • Teasdale
  • Chambers
Mobaraki3:52
4."I Don't Wanna Go Out"TeasdaleCarey3:41
5."Wet Dream"
  • Teasdale
  • Chambers
  • Mobaraki
Carey2:20
6."Convincing"
  • Teasdale
  • Chambers
Carey2:37
7."Loving You"TeasdaleCarey3:39
8."Ur Mum"TeasdaleCarey3:21
9."Oh No"TeasdaleCarey2:29
10."Piece of Shit"TeasdaleCarey2:48
11."Supermarket"
  • Teasdale
  • Chambers
Carey3:10
12."Too Late Now"
  • Teasdale
  • Chambers
  • Michael Champion
Carey3:29
Total length:36:47
Deluxe edition bonus 7-inch vinyl & Japanese edition (bonus tracks)[57]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."It's Not Fun"ChambersCarey2:49
2."It's a Shame"TeasdaleCarey3:33
Total length:6:22

Personnel edit

Wet Leg edit

  • Rhian Teasdale – vocals and guitar
  • Hester Chambers – guitar and vocals

Other musicians edit

  • Michael Champion – bass
  • Henry Holmes – drums and additional vocals
  • Dan Carey – synthesizer and synthesizer programming (all tracks except "Chaise Longue")
  • Jon McMullen – synthesizer and programming (on "Chaise Longue")

Technical edit

  • Alexis Smith – engineering (except "Angelica" and "Chaise Longue")
  • Joshua Mobaraki – production, engineering (on "Angelica")
  • Jon McMullen – engineering (on "Chaise Longue")
  • Alan Moulder – mixing
  • Matt Colton – mastering
  • Julian Hanson – photography
  • Matthew Cooper – graphic design

Charts edit

Certifications edit

Certifications and sales for Wet Leg
Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[81] Gold 100,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

See also edit

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Wet Leg is the debut studio album by British rock duo Wet Leg released on 8 April 2022 by Domino It was promoted by the viral hit Chaise Longue followed by the singles Wet Dream Too Late Now Oh No Angelica and Ur Mum The album received acclaim from music critics topped the charts in Australia and the United Kingdom and entered the top ten charts in Belgium Germany Ireland the Netherlands and New Zealand It was shortlisted for the 2022 Mercury Prize and it won the Grammy for Best Alternative Music Album at the 65th Annual Grammy Awards and nominated for Album of the Year at the 2023 Brit Awards 1 2 Wet LegStudio album by Wet LegReleased8 April 2022 2022 04 08 RecordedApril 2021StudioMr Dan sJon McMullen s studio London Hester Chambers flatJoshua Mobaraki s flat Isle of Wight GenreIndie rockpost punk revivalBritpoppop punkindie popLength36 47LabelDominoProducerDan CareyJon McMullenJoshua MobarakiSingles from Wet Leg Chaise Longue Released 15 June 2021 Wet Dream Released 28 September 2021 Too Late Now Released 29 November 2021 Oh No Released 29 November 2021 Angelica Released 28 February 2022 Ur Mum Released 4 April 2022 Contents 1 Recording 2 Promotion 3 Composition 4 Critical reception 4 1 Year end lists 4 2 Accolades 5 Track listing 6 Personnel 6 1 Wet Leg 6 2 Other musicians 6 3 Technical 7 Charts 7 1 Weekly charts 7 2 Year end charts 8 Certifications 9 See also 10 ReferencesRecording editWet Leg was recorded in April 2021 before the band had even played live with Speedy Wunderground s Dan Carey acting as main producer 3 Promotion editWet Leg released their debut single Chaise Longue on 15 June 2021 The song earned the band acclaim from various magazines after it went viral online 4 They followed it up with Wet Dream on 28 September 2021 with a surreal self directed video 5 Wet Dream was sent to alternative radio in the United States on 19 April 2022 6 The duo released the double singles Too Late Now and Oh No on 29 November 2021 alongside a sci fi video for the former track and the announcement of the album s release date tracklist and tour dates 3 7 Oh No received a music video 1 February 2022 while Too Late Now was sent to adult alternative radio in the United States on 7 February 2022 8 9 Angelica and Ur Mum were released as the fifth and sixth singles on 28 February and 4 April 2022 respectively 10 11 The band toured the album across North America and Europe in 2022 12 Composition editPrimarily an indie rock 13 post punk 14 alternative rock 15 Britpop 14 post punk revival 16 indie pop 17 and punk pop album 18 Wet Leg takes influence from a variety of other genres particularly 90s and 00s indie and garage pop 16 19 Being in Love is an indie pop wonky pop and bubblegum grunge pop song with post punk riffs a synth rock groove and art pop influences 18 20 21 Chaise Longue is a post punk and garage punk song wherein Teasdale intone s a series of non sequiturs from suggestive Mean Girls quotes would you like us to assign someone to butter your muffin to suggestive allusions to academia in a deadpan voice 22 18 Angelica is a psychedelic pop and slacker rock song with ethereal dreamy harmonies amid distorted guitars about a woman miserably going through the motions at a party 22 23 24 25 I Don t Wanna Go Out is a psychedelic and grunge song that lifts the riff from David Bowie s The Man Who Sold the World 22 26 Wet Dream is an indie rock and surf rock song with disco handclaps a big shout along chorus a looping bassline and propulsive beat 27 19 18 16 Long time guitarist Joshua Mobaraki co wrote the song Teasdale sings about an ex who texts her when she appears in his wet dreams as well as doing other increasingly ridiculous things like exposing himself on the side of the road climbing onto the hood of her car licking the windshield 27 The song references the film Buffalo 66 in the line Baby do you want to come home with me I ve got Buffalo 66 on DVD 28 Convincing the only song Hester Chambers sings lead on is an psychedelic folk folk pop glam rock and ethereal song influenced by lounge music that finds Chambers in a rut of sadness not ready to start digging herself out 29 24 21 Loving You is a country pop ballad sung in falsetto that details the breakdown of a relationship and the painful aftermath of seeing an ex moving on with someone else 29 18 Ur Mum is a surf rock inspired pop song that sees Teasdale calling out a former lover asking them to forget her culminating in Teasdale announcing that she s been practicing her loudest scream counting to three before letting out a screech 30 31 Oh No is a glam rock and glam punk song with fuzzed out guitars about doomscrolling and smartphone anxiety 13 27 18 The folk tinged Piece of Shit compares a full of themselves partner to excrement in the toilet bowl and incorporates computer game blips 29 32 Supermarket is a slacker rock song influenced by first wave British punk that tells a story about being stoned while shopping 22 27 Too Late Now is an atmospheric experimental post rock and guitar pop song that features a gratifyingly relatable self doubt break when the music drops out to allow Teasdale to document her existential angst as it spreads into the track she is currently performing 22 23 26 Critical reception editProfessional ratingsAggregate scoresSourceRatingAnyDecentMusic 8 1 10 33 Metacritic87 100 34 Review scoresSourceRatingAllMusic nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 35 And It Don t StopA 36 Clash9 10 23 The Guardian nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 22 The Independent nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 37 NME nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 29 The Observer nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 13 Paste8 0 10 27 Pitchfork7 2 10 38 Rolling Stone nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 14 Wet Leg received widespread acclaim from music critics upon its release On Metacritic the album has an average score of 87 out of 100 based on 27 reviews indicating universal acclaim 34 Reviewing the album for AllMusic Heather Phares claimed that It s rare that a band is so fully formed at the start of their career but on their self titled debut album Wet Leg deliver more of those immediately memorable hooks and relatable witty retorts 35 Clash writer Robin Murray called it the most infectious alluring irresistible and downright fun debut record that s come our way in a long long time 23 In a five star review for DIY Lisa Wright praised the band s unique personality saying it s the slightly wonky worldview of the band themselves that really elevates Wet Leg into the realms of the truly special Don t be fooled by the prairie dresses and sweetly innocent vocal delivery Rhian has bite and gleefully revels in a rude one liner 39 In another five star review for NME Rhian Daly called it an instant classic and It rushes with liberating infectious joy that makes you want to grab your own partner in crime and speed off on an adventure to find somewhere that s as Angelica s mantra suggests is good times all the time Rachel Aroesti of The Guardian called Wet Leg a collection of 90s and 00s era indie that is by turns dreamy lush hooky and thunderous and layered with lyrics saturated with millennial disaffection anxiety and overwhelm 22 The Independent writer Annabel Nugent said that In vocals that vacillate between taunting melody and rage Teasdale and Chambers speak to their twenty something peers in a language they know work is dull dating apps are awful parties aren t as fun as they used to be death is thankfully inevitable 37 Rob Sheffield of Rolling Stone said that All told Wet Leg are a couple of artsy rock amp rollers who want too much feel too much hate too much while chasing too many good times No wonder the world was so ready to fall madly in love with them After two years of quarantine blues there was just a widespread cultural craving for this kind of action and Wet Leg were as surprised as anyone when they tapped into it But the album makes it sound like they re just getting started 14 Paste contributor Eric R Danton said Their songwriting is tight their lyrics are brazen smart and amusing and they are at ease shifting through various indie styles What really makes Wet Leg stand out though is that Teasdale and Chambers are so clearly having fun 27 In a more mixed review Kitty Empire selecting it as her Observer Album of the Week nevertheless expressed disappointment at the album s mundanity stating Wet Leg s unself conscious art seemed initially to foreground the ridiculousness of everything especially weird stains Their album by contrast drills down hard into how rubbish exes are Relatable of course understandable too but perhaps not what was originally indicated by those lobster claws 40 Wet Leg are the first band from the Isle of Wight to achieve a UK number 1 album 41 Year end lists edit Publication Rank List BrooklynVegan 44 Top 50 Albums of 2022 42 NPR 31 The 50 Best Albums of 2022 43 The Independent 19 The Best Albums of 2022 44 Slant Magazine 17 The 50 Best Albums of 2022 45 Billboard 10 The 50 Best Albums of 2022 46 Rolling Stone 10 The 100 Best Albums of 2022 47 Entertainment Weekly 9 The 10 Best Albums of 2022 48 Uncut 7 Uncut s Best New Albums of 2022 49 Flood 6 The Best Albums of 2022 50 Exclaim 5 Exclaim s 50 Best Albums of 2022 51 Paste 4 The Best Albums of 2022 52 The Atlantic 3 The 10 Best Albums of 2022 53 Far Out 3 The 50 Best Albums of 2022 54 NME 2 The 50 Best Albums of 2022 55 Pitchfork N A The 38 Best Rock Albums of 2022 Accolades edit Grammy AwardsGrammy Awards for Wet Leg Year Nominated work Category Result Ref 2023 Chaise Longue Best Alternative Music Performance Won 56 Wet Leg Best Alternative Music Album WonTrack listing editWet Leg track listingNo TitleWriter s Producer s Length1 Being in Love Rhian TeasdaleDan Carey2 022 Chaise Longue TeasdaleHester ChambersJoshua MobarakiJon McMullen3 193 Angelica TeasdaleChambersMobaraki3 524 I Don t Wanna Go Out TeasdaleCarey3 415 Wet Dream TeasdaleChambersMobarakiCarey2 206 Convincing TeasdaleChambersCarey2 377 Loving You TeasdaleCarey3 398 Ur Mum TeasdaleCarey3 219 Oh No TeasdaleCarey2 2910 Piece of Shit TeasdaleCarey2 4811 Supermarket TeasdaleChambersCarey3 1012 Too Late Now TeasdaleChambersMichael ChampionCarey3 29Total length 36 47 Deluxe edition bonus 7 inch vinyl amp Japanese edition bonus tracks 57 No TitleWriter s Producer s Length1 It s Not Fun ChambersCarey2 492 It s a Shame TeasdaleCarey3 33Total length 6 22Personnel editWet Leg edit Rhian Teasdale vocals and guitar Hester Chambers guitar and vocals Other musicians edit Michael Champion bass Henry Holmes drums and additional vocals Dan Carey synthesizer and synthesizer programming all tracks except Chaise Longue Jon McMullen synthesizer and programming on Chaise Longue Technical edit Alexis Smith engineering except Angelica and Chaise Longue Joshua Mobaraki production engineering on Angelica Jon McMullen engineering on Chaise Longue Alan Moulder mixing Matt Colton mastering Julian Hanson photography Matthew Cooper graphic designCharts editWeekly charts edit Weekly chart performance for Wet Leg Chart 2022 Peakposition Australian Albums ARIA 58 1 Austrian Albums O3 Austria 59 16 Belgian Albums Ultratop Flanders 60 6 Belgian Albums Ultratop Wallonia 61 16 Canadian Albums Billboard 62 82 Dutch Albums Album Top 100 63 10 German Albums Offizielle Top 100 64 8 Irish Albums IRMA 65 4 Japanese Albums Oricon 66 64 New Zealand Albums RMNZ 67 4 Portuguese Albums AFP 68 3 Scottish Albums OCC 69 1 Spanish Albums PROMUSICAE 70 56 Swedish Albums Sverigetopplistan 71 59 Swiss Albums Schweizer Hitparade 72 11 UK Albums OCC 73 1 UK Independent Albums OCC 74 1 US Billboard 200 75 14 US Independent Albums Billboard 76 3 US Top Alternative Albums Billboard 77 3 US Top Rock Albums Billboard 78 3 Year end charts edit Year end chart performance for Wet Leg Chart 2022 Position Belgian Albums Ultratop Flanders 79 196 UK Albums OCC 80 50Certifications editCertifications and sales for Wet Leg Region Certification Certified units sales United Kingdom BPI 81 Gold 100 000 Sales streaming figures based on certification alone See also editList of number one albums of 2022 Australia List of UK Albums Chart number ones of the 2020s List of UK Album Downloads Chart number ones of the 2020s List of UK Independent Albums Chart number ones of 2022References edit Lee Taila 15 November 2022 2023 GRAMMY Nominations See The Complete Nominees List Grammys com Retrieved 15 November 2022 Smith Carl 12 January 2023 BRIT Awards 2023 nominations REVEALED Official Charts Company Retrieved 12 January 2023 a b Ruiz Matthew Ismael 29 November 2021 Wet Leg Announce Debut Album Share New Video Watch Pitchfork Retrieved 25 February 2022 Aswad Jem 28 September 2021 Oddball British Duo Wet Leg Return With Their Second Great Single This Year Wet Dream Variety Retrieved 25 February 2022 Redfern Mark 28 September 2021 Wet Leg Share Surreal Video for New Song Wet Dream Under the Radar Retrieved 25 February 2022 Alternative Future Releases All Access Archived from the original on 5 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