The lyrics are filthier than the guitar riff on this but I love it, so infectious. Can't believe there hasn't been a thread on this yet?
Wet Leg are Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers - band from the Isle of Wight, and “Chaise Longue” is their debut single - out on Domino Records.
It's not often we get somewhat known musical exports from the island! Lovely track
I love this - really tongue in cheek 90s indie. Could be Britpop!
Eh, I can't seem to get into this even though I really want to like it. It wears its influences on its shoulder just a bit too much for me.
They've just been confirmed to be supporting Inhaler on their upcoming UK tour
I first noticed this song a few months ago when it was being hyped up by people I follow on Twitter that I would never have expected to be commenting on new music, which is usually a good sign that it has the potential to have a crossover hit appeal. It's been hovering around the iTunes download chart the past few days, so I think it could turn into an actual chart hit by the end of the year. It's a great little song.
I'm not too sure how, but it's also at #1 on the Spotify UK Viral Chart!
This is ok enough as a novelty. Not really sure why it's attracting so much attention for a band who seem to have sprung directly out of nowhere though, unless they just scrubbed any online presence they had prior to a few months ago. Highly suspicious xx
(edit: actually they do have some older posts on Instagram and they've appeared at festivals before, suspicion somewhat lessened)
They picked up a bit of blog attention back in 2019 with a separate song (they made the weekly Fresh Faves on https://freshonthenet.co.uk/2019/12/faves347/, a website I occasionally contribute to, at the time), which I presume garnered them enough attention to get signed to Domino. I presume if it wasn't for the pandemic they would have been building up a live presence over the course of 2020 instead of focusing on recording.
^ with a song that is now scrubbed from the Internet (and Googling it does not bring up very many *ahem* relevant results for fairly obvious reasons)
I'm guessing the label must have instructed them to delete their older music and social media posts (aside from Instagram for some reason) or something? Unless they themselves want that to be forgotten and for them to be judged as a brand new band. It's all a little bit strange whatever the reason.
I see they performed at a small venue about 10 mins from me just a few days ago! Wish I'd heard about that happening before.
The Domino thing has definitely helped them, got some decent support slots and a couple of festivals before anything was out. I do love it, it's the right blend of catchy without straying into annoying and lyrically funny without getting too cringe, the video is good and the guitars are superb.
I am going to have to drag myself half way across the Isle of Wight to see them open the second stage on Day 4 which will be horrendous but worth it as it's a rarity for there to be something on that lineup I actually want to go and watch!
This is actually a great song on first listen, I'm not crazy about the band name though.
Have any other musical acts from the Isle of Wight ever charted?
I had no idea Level 42 are from the IOW!
Following the success of their debut single 'Chaise Longue' Isle of Wight duo Wet Leg shall release their second single 'Wet Dream' on Tuesday! Hopefully it'll prove they're not just a one trick pony
Yes, and here's the video:
Just as fun and insanely catchy as the debut and the iconic lyrics continue! The Buffalo '66 on DVD one especially.
Really enjoying this band currently with both songs in my PC top 75, the lyrics are brilliant!
'Chaise Longue' was kind of fun but this second song feels like it's already stretching the gimmick too far (and attaching it to a much less interesting song). Eh.
Wet Leg have revealed in my local paper that their debut album 'Wet Leg' will be released next year... and new music is coming on Monday!
Third single 'Too Late Now' is Hottest Record tonight!
'Too Late Now' was released yesterday with 'Oh No', and the album is also available to pre-order now! It's out on April 8th next year.
Tracklisting:
1. Being in Love
2. Chaise Longue
3. Angelica
4. I Don't Wanna Go Out
5. Wet Dream
6. Convincing
7. Loving You
8. Ur Mum
9. Oh No
10. Piece of shit
11. Supermarket
12. Too Late Now
New single 'Angelica' came out yesterday!
Was waiting for the pre album single to come for a bit now!
Hugely surprised it wasn’t a HR!
I hadn't been getting into them as much as I wanted to so far but my colleague sent me 'Angelica', thinking I'd like it, and he was right
I downloaded their cover of Ronan Keating's Life Is A Rollercoaster from iTunes (as I don't use Apple Music), I really like what they did with that.
Really liking Angelica as well, been meaning to look at them in more detail after all the acclaim and I'm quite into what they've got going on, very quirky and fresh.
‘Chaise Long’ is a ROTW on R1 currently so may be the pre album single choice and not ‘Angelica’!
Whilst Radio 1 are pursuing the re-release of Chaise Longue, 6 Music have added Angelica to their playlist today
'Ur Mum' is out tomorrow ahead of the album next week!
Kinda had the album release as the end of the month so pleasantly surprised to be able to listen to this on Friday!
The guardian *** review with the tagline "absurdist delights and damp squibs" pretty much sums up my feelings for them. Chaise Longue and Too Late Now are both incredible but everything else is just ok and I find myself only listening a few times before not going back to them again. I'll probably give the album a listen at some point but it's not something I'm bothered about hearing. They're going to be absolutely massive but I have to say I don't quite get it
Then again I don't get why any indie band who've got "big" in the last 5+ years have done so really, Fender, Catfish, Sea Girls etc. all sound bang average to me.
If the Guardian give it an average review I am all up for enjoying it more now 😍
I've enjoyed 'Too Late Now' and especially 'Angelica' more than their earlier singles, I thought they were at risk of being a one-trick pony but these songs have been a bit more interesting to me.
The “I've been practicing my longest and loudest scream” line does sound like it’s begging to be used on TikTok...
(Love the song though!)
Brilliant album! Pitchfork gave 7.2
And it’s a well deserved #1 album, and Chaise Longue is new at #74! They’re also #1 in Australia.
I still can’t believe a band from the IOW are so massive!
I'm so incredibly happy for them. They're fresh, they're different, they're utterly bonkers and it's nice to have an injection of fun being embraced in the mainstream. 💖
Whilst the album had hit #1, they've also gained their first official charts entry with Chaise Longue landing at #74 this week
At last!
It debuted at #14 in the US, I didn’t think they’d be anywhere near that number!
'Being In Love' and 'Piece Of Shit' are the clear standouts of the album tracks for me (the latter hitting me with the guitar catnip so I am obligated to stan), I also really like 'Ur Mum'. It's all a bit of a mixed bag on the whole though, a couple of the singles were relative duds for me and a couple of the album tracks are a bit on the boring side which doesn't feel like it should be an issue for them but it somehow is. Still, I really liked about half of the album and I'm still mostly just relieved that it wasn't 12 carbon copies of 'Chaise Longue', interested to see how they progress from this as I think they have the potential to make a much better album than this one.
i heard 'chaise lounge' on the radio the other day... fantastic song.
they remind me of this Australian band.
It would appear that 'Being In Love' is the next single as it makes its way on to 6 Music's A List this week
Fab choice!
Yeh the best song on the album not yet released!
However, Wet Dream has been playlisted by Radio X and receiving spot plays on Radio 1 so maybe they're going with that (again)
Doesn’t surprise me, I’ve been seeing bits of Harry Styles’ cover from the Live Lounge on TikTok frequently.
Yeh what’s the point in another rerelease!
TikTok!
Seems they are going with Wet Dream then. A similar situation happened with Chaise Longue and Angelica where the latter was added to 6 Music's playlist over the actual track being pushed.
I saw them at the Isle of Wight Festival yesterday. It was a great set and they had an absolutely massive crowd!
'Wet Dream' has now become their second Top 100 single as it enters today at #84. It was also added to HHUK today, so hopefully it can make its way up the chart!
Soulwax Remix of Too Late Now is available
With 'Wet Dream' climbing this week they now have two singles peak at #74!
They’ve released a cover of Ashnikko’s ‘Daisy’ this week alongside a new version of ‘Convincing’ for Spotify Singles this week!
Ur Mum is the next single
Them to promote a single that wasn't already a single challenge.
(What was the tease of them allegedly pushing 'Being In Love' only to still not push it even after 'Wet Dream' died down... :'))
Also if they really must rehash promoting all of the pre-album singles why did they skip over the 2 best ones... (not you 'Oh No')
It looks like ‘Angelica’ is the next single as today it’s been added to both the Radio 1 and Apple’s Today’s Top Hits playlists. I wonder if they’ll perform it at the Brits?
Another rerelease!
Radio X adding it this week too. These re-releases of the singles are genuinely clicking with me this time round. Since Chaise Longue went on the R1 playlist last year I've genuinely enjoyed each re-release since and Angelica is up there as one of the best from the album.
It looks like ‘Being In Love’ is the next single, Radio 1 have added it to their playlist today!
Rhian has a feature on the new single 'Dig' by Orlando Weeks (former frontman of The Maccabees):
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