Wet Leg – “Angelica.”

Another glorious track from Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers AKA  Wet Leg arrives in the form of “Angelica.” It’s a track that has a distinct Elastica meets The Breeders vibe with a hint of The Au Pairs’ strident angular dissonance. Furthermore, it doesn’t really sound like any of their previous releases and yet still retains that baked-in intrinsic sense of “Wet Leg” uniqueness.  

Recorded in Chambers’ living room, by bandmate Joshua Mobaraki, it’s a track that details the good times and the regrets. Teasdale’s lyrics go from the mundane observational absurdity of “She brought lasagne to the party”, to the sardonic “I don’t wanna listen to your band” to social angst “I look at my feet then I look for the door.”  The track takes its title from the name of one of Teasdale’s long-standing friends and she says of the song,
“It’s laced with disenchantment. Even though the chorus is ‘good times, all the time’. That’s just impossible, isn’t it?”

It’s from the band’s forthcoming self-titled album and once again shows there’s more to them than a track about a French “long chair.”

They are off to the US to play several sold-out dates before returning to the UK, where they will again hit the road where hearts will be won and minds will be blown.

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Wet Leg is available to pre-order on exclusive clear vinyl (with a 7” of two non-album tracks) via the band’s webstore, standard vinyl, cassette, CD and digitally. A variety of merch (T-shirt, print) is available as a pre-order bundle too. Pre-order: Wet Leg Store | Digital
  

Upcoming live dates
3rd April – BBC 6 Music Festival, Cardiff
Thursday 7th April – Banquet @ PRYZM, Kingston (early & late) – Tickets for early show
Friday 8th April – Rough Trade East, London (matinee & evening)
Saturday 9th April – Resident, Brighton 
Sunday 10th April – Rough Trade, Bristol 
Monday 11th April – Rough Trade, Nottingham 
Tuesday 12th April – HMV, Birmingham
13th April – Bear Tree Records out-store at The Foundry, Sheffield Tickets
16th April – Newcastle University, Newcastle 
17th April – The Mash House, Edinburgh 
19th April – Brudenell Social Club, Leeds 
20th April – Gorilla, Manchester 
21st April – Trinity Centre, Bristol
23rd April – o2 Institute, Birmingham 
24th April – Norwich Arts Centre, Norwich
26th April – Electric Ballroom, London
27th April – The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth
28th May – Neighbourhood Weekender @ Victoria Park, Warrington
16th June – Isle of Wight Festival, Newport
23rd June – The Louisiana, Bristol – Independent Venue Week
9th July – TRNSMT @ Glasgow Green, Glasgow

                               
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