Isle of Wight band, Wet Leg, have released their second single to instant acclaim, seeing their social media accounts being flooded with praise.
Wet Dream is described as, “a two-and-a-half minute slice of exuberance as unforgettable and buoyant as ‘Chaise Longue’ that cements them as one of the most thrilling bands to emerge this year”.
The track had its first radio airplay last night (Tuesday) on BBC Radio One, and after the band shared the link to the accompanying music video, it’s seen over 25,000 views in just 13 hours (see below).
A break-up song
One half of the Wet Leg duo, Rhian Teasdale (pictured left), explains the origins of the song,
“Wet Dream is a break-up song; it came about when one of my exes went through a stage of texting me after we we’d broken-up, telling me that he’d ‘had a dream about me’.”
Once again filmed over in the West Wight, this time the music video features all the band members who perform with Rhian and Hester (Chambers).
Millions of streams
The band signed to Domino Records earlier this year and their debut single, Chaise Longue, has managed to clock up over three million streams and the music video over one million views.
Chaise Longue created a huge buzz and was the track of the summer, attracting attention even from the likes of Iggy Pop, who told The Guardian,
“When I heard Chaise Longue by Wet Leg I got really excited: it’s cheeky, with a wicked groove, but it’s the vocals – they’re almost metronomic. You could ask 100 people to sing it and it wouldn’t sound the same.”
See the band live
After a summer of festival slots, as well as supporting Jungle and Declan McKenna on tour, Wet Leg are now confirmed to play the Pitchfork Music Festival in Paris and Amsterdam’s London Calling, as well as support slots this autumn with Shame, Inhaler and Willie J Healey.
We hear that a full UK tour is on the cards for 2022, with dates being announced very soon.
Forthcoming autumn 2021 live shows are as follows;
- 28th September Sheffield Foundry*
- 29th September Leeds o2 Academy*
- 1st October Newcastle University*
- 2nd October Birmingham o2 Institute*
- 3rd October Bristol o2 Academy*
- 5th October Nottingham Rock City*
- 6th October London o2 Kentish Town Forum*
- 7th October Norwich Waterfront*
- 9th October Liverpool University Mountford Hall*
- 10th October Glasgow Barrowland Ballroom*
- 11th October York Crescent^
- 12th October Manchester o2 Ritz*
- 15th October Oxford Jericho Tavern^
- 16th October Oxford Jericho Tavern^ (matinee)
- 16th October Oxford Jericho Tavern^
- 23rd October Manchester Night & Day (SOLD OUT)
- 24th October Glasgow McChuills (SOLD OUT)
- 26th October London Omeara, London (SOLD OUT)
- 29th October Amsterdam – London Calling
- 9th November Cardiff Tramshed+
- 10th November Birmingham – The Mill+
- 15th November Brighton Chalk+
- 16th November Norwich Waterfront+
- 17th November Sheffield Leadmill+
- 19th November Paris – Pitchfork Music Festival
- 25th November London o2 Academy Brixton~
- 1st December Rennes – Trans Musicales de Rennes
- 28th May 2022 Warrington – Neighbourhood Weekender
* = w/ Inhaler
^ = w/ Willie J Healey
+ = Shame
~ = Sports Team
Wet Leg Online
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Image: © Hollie Fernando
