{"id":39107,"date":"2025-07-09T15:45:50","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T15:45:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/09\/wet-leg-are-stupid-and-contagious-on-moisturizer\/"},"modified":"2025-07-09T15:45:50","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T15:45:50","slug":"wet-leg-are-stupid-and-contagious-on-moisturizer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/09\/wet-leg-are-stupid-and-contagious-on-moisturizer\/","title":{"rendered":"Wet Leg Are Stupid and Contagious on ‘Moisturizer’"},"content":{"rendered":"


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\n\t\u201cWe\u2019re on our way to the club\/Stupid is, stupid does\u201d \u2014 whatever party Wet Leg<\/a> are heading to, it sounds like one worth crashing. The U.K. indie rockers came out of nowhere in 2021 (well, the Isle of Man) to become bona fide international superstars with two devilishly clever singles: \u201cWet Leg\u201d and \u201cChaise Longue.\u201d Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers banged on their guitars and sneered hysterically cheeky one-liners about the moronic menfolk who cross their paths, with the immortal hook, \u201cBaby, do you wanna come home with me?\/I got Buffalo \u201966<\/em> on DVD.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tWet Leg started as just a couple of wiseasses fighting off the post-collegiate ennui by writing a few songs for a laugh \u2014 as they sang, \u201cI went to school and I got the big D!\u201d They even boasted they came up with the idea to start a band while riding a Ferris wheel. Yet their debut album turned out to be a surprise blockbuster, even in the U.S.A., usually the country where cool British bands go to die. Wet Leg even bagged a couple of Grammys \u2014 not bad for a band whose two most famous songs were about vehicular masturbation and snogging groupies in the dressing room. Snappy guitars, casual sarcasm, punk feminist arrogance flipping off the world \u2014 what\u2019s not to love?<\/p>\n

\n\tOn their second album, Moisturizer<\/em>, Wet Leg prove they\u2019ve been partying harder, traveling faster, caring less, and meeting sexier idiots. If you thought they might catch a case of sophomore-slump neurosis, you guessed wrong. They crank up the drum mix, enough to make you suspect they hang out in some pretty sleazy rock clubs these days, for a sound that\u2019s aimed at the floor. \u201cMangetout\u201d is a damn-near perfect dance-punk summer jam, all pulsing rhythm and brazen confidence and raging hormones. Teasdale comes on strong with a pick-up line for our times: \u201cYou think I\u2019m pretty\/You think I\u2019m pretty cool\/You wanna fuck me?\/I know \u2014 most people do.\u201d By the end of the song, they\u2019re are chanting, \u201cGet lost forever!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\n\tMoisturizer<\/em> keeps everything fast and frisky, kicking off with \u201cCPR,\u201d where Teasdale turns lust into a medical emergency, demanding mouth-to-mouth resuscitation with ambulance-siren synth hooks. Since the debut, she\u2019s found herself in a queer relationship for the first time. But as on the debut, every song is funny, chronicling the ups and downs of modern romance. They\u2019ve been stars for a couple of years now, touring with their fan Harry Styles, who did a bang-up version of \u201cWet Dream\u201d on the BBC. Yet they haven\u2019t cleaned up their young, loud, and snotty act. They\u2019re a full-fledged five-piece band, with their longtime live group and producer\/keyboardist Dan Carey. It\u2019s the classic U.K. dance-oriented guitar rush of classic Britpop legends like Elastica<\/a> or Franz Ferdinand<\/a>, with plenty of Blondie<\/a>-worthy attitude.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\u201cCatch These Fists\u201d is about clubbing hard, doing too many drugs, and starting brawls with the losers who try to pick you up when all you want is to dance with your friends. \u201cHe don\u2019t get puss, he get the boot,\u201d Teasdale jeers. \u201cI just threw up in my mouth\/When he just tried to ask me out.\u201d \u201cPillow Talk\u201d is a high-speed New Wave ode to romantic lust. \u201cEvery night I lick my pillow, I wish I was licking you,\u201d Teasdale sings. \u201cEvery night I fuck my pillow, I wish I was fucking you.\u201d Chambers sings lead vocals in a pair of charmers, \u201cDon\u2019t Speak\u201d (not the No Doubt tune) and \u201cPond Song.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe only dud on the album is the token ballad, \u201c11:21\u201d \u2014 slow-motion sensitivity isn\u2019t really Wet Leg\u2019s style. They\u2019re much more at home letting it rip in bangers like \u201cJennifer\u2019s Body,\u201d \u201cLiquidize,\u201d and \u201cDavina McCall.\u201d The emotions on Moisturizer<\/em> range from crushed-out bliss (\u201cI\u2019ll be your Shakira, whenever, wherever\u201d) to break-up rage (\u201cYou are washed-up, irrelevant, and standing in my light\u201d). But wherever Wet Leg go, they make you want to tag along.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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