‘Cause what I really want to know is can you catch these fists’
Wet leg are back with their second album moisturizer, which reached number 1 in the album charts. We catch them at Rock City on 17-11-25
The stage is dimly lit and smoky. Very very smoky. The band enter the stage, but mostly hidden by the smoke. Then we see Rhian Teasdale dressed in white. She walks to the front of the stage, through the smoke to the mic stand and strikes the ‘muscle pose’. The crowd love it and loudly cheer as Rhian gets straight into ‘catch these fists’. A song described by Rhian as a “late-night rebuke to pickup artists”. The stage is still very dark and smoky with insanely bright strobing lights. We see Rhian stalk the stage as she shouts the yeah yeah yeah refrain.
Then it’s straight into ‘wet dream’, with even more strobe lighting and Rhian has a green translucent guitar. It looks amazing. There’s no chit chat, no conversation, but there’s an instant connection between crowd and band.
Hester Chambers, by comparison to Rhian is shy, quietly stood to the side of the stage. The complete opposite of Rhian. At the front of stage, there’s Ellis Durand on bass and Josh Mobaraki on guitar perfectly flanking Teasdale. Completing the lineup is Henry Holmes on drums. Wet Leg started as a duo, but now a five piece, after adding the 3 touring musicians to the band.
Time flies as they play the 19 song set and it’s a wonderful evening. The crowd, I’m glad to see is a mix of ages, proving Wet Legs large appeal.
I can’t finish the review without mentioning Chaise Longue. The bands debut single from 2021. The lyric “Is your muffin buttered?/Would you like us to assign someone to butter your muffin?” is a direct quotation from the 2004 teen comedy Mean Girls. The first notes spark instant recognition, prompting a shared call-and-response to the band’s tribute to the Big D, and the fretboard erupts into a joyful frenzy as the track intensifies.
This was my first time seeing Wet Leg live and have to say how incredible and enjoyable they are as a live band. If you get the chance to see them, don’t pass it up.
Setlist
Catch these fists
Wet Dream – Check out our video here
Oh No – Check out our video here
Supermarket
liquidize
jennifer’s body
Being in Love
pond song
Ur Mum
u and me at home
don’t speak
davina mccall
11:21 – check out our video here
pillow talk
Too Late Now
Angelica
Chaise Longue
CPR
mangetout
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