Wet Leg
British indie rock band From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Wet Leg are a British indie rock group from the Isle of Wight, founded in 2019 by Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers. They debuted with the single "Chaise Longue" in 2021. Their self-titled debut album debuted in 2022 at number one on the UK Albums Chart and Australia's ARIA Albums Chart. The album was shortlisted for the 2022 Mercury Prize. At the 65th Annual Grammy Awards, Wet Leg won Best Alternative Music Album for their debut and Best Alternative Music Performance for "Chaise Longue", and were nominated for Best New Artist.[1][2] They also won Best New Artist and Best British Group at the 2023 Brit Awards.
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.jpg) Wet Leg performing in 2022 | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Isle of Wight, England |
| Genres | |
| Years active | 2019–present |
| Labels | Domino |
| Members | Rhian Teasdale Hester Chambers Henry Holmes Josh Mobaraki Ellis Durand |
| Past members | Doug Richards |
| Website | wetlegband |
Wet Leg have cited various bands and artists as influences, including Bombay Bicycle Club, PJ Harvey, the White Stripes, the Strokes, and Kings of Leon.[3]
History
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Early lives
Merseyside-born Teasdale moved from Formby to the Isle of Wight when she was eight.[4] She performed for many years on the Isle of Wight as a local musician and pianist,[5] and prior to forming Wet Leg, was known as RHAIN and was linked to the music scene in Bristol.[6] As RHAIN, Teasdale performed her song "Humdrum Drivel" in 2013.[7] In 2014 she was photographed by Cosmopolitan magazine while attending the Isle of Wight music festival.[8]
2019–2022: Band beginnings and Wet Leg
Teasdale and Chambers first met at Platform One College of Music on the Isle of Wight while studying.[9] After ten years of friendship, they formed a band in 2019 under the name Wet Leg,[10] and later signed with Domino Recording Company.[11][12] Several different explanations have been given for how the band got their name: in a December 2021 interview, they said chose the name by picking different emoji combinations;[13] in an April 2022 YouTube interview, the band said it came from an Isle of Wight slang to describe non-locals on the island - those who had crossed the Solent were said to have a "wet leg" from getting off the boat.[14] Former drummer Doug Richards, in a July 2023 interview, alleged that the name stemmed from a list of "stupid band names" that was added to "anytime you’d think of a funny combination of words". He further alleged that the original "stupid band name" was Wet Book, but was misheard as Wet Leg.[15]
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The band's debut single, "Chaise Longue", was released on 15 June 2021,[16] and gained media notice for earning millions of streams and video views.[17] Their second single, "Wet Dream", was released on 28 September 2021. Variety noted, "It's rare that a new group releases two songs and they're both great". They appeared on Later... with Jools Holland on BBC2, on 30 October 2021.[18] On 29 November 2021, they announced their debut self-titled album, released on 8 April 2022 via Domino. The same day, Wet Leg released the double-single "Too Late Now" / "Oh No".[19]
In 2022, they toured the UK playing songs from their first album. It was then announced that they would tour Australia and New Zealand as the support band for Harry Styles's Oceanic leg of Love On Tour in 2023.[20] Wet Leg appeared on Later... with Jools Holland in November 2021 and returned for the first part of his next series in May 2022.[21]
2022–present: World tour conclusion and Moisturizer
In an interview with Andrew Ford of ABC in Australia in July 2022, Wet Leg clarified that a comment about a completed second album in a previous interview[22] was "a big joke". "We haven't got a second album; we haven't had any time to write".[23]
Wet Leg received three nominations at the 65th Annual Grammy Awards, including Best New Artist, Best Alternative Music Performance ("Chaise Longue") and Best Alternative Music Album.[1] Of these, they won the Grammys for Best Alternative Music Performance and Best Alternative Music Album.[24] Wet Leg won Best New Artist and Group of the Year at the Brit Awards 2023 where they performed "Chaise Longue" with the prog Morris dance troup, Boss Morris, and their Morris beasts.[25]
Wet Leg performed at Coachella in April 2023,[26] where they were joined on-stage by Dave Grohl during their performance of "Ur Mum".[27]
On 6 July 2023, Wet Leg remixed Depeche Mode's track "Wagging Tongue", the second single from their Memento Mori album.[28]
In March 2025, Wet Leg posted a new photo on their Instagram account with the caption "We’re so back", indicating they the band was set to return with new music.[29] Later that month, the band played a secret show under the name Uma Thurman at the Green Door Store in Brighton, during which they performed seven unreleased songs.[30] The band's new single, "Catch These Fists", was released on 1 April 2025, coinciding with the announcement of their second album Moisturizer, out on 11 July.[31] The band were referred to in the album's press materials as "the Isle of Wight five-piece" - indicating that long-serving touring musicians Henry Holmes, Josh Mobaraki and Ellis Durand had been formally inducted into the band as official members after four years together.[32]
Members
Current members
- Rhian Teasdale – lead vocals, rhythm guitar (2019–present)
- Hester Chambers – lead guitar, backing and occasional lead vocals (2019–present)
- Henry Holmes – drums, percussion, backing vocals (2025–present; touring musician 2020–2025)[33]
- Josh Mobaraki – rhythm guitar, synthesizer, backing vocals (2025–present; touring musician 2020–2025)[33]
- Ellis Durand – bass, backing vocals (2025–present; touring musician 2021–2025)[33]
Former members
- Doug Richards – drums, percussion (2019–2020)[34]
Former touring musicians
- Michael Champion – bass (2019–2021)[35]
Discography
| Wet Leg discography | |
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| Studio albums | 1 |
| EPs | 1 |
| Singles | 7 |
| Music videos | 6 |
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [36] |
AUS [37] |
GER [38] |
IRE [39] |
JPN [40] |
NLD [41] |
NZ [42] |
SWE [43] |
SWI [44] |
US [45] | |||
| Wet Leg | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 64 | 10 | 4 | 59 | 11 | 14 | ||
| Moisturizer |
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TBA | TBA | |||||||||
Extended plays
| Title | Details |
|---|---|
| Apple Music Home Session: Wet Leg |
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Singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [36] |
UK Indie [48] |
JPN Over. [49] |
US AAA [50] |
US Alt [51] |
US Rock Air. [52] | ||||
| "Chaise Longue" | 2021 | 74 | 13 | — | 18 | 15 | 21 |
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| "Wet Dream" | 74 | 7 | 19 | — | 25 | 36 |
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| "Too Late Now" | — | — | — | 35 | — | — | |||
| "Oh No"[53] | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Angelica"[54] | 2022 | — | 38 | — | — | 22 | 41 | ||
| "Ur Mum" | — | 46 | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Catch These Fists"[31] | 2025 | 99 | 39 | 16 | 20 | 19 | 24 | Moisturizer | |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||
Music videos
Accolades
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External links
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