WET LEG release new song “UR MUM”, taken from their eponymously-titled debut album (out this Friday) + perform on ‘The Late Late Show With James Corden’ during sold-out US tour

Wet Leg release new song “Ur Mum”.

Eponymously-titled debut album out this Friday (8th April)

November UK & Irish tour includes two sold-out dates at London’sO2 Forum

Confirmed for BBC Radio 1 Big Weekender + their prestigious BBC Brit List

Perform on The Late Late Show with James Corden + The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon

Wet Leg – ‘Wet Leg’ album packshot © Domino Records 2022

“The right amount of silly and strange, off-beam and familiar” Mojo 4*

 “This album is an unashamedly goofy celebration of fun, sex and romance, but also a bittersweet commentary on the price of pleasure, the cruel downside of love and the trials of being twentysomething women in 21st-century Britain” Uncut 8/10

 “They’re one of those new bands whose sound and aesthetic seem to have arrived fully formed, promising exciting if totally unpredictable things to come” The New York Times

 “Riotously smart debut” Record Collector 4*

 “A breath of fresh air” The Independent

 “2022 is going to be their year” Clash

 “Immensely charming” Stereogum

 “One of 2022’s most anticipated debuts” Metro

 “Dizzyingly perfect” NME

 “The most exciting new band on the planet have made the most exciting new album on the planet” Dork

 This Friday, the Isle of Wight’s Wet Leg will release their eagerly anticipated self-titled debut album. Since unleashing their first single in June last year, things have moved at lightning speed for Rhian Teasdale & Hester Chambers – from selling out all their live shows in minutes, performing on US TV three times, being crowned No.2 in BBC’s Sound of 2022 to racking up 40million global streams and 9million YouTube views as well as been touted, most recently, by Dave Grohl, Lorde and Jack White. Before all twelve tracks from ‘Wet Leg’ are revealed, today the duo share new song “Ur Mum”. 

 “Ur Mum” opens with a spectacular insult lobbed in the direction of an ex-boyfriend: “When I think about what you’ve become, I feel sorry for your mum” but the song also nods to outgrowing the slow pace of life and smalltown energy of the Island: “When the lights go down on this f*cking town, I know it’s time to go” and results in Rhian letting out her “longest and loudest scream” for 11.02 seconds. Teasdale says of the song: “I was pretty angry at way things had gone in this particular dynamic. It’s just a diss song I wrote to make myself feel better. It worked.”

The video was directed by Lava La Rue who says: “The “Ur Mum” video was all about bringing the viewer into the Wet Leg world – sprinkling details throughout the visual that not only reference at least four songs off the album, but also plenty of inside jokes within the band too. Artistically it shows where the aesthetic of American indie films like ‘Napoleon Dynamite’ fit perfectly in the scape of rural British settings – this concept first came to me when the band took me to the Isle Of Wight for the first time – I saw the connection and it all clicked into place.”

 The band have just completed an extensive round of touring in North America including roadblock SXSW showcases, playing the Academy Awards pre-party for YSL, as well as performing on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and The Late Late Show with James Corden.

 They’ve also confirmed their UK & Irish touring plans for November 2022, including two dates at London’s O2 Forum which, as with almost all these new autumn 2022 UK & Irish shows, are already sold-out. Fresh from their appearance at the BBC 6 Music Festival this weekend, they’ve been announced for BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekender in May and are also as the only addition to BBC Radio 1’s Brit List. 

  Listen to Wet Leg’s previous singles: “Chaise Longue”, “Wet Dream”, “Too Late Now”, “Oh No” and “Angelica”

 Debut album ‘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

“Ur Mum” artwork © Domino Records 2022

 Upcoming live dates (2022)

7th April                  Kingston-upon-Thames – Banquet @ PRYZM (early & late shows) SOLD OUT

8th April                  London – Rough Trade East (matinee & evening shows)SOLD OUT

9th April                  Brighton – Resident out-store at Chalk SOLD OUT

10th April               Bristol – Rough Trade SOLD OUT

11th April               Nottingham – Rough Trade SOLD OUT

12th April               Birmingham – HMV Vault SOLD OUT

13th April               Sheffield – Bear Tree Records out-store at The FoundrySOLD OUT

16th April               Newcastle University SOLD OUT

17th April               Edinburgh – The Mash House SOLD OUT

19th April               Leeds Brudenell Social Club SOLD OUT

20th April               Manchester Gorilla SOLD OUT

21st April           Bristol Trinity Centre SOLD OUT

23rd April               Birmingham 02 Institute SOLD OUT

24th April               Norwich Arts Centre SOLD OUT

26th April               London – Electric Ballroom (upgraded venue) SOLD OUT

27th April               Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms SOLD OUT

14th May                Paris Point Ephemere SOLD OUT

15th May                Brussels – Le Nuits Botanique @ Botanique Rotonde

16th May                Cologne Jaki

19th May                Nijmegen Doornroosje

20th May                Rotterdam Rotown SOLD OUT

21st May                Amsterdam – London Calling @ Paradiso

23rd May                Munich Milla

24th May                Munich Milla SOLD OUT

25th May                Berlin – Berghain/Kantine SOLD OUT

28th May                Warrington Neighbourhood Weekender @ Victoria Park

16th June               Newport – Isle of Wight Festival

23rd June              Bristol Louisiana (Independent Venue Week) SOLD OUT

9th July                  Glasgow Green – TRNSMT

25th August          Vancouver Rickshaw Theatre SOLD OUT

23rd October         Munich Strom

25th October         Milan Magazzini Generali

26th October         Zurich Mascotte

29th October         Hamburg Mojo Club

4th November       Antwerp Trix

5th November       Groningen Vera

6th November       Berlin Astra Kulturehaus

7th November       Cologne Kantine

9th November       Paris Elysee Montmartre

10th November    Esch-sur-alzette – Rockhal Club

11th November    Amsterdam Paradiso Noord

13th November    Norwich UEA SOLD OUT

14th November    Bristol O2 Academy SOLD OUT

15th November    Liverpool O2 Academy SOLD OUT

17th November    Glasgow SWG3 SOLD OUT

18th November    Leeds Beckett University Students Union SOLD OUT

19th November    Manchester O2 Ritz SOLD OUT

21st November    Birmingham O2 Institute

23rd November    London O2 Forum Kentish Town SOLD OUT

24th November    London O2 Forum Kentish Town (extra show) SOLD OUT

25th November    Nottingham Rock City SOLD OUT

27th November    Belfast Limelight

28th November    Dublin Academy

 Wet Leg have partnered with PLUS1 on their November 2022 UK & Irish tour so that £1 from every ticket goes to War Child to protect, educate and stand up for the rights of children caught up in war www.warchild.org.uk

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