They don't have an album out yet and really blew up my FB feed in a way I haven't seen since Perfect Pussy was a thing & which is usually a turn-off for me. But their tiny-desk show made me a believer.
Fun. Not for people who don't like music that doesn't take itself super seriously. I dig it and their songs have been very stuck in my head for a while.
Edited title since they're not really "new" anymore
Re: New Band: Wet Leg
3From the X is X for people who would rather be X thread..
Too cutesy for me, and of course I'm suspicious of super-hyped things before a record has even come out.penningtron wrote: Thu Feb 03, 2022 4:14 pm Wet Leg is Dry Cleaning for people who would rather be listening to H&M in store music.
Re: New Band: Wet Leg
5Because KEXP was playing both Wet Leg and Dry Cleaning a ton at the same time I had no idea which was which for quite a while, really until someone did an Xmas version of the Wet Leg song for Jon Solomon's 25-Hour Xmas radio show.
Band: www.bracketsseattle.bandcamp.com
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Old band: www.burnpermits.bandcamp.com
Older band: www.policeteeth.bandcamp.com
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6I live in a cave and have never heard of this band, so I watched the video above.
I have no idea if this is completely off-base, but for whatever reason I was reminded of The Apples in Stereo. In small doses, I don't think I'd mind them at all. Might be fun live. But I don't foresee listening to them very often as I suspect I might get bored and/or annoyed after a while.
Won't vote but I would share FM Penningtron's suspicions of a band (apparently) being overly hyped before anything has been released.
I have no idea if this is completely off-base, but for whatever reason I was reminded of The Apples in Stereo. In small doses, I don't think I'd mind them at all. Might be fun live. But I don't foresee listening to them very often as I suspect I might get bored and/or annoyed after a while.
Won't vote but I would share FM Penningtron's suspicions of a band (apparently) being overly hyped before anything has been released.
jason (he/him/his) from volo (illinois)
Re: New Band: Wet Leg
7Crap. I don't mind fun and funny music. This is band is kinda fun, but not funny.
Re: New Band: Wet Leg
8I saw an IG video that my friend took at a show a few weeks ago. They were awesome. I ordered the record. I prefer them to Dry Cleaning as I have a hard time with the affected monotone vocals. Like, Dry Cleaning is fine but they also sound so derivative. I hear them and I'm like "oh, I've heard this before. It's from 1980". It's not bad, just not my thing. I like Wet Leg in a way that I don't like most new music; it sounds fun in a way that isn't rigidly manufactured. Like there's actually some joy and spontaneity in the music.
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My band https://redstuff.bandcamp.com/
Solo project https://tomwanderer.bandcamp.com/
Re: New Band: Wet Leg
9Rarely done well. Half Man Half Biscuit and Dead Milkmen are the only ones I know of.RyanZ wrote: Thu Mar 24, 2022 10:21 am Crap. I don't mind fun and funny music. This is band is kinda fun, but not funny.
Re: New Band: Wet Leg
10This kinda sounds like The Fall if they were the soundtrack at Crate & Barrel.
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