WET LEG a girl band from the Isle of Wight on Domino Records

I see we've reached the ILX Swiftie stage of typing out crushingly banal lyrics and calling them profound

lol, you're 2 much

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— shirts that go hard (@shirtsthtgohard) July 15, 2022

now do a wet leg version!!!!

yeah idg what makes those lyrics anything special

They're pop lyrics that express a universal/relatable feeling in an artfully simple way (as good pop lyrics can do). If they don't do that for you, no harm done.

(it also helps to, you know, hear them in the context of the song)

Because I'm bored/procrastinating, I'll expand (even tho it feels like explaining why a joke is funny, or something):

Don't call me up, you fucked it up is the kind of lyric that seems obvious once you hear it, but there are a thousand clumsier / less artful ways it could have been expressed... two phrases, each four single-syllable words, stuck together by the final "up"; used figuratively (in a different way) each time. If you were writing a song in which you tell an ex not to call you anymore, and it's their fault you're on bad terms, would you have thought of Don't call me up, you fucked it up?

I'm not your friend, I'm not your pal mocks the ex's attempt at staying in touch; it's a pointedly condescendingly way of throwing the phone calls back in their face. "I'm not your pal" says, in three simple words (and with an implied sneer), "how dare you pretend everything's cool, and that I'd still want to talk / hang out with you, after what you've done?"

And the first lyric captures the double-edged ambiguity of how she wasn't as into the relationship as the other person; but now she's trying to cut off her emotions and just hate them (after their cheating / breakup / whatever), and finding that she can't fully do that.

(and, again, it does that in two simple lines, with perfect economy)

I dunno, I prefer that song they do about taking a lasagna and a raygun to a party. Much more relatable imo.

See? Something for everyone

(…even whoever “You're so woke, Diet Coke” is for)

when they sing 'McDonalds! McDonalds!', this signifies that they would also like to eat food from McDonalds in addition to Kentucky Fried Chicken and Pizza Hut

and with such economy too

You guys.

Their hype has died down pretty fast since the album came out, no?

do you mean "Do people talk about them?" Yes.

I actually think those seem better than the Wet Leg lyrics I have heard so far tbh.

I play the album more than I expected I would, it’s pretty solid beneath the obvious hooks.

i put “inbetweener” by sleeper on a recent playlist and always mistake it for wet leg until the chorus hits

This album is good, “Angelica” is a candidate for song of the year

On the flip side “Oh No” is a candidate for worst song of the year but it doesn’t ruin the album somehow

^^ Agree with both posts. I think 'Oh No' works within the context of the album but I'd never want to hear it on its own. I'd probably skip it if I had the CD but it's too much hassle on vinyl.

Yeah, I still think the pre-release singles (including “Chaise Lounge”) are the weakest tracks, but I’ve grown to like them well enough in the context on the album. Even “Oh No!”

I can’t think of another situation where I disliked all the singles, heard the album, and was like — “Wait a minute…”

(Although apparently “Too Late Now” was the 3rd single? I must have overlooked it, that one’s great)

Have you heard the Soulwax remix of Too Late Now?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMvCsiP6EkY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_dza9y6cg0

Really doesn't work without the bratty way the Chats dude says "smoko"

I can’t think of another situation where I disliked all the singles, heard the album, and was like — “Wait a minute…”

This is exactly what happened to me with Nine Inch Nails' Hesitation Marks. Hated every advance track, but loved them in the context of the album.

(Wet Leg sucks. I'm glad that Bandcamp Daily writer pasted them one.)

Nine Inch Nails sucks

Three Inch Nail IIRC

I wanted to like this but 40 minutes is very long

https://www.arte.tv/en/videos/109046-008-A/wet-leg/

For a set?

They sold out their upcoming Atlanta show in a matter of minutes.

going to see 'em in San Antonio because I want to get in on the ground floor

Extra sleaze works for them

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLrnkwRTaQQ

“Angelica” sounds great on Radio 1 at 8:22 in the morning

There’s something of the Stereolab in them imo

My wife has the CD in her car and it's certainly grown on me. I've been racking my branes and it dawned on me the other day: the band they remind me of more than anything is the Young Knives.