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The British band is more acute and emotional on the album that mixes dancing riffs, confused love texts and a new aesthetic full of attitude

They emerged as two girls in long dresses from farmer, woven hair with cute ribbons and sharp guitars that spoke of failed dates, strange boys and the pleasure of deriding modern relationships from the female perspective. A contemporary version of something that has always been denied us: indie made by women who do not allow the license to laugh, scream, kick or end before you start. In the debut album, the Wet leg It looked like a relief: finally someone who said everything we always thought.

But now the thing has evolved. The bonds were canceled, the peasant skirts were in the past and gave way to a slightly sporty version, Miu Miu Miu Mius and modern looks, pink hair, discolored eyebrow and a more fierce presence on stage than ever. Rhian Teasdale it takes on narrative control with an enhanced, intense and theatrical posture, while Hester’s room – More and more reserved, “elegantly retreat, making room for tour musicians (and now official training) shine like never before. Henry Holmes (drums), Ellis Durand (bass) and Joshua Mobaraki (synthesizers and guitars) help to shape a more cohesive, full and real bandwidth.

moisturizingThe second album, which arrives on Friday (11), not only maintains sticky riffs and acute sarcasm, but adds unexpected emotional layers. The album speaks of love, but in a way that does not sound bread or naive. In “CPR”, Rhian stain “I … I’m in love!” As if it were a rescue request, and maybe it really is, would it be normal to hear it? Do I need help? Already in “Capture these punches”It contrasts the culture of the modern male with a certain irony: it drinks red fruits, no possibility! Something similar happens “Mangout”When he asks: “Do you think it’s nice? Do you want to climb me? Why most wants” and then it’s something in the “donation line, add from here”.

Trace “Talk of the pillow” It is one of the highest points: the voice floats on a distorted instrumental that refers to Sound youthWith more complex agreements and an almost sensual sense of tension. It is a song that always seems to implode, and it is here that your beauty lives. Already “Pokemon” AND “Davina McCall” They bring pop lightness and fun cultural references that still mark the band’s identity. The ballad “11:21 shows a more ethereal and vulnerable side, while “You and I at home” He closes the album with an sweet and sour note, almost nostalgic: what happens after the joke works? The joke of the case was to start this band.

The cover of the album summarizes this new moment well: caricatured, ferocious and somewhat monstrous versions of the two singers, as if they were deriding the meteoric ascension itself. Is it beautiful? Perhaps not in the conventional way. But it is strong, provocative, modern and full of purpose.

moisturizing It exudes trust. It is an elegant step forward, without losing the bitterness of the debut. A record that dances between sarcasm and sincerity, desire and anger, firmly and a lot of attitude.

The second album by Wet leg, moisturizingIt will be available on all platforms on Friday 11 July.

Tracklist:

1. CPR

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3. Capture these punches

4. Davina McCall

5. Jennifer’s body

6. MANGGIOUT

7. Song Pond

8. Pokemon

9. Custini

10. Don’t speak

11. 11:21

12. U and me at home

Source: Terra

Earl

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