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ALBUM REVIEW: Wet Leg – Moisturizer (Domino Recording Company)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

If their Grammy and Brit-winning self-titled debut catapulted Wet Leg<\/strong> into the big time, reaching No 1 in six countries, Moisturizer <\/em>is the album which sees them really come of age.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Three years after the first album, the Isle of Wight indie heroines are back with a record which is bigger and better in every way, even if it doesn’t quite contain a Chaise Longue<\/em>-sized earworm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wet Leg still revolves around the core duo of Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers, but their long-time touring band of Ellis Durand (bass), Henry Holmes (drums), and Joshua Mobaraki (guitar, synth), are now full members, and Moisturizer <\/em>sounds much more cohesive for it.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Wet Leg. Pic by Alice Backham.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

It’s front-loaded with singles, with three of the first four tracks immediately familiar due to an abundance of airplay, and it’s immediately obvious that this is an album of love songs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CPR<\/em>, one of those singles, kicks things off, with Teasdale simpering: “Yeah, I’m in love and you’re to blame\/Put your mouth to mine and give me CPR.” Set to a throbbing bassline, it’s a sure-fire indie club floor-filler.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If CPR <\/em>is the first sign Teasdale’s in love (she’s confirmed she’s in a relationship with a non-binary partner) on Liquidize <\/em>she confesses: “Love struck me down\/The fuck am I doing with you?”<\/p>\n\n\n

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Wet Leg’s core duo of Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers. Pic by Iris Luz.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Lead single Catch These Fists<\/em> is a slice of dance-punk which sees her personal space invaded by a bloke who won’t take no for an answer. Most women will empathise as she sings: “Some guy comes up, says I’m his type\/I just threw up in my mouth\/When he just tried to ask me out\/Yeah, don’t approach me\/I just wanna dance with my friends.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dreamy Davina McCall<\/em> returns to the object of her desire, referencing the Big Brother host as she sings: “I’ll be your Davina\/I’m coming to get you”. Jennifer’s Body<\/em>, meanwhile, sees her still struggling to come to terms she’s fallen head over heels, admitting: “From out of nowhere, I just went and told you.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We return to unwanted male attention on Mangetout<\/em>, where she urges an ex to “get lost forever”, and we’re back to the present on Pond Song<\/em>, where she croons: “I’ve never been so deep in love.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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