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Wet Leg: Davina's favourite band are coming to get you. And second album, Moisturizer, proves that the Isle of Wight indie rockers are no one-hit wonders, says Adrian Thrills
Formed at music college by Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers, they were clearly talented but also, as that name suggests, a bit silly. Four years on, they are a more serious proposition.
Since Chaise Longue, they’ve topped the UK album charts, won two BRITs and two Grammys, played stadiums with Harry Styles and conquered the world’s festivals, including last weekend’s Glastonbury. The group (who got their name by picking emoji combinations at random) moved to the genteel Suffolk seaside town of Southwold to make the album, writing by day and watching horror films at night. The singer from Washington State, who appeared briefly on American Idol in 2021, chalked up the UK’s second biggest single of 2024 (behind Noah Kahan’s Stick Season) with his bruised ballad Beautiful Things.
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