Wet Leg Release New Single 'Ur Mum'

On Friday, the Isle of Wight's Wet Leg will release their eagerly anticipated self-titled debut album. Since unleashing their first single in June last year, things have moved at lightning speed for Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers - from selling out all their live shows in minutes, performing on US TV three times, being crowned number 2 in BBC's Sound of 2022 to racking up 40M global streams and 9M YouTube views as well as been touted, most recently, by Dave Grohl, Lorde and Jack White. Before all twelve tracks from Wet Leg are revealed, today the duo share new song "Ur Mum."

"Ur Mum" opens with a spectacular insult lobbed in the direction of an ex-boyfriend: "When I think about what you've become, I feel sorry for your mum" but the song also nods to outgrowing the slow pace of life and small town energy of the island: "When the lights go down on this fing town, I know it's time to go" and results in Rhian letting out her "longest and loudest scream" for 11.02 seconds. Teasdale says of the song: "I was pretty angry at the way things had gone in this particular dynamic. It's just a diss song I wrote to make myself feel better. It worked."

The video is directed by Lava La Rue who says: "The Ur Mum video was all about bringing the viewer into the Wet Leg world - sprinkling details throughout the visual that not only reference at least 4 songs off the album but also plenty of inside jokes within the band too. Artistically it shows where the aesthetic of American indie films like Napoleon Dynamite fit perfectly in the scape of rural British settings - this concept first came to me when the band took me to IOW for the first time - I saw the connection and it all clicked into place."

The band have just completed an extensive round of touring in North America including roadblock SXSW showcases, an Academy Awards pre party for YSL, performing on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and The Late Late Show with James Corden.

Wet Leg is available to pre-order on exclusive clear vinyl (with a 7" of two non-album tracks) via the band's webstore, standard vinyl, cassette, CD and digitally. A variety of merch (T-shirt, print) is available as a pre-order bundle too.

Watch the music video for the new single here:

Tour Dates

Thursday April 7th - Banquet @ PRYZM, Kingston (early & late) - sold out

Friday April 8th - Rough Trade East, London (matinee & evening) - sold out

Saturday April 9th - Resident, Brighton - sold out

Sunday April 10th - Rough Trade, Bristol - sold out

Monday April 11th - Rough Trade, Nottingham - sold out

Tuesday April 12th - HMV, Birmingham - sold out

Wednesday April 13th - Bear Tree Records out-store at The Foundry, Sheffield - sold out

April 16th - Newcastle University, Newcastle - sold out

April 17th - The Mash House, Edinburgh - sold out

April 19th - Brudenell Social Club, Leeds - sold out

April 20th - Gorilla, Manchester - sold out

April 21st - Trinity Centre, Bristol - sold out

April 23rd - o2 Institute, Birmingham - sold out

April 24th - Norwich Arts Centre, Norwich - sold out

April 26th - Electric Ballroom, London - sold out

April 27th - The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - sold out

May 14th - Point Ephemere, Paris - sold out

May 15th - Le Nuits Botanique @ Botanique Rotonde, Brussels

May 16th - Jaki, Cologne

May 19th - Doornroosje, Nijmegen

May 20th - Rotown, Rotterdam - sold out

May 21st - London Calling @ Paradiso, Amsterdam

May 23rd - Milla, Munich

May 24th - Milla, Munich - sold out

May 25th - Berghain/Kantine, Berlin - sold out

May 28th - Neighbourhood Weekender @ Victoria Park, Warrington

June 16th - Isle of Wight Festival, Newport

June 23rd - The Louisiana, Bristol - Independent Venue Week - sold out

July 9th - TRNSMT @ Glasgow Green, Glasgow

August 25th - Rickshaw Theatre, Vancouver - sold out

October 23rd - Strom, Munich

October 25th - Magazzini Generali, Milan

October 26th - Mascotte, Zurich

October 29th - Mojo Club, Hamburg

November 4th - Trix, Antwerp

November 5th - Vera, Groningen

November 6th - Astra Kulturehaus, Berlin

November 7th - Kantine, Cologne

November 9th - Elysee Montmartre, Paris

November 10th - Rockhal Club, Esch-sur-alzette

November 11th - Paradiso Noord, Amsterdam

November 13th - UEA, Norwich - sold out

November 14th - O2 Academy Bristol, Bristol - sold out

November 15th - O2 Academy Liverpool, Liverpool - sold out

November 17th - SWG3, Glasgow - sold out

November 18th - Leeds Beckett Students Union, Leeds - sold out

November 19th - O2 Ritz, Manchester - sold out

November 21st - O2 Institute, Birmingham

November 23rd - O2 Forum Kentish Town, London - sold out

November 24th - O2 Forum Kentish Town, London - sold out

November 25th - Rock City, Nottingham - sold out

November 27th - Limelight, Belfast

November 28th - Academy, Dublin