Wet Leg unveil video for "pokemon" + nominated for 3 Grammys

Wet Leg unveil video for “pokemon” – watch here
Triple-Grammy nominated album moisturizer out now

Photo credit: Alice Backham
 
“moisturizer was fierce and more muscular, equally funny but considerably less whimsical, and with a glut of killer alt-rock anthems” Mojo #10 Albums of the Year
“moisturizer is a blast” The Guardian 4*
“Now expanded to a five-piece, with a richer, gnarlier sound to match, they’ve sidestepped the common fate of oddballs who crash the mainstream: rather than smoothing their edges, they’ve leaned into what made them strange” Crack
“{They] crafted one of the year’s most anticipated indie-rock albums” Billboard
“Marvellous” The Independent 5*
“moisturizer is a bold, confident blast fuelled by the security and invincibility of a deep love” Uncut Album of the Month 8/10
“All the playful swagger and frenetic energy fans have long loved about the band” NPR Music
“On moisturizer, their second consecutive No.1 album, they get weirder, wilder and all loved up”Wonderland
“moisturizer is a victory lap and a bold step forward all at once. It’s the sound of a band revelling in their own weirdness, poking fun, and somehow still writing some of the catchiest songs of the year” Dork 5*
“Wet Leg have stuck to their guns: the silliness, the subversion, the singalong tunes are all here” The Times 4*
“Wet Leg’s return is a knockout” NME 4*
“A perfectly formed classic”The Arts Desk 5*
“An unorthodox, melodramatic love anthem”Stereogum
“moisturizer is a wonderfully crafted piece of work that cements Wet Leg’s staying power” DIY 4*
“catch these fists’ has a precocious punk-like feel to proceedings, adding a jagged edge to the pop of their debut” Clash
“Is there a cooler band on the planet right now than Wet Leg?” NPR Music
“Wet Leg are back with a vengeance” Rolling Stone
“Thrillingly explosive” The Telegraph
“Rhian Teasdale glacially gliding into becoming one of the most imposing frontpeople of her age” Far Out
 
Fresh from their three Grammy nominations last month – for Alternative Performance (“mangetout”), Alternative Album, and Best Album Cover – today, Wet Leg share the new video for “pokemon”.
 
The band’s second album moisturizer is largely an album about being, as the band exclaim on “pond song”, so “DEEP! IN! LOVE!!!!” and it contains love songs of every stripe: stressed-out, gooey-eyed, gratuitously horny, blissed out, obsessive, mysterious. On “pokemon”, Rhian Teasdale takes in nearly all of these emotions across its three and a half minutes running time.
 
The video – directed by Elliott Arndt of Faux Real – who are a frequent tour support for Wet Leg – reveals a story of a person (played by Alice Longyu Gao) in an unusual relationship with a giant egg, a fitting entry into the surreal Wet Leg archive.
 
Watch the video for “pokemon” here

Wet Leg have just finished their UK & Ireland headline tour including a thundering show at London’s Royal Albert Hall. The band head back to the US later this month for a string of further live dates.
 
Stream moisturizer here.
Watch the video for “mangetout” here.
Watch the video for “davina mccall” here.
Watch the video for “CPR” here.
Watch the video for “catch these fists” here.
 
Wet Leg are Rhian Teasdale, Hester Chambers, Ellis Durand (bass), Henry Holmes (drums), and Joshua Mobaraki (guitar, synth).
 
Upcoming live dates - 2025
 
Sun 7th December – Channel 93.3’s Not So Silent Bight @ Mission Ballroom, Denver
Tues 9th December – Twisted @ Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom, Chicago
Thurs 11th December – 94/7FM Presents @ McMenamins Crystal Ballroom, Portland
Sat 13th December – KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas @ Kia Forum, Los Angeles
Mon 15th December – Grammy Museum, Los Angeles
Wed 31st December – Hogmanay @ West Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh
 
Upcoming live dates - 2026
 
Thurs 5th February - Laneway Festival, Auckland
Sat 7th February – Laneway Festival, Gold Coast
Sun 8th February – Laneway Festival, Sydney
Mon 9th February – Roundhouse, Gadigal Land, Sydney
Tues 10th February – Northcote Theatre, Wurundjeri Land, Melbourne
Fri 13th February – Laneway Festival, Melbourne
Sat 14th February – Laneway Festival, Adelaide
Sun 15th February - Laneway Festival, Perth
Wed 18th February – Toyosu Pit, Tokyo
Thurs 19th February – Gorilla Hall, Osaka
Fri 20th February – Diamond Hall, Nagoya
 
Sun 12th April – Coachella @ Indio, California
Sun 19th April – Coachella @ Indio, California
 
Wed 3rd June – Primavera Sound @ Barcelona
Fri 19th June – Isle of Wight Festival, Isle of Wight
Sun 21st June – PinkPop, Landgraaf, NL
Sun 28th June – La Prima Estate, Italy
 
Wed 1st July – Trinity College, Dublin
Wed 8th July – Castlefield Bowl, Manchester
Thurs 9th July – Millenium Square, Leeds
Fri 10th July – Alexandra Palace Park, London
Sat 25th July – Latitude Suffolk
Sun 26th July – Tramlines, Sheffield
 
Wed 12th August – Paredes de Coura Festival, Portugal
 
Tickets
 
moisturizer is available to buy on picture disc vinyl, standard vinyl, cassette, CD and digitally. Buy: Wet Leg’s store | Digital
 
Buy the “CPR” / “davina mccall” 7” here.
 
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