Clever, Catchy and Confrontational: Wet Leg Are Back With New Single ‘catch these fists’

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Indisputably the most exciting thing to have come from the Isle of Wight, the addictively audacious, Wet Leg, mark their return with their new single, catch these fists.

Boasting the band’s typical tonality with a catchy, combative number, the track makes the perfect teaser to their upcoming album, moisturizer. The song wastes no time galvanising fans for the band’s new music, accumulating everything Wet Leg into a neat pre-release package of a single.

It’s delightfully snarky, blending fiery lyrics with a dance-punk tune, where bass and beats meet striking guitar riffs, in a song that tells the story of ‘dude, don’t come near me’.

Having won three Grammys, and walked away from the BRITs with another two awards, for their debut album, its soon-to-be-released successor has much to live up to; but it seems like the band won’t have a problem.

Giving us a taste of what’s to come, catch these fists promises a prolonged musical tenure of their rise in the industry. The track is a solid emblem of the group’s weird and wonderful wit, teasing an album that may well pave their way into next year’s awards ceremonies.

The single carries forward the shrewd, candid humour that was a staple of their self-titled debut, a contentious tone and punchy hooks that fly off lead singer, Rhian Teasdale’s deadpan, ‘I know all too well just what you’re like / I don’t want your love I just wanna fight.’

The less common artistry of female vocals combined with the post-punk grunge reinforces Wet Leg’s music with a gorgeously moody femininity, which complements both their sardonic quips and emotionally intimate lyricism.

The tone thrives against the jaunty, repetitive hooks in catch these fists, where the song’s snide edge comes from the dry, feminine vocals. Teasdale’s staccato cadence toes a cryptic line between sneer and sarcasm, the instrumentals ultimately lending it to the latter: ‘You should be careful, do you catch my drift? / Cause what I really wanna know is can you catch these fists?’

Maintaining their signature sound and rich stylistic uniqueness, and accompanied by a music video that indulges in their psychedelic vibe, catch these fists, is, for lack of a better descriptor, quintessentially Wet Leg. And – it’s brilliant.

As they have proved before, Wet Leg’s music is made to be performed – they didn’t win a Grammy for Best Alternative Musical Performance for nothing.

The band’s recent live shows, played in snug venues, compared to the stages they’re used to, promoted their upcoming album with nothing short of their usual captivating stage presence. Wet Leg are flawless in commanding attention, and when the five-piece took to a London stage in black wigs to resemble Pulp Fiction’s Mia Wallace, they did exactly that.

Seemingly trading their previous, softer look for a more ‘90s alternative style, the band are carving out a slightly grittier image for themselves – perhaps a gentle nod to what’s to come in moisturizer.

No one else on the scene right now does it quite like Wet Leg. They’ve filled a hole the music industry didn’t know it had, and this appetiser to their new album says the second time around will be equally, if not more, sensational.

catch these fists is out now on all platforms.

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