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    Wet Leg Release New Single, “Ur Mum”

    By Dom VigilApril 4, 2022
    Wet Leg Ur Mum
    Photo: Hollie Fernando

    Wet Leg have released one last single, “Ur Mum” ahead of their self-titled debut album, out this Friday. The track 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 fucking town, I know it’s time to go”. Listen to it now below.

    Of the song, Wet Leg’s  Rhian Teasdale said, “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 said, “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.”

    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.

    Upcoming live 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

    Wet Leg have partnered with PLUS1 on their November UK tour so that £1 from every ticket goes to War Child to protect, educate and stand up for the rights of children caught up in war. www.warchild.org.uk

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