Wet Leg are an Englishindie rock band from theIsle of Wight, founded in 2019 byRhian Teasdale (vocals, guitar) and Hester Chambers (guitar). The band also includes Josh Mobaraki (guitar, keyboards), Ellis Durand (bass) and Henry Holmes (drums).
The band's second studio album,Moisturizer (2025), was written and recorded as a five-piece, with former touring members Mobaraki, Durand and Holmes all becoming core members of the band. Released to critical acclaim, the album debuted at number one on theUK Albums Chart.
Merseyside-born Teasdale moved fromFormby to the Isle of Wight when she was eight.[4] She performed for many years on the Isle of Wight as a musician and pianist,[5] and prior to forming Wet Leg was known as RHAIN and was linked to the music scene in Bristol.[6] As RHAIN, Teasdale performed her song "Humdrum Drivel" in 2013.[7] In 2014, she was photographed byCosmopolitan magazine while attending the Isle of Wight music festival.[8]
Teasdale and Chambers first met at Platform One College of Music on the Isle of Wight while studying.[9] After ten years of friendship, they formed a band in 2019 under the name Wet Leg,[10] and later signed withDomino Recording Company.[11][12] Several different explanations have been given for how the band got their name: in a December 2021 interview, they said that they chose the name by picking differentemoji combinations;[13] in an April 2022 YouTube interview, the band said it came from an Isle of Wightslang to describe non-locals on the island - those who had crossed theSolent were said to have a "wet leg" from getting off the boat.[14] Former drummer Doug Richards, in a July 2023 interview, alleged that the name stemmed from a list of "stupid band names" that was added to "any time you’d think of a funny combination of words". He further alleged that the original "stupid band name" was Wet Book, but was misheard as Wet Leg.[15]
The band's debut single, "Chaise Longue", was released on 15 June 2021,[16] and gained media notice for earning millions of streams and video views.[17] Their second single, "Wet Dream", was released on 28 September 2021.Variety noted, "It's rare that a new group releases two songs and they're both great". They appeared onLater... with Jools Holland on BBC2, on 30 October 2021.[18] On 29 November 2021, they announced theirdebut self-titled album, released on 8 April 2022 via Domino. The same day, Wet Leg released the double-single "Too Late Now" / "Oh No".[19]
In 2022, they toured the UK playing songs from their first album. It was then announced that they would tour Australia and New Zealand as the support band forHarry Styles's Oceanic leg ofLove On Tour in 2023.[20] Wet Leg appeared onLater... with Jools Holland in November 2021 and returned for the first part of his next series in May 2022.[21]
In an interview with Andrew Ford of ABC in Australia in July 2022, Wet Leg clarified that a comment about a completed second album in a previous interview[22] was "a big joke". "We haven't got a second album; we haven't had any time to write".[23]
In March 2025, Wet Leg posted a new photo on their Instagram account with the caption "We’re so back", indicating that the band was set to return with new music.[29] Later that month, the band played a secret show under the nameUma Thurman at the Green Door Store inBrighton, during which they performed seven unreleased songs.[30] The band's single, "Catch These Fists", was released on 1 April 2025, coinciding with the announcement of their second albumMoisturizer, released on 11 July.[31] The band were referred to in the album's press materials as "the Isle of Wight five-piece", indicating that long-serving touring musicians Henry Holmes, Josh Mobaraki and Ellis Durand had been formally inducted into the band as official members after four years together.[32] Alongside the release of "Catch These Fists" they announced a UK tour and a North America tour on their Instagram.
In December 2025, their song "Mangetout" was featured in the opening of episode two of the television showHeated Rivalry. Streaming of the song increased by 61% in the days after the episode's release.[33]
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