Wet Leg: Wet Leg review – absurdist delights and damp squibs

Wet Leg’s Rhian Teasdale, left, and Hester Chambers: ‘There has rarely been a better time to be a female artist with a sharp tongue.’ Photograph: Hollie Fernando

Wet Leg are a band whose greatest power comes from unexpected contrasts. Their Mona Lisa smiles offset by steely-eyed glee, Rhian Teasdale (most vocals, guitar) and Hester Chambers (other vocals, guitar) paired wholesome bonnets with lobster claws in the video for 2021’s Wet Dream. Earlier this year, they offset a glam rock strop about smartphone anomie – Oh No – with yeti suits made of mop heads.

Then there’s the name itself. Former folk-leaning musicians, Teasdale and Chambers seem as though butter would not melt in their mouths. But their name hints at a sloppy mishap with a drink or, worse, of bodily fluids oozing where they shouldn’t.