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<\/a><\/p>\nIf generating hype was a sport, Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers, the Isle of Wight duo known as Wet Leg, would be World Cup champions. On an unseasonably warm Saturday night at Columbus\u2019 A&R Music Bar, they could have played their certifiable viral hit, \u201cChaise Longue,\u201d for the entire duration of their 45-minute set, and no one would have been opposed. That\u2019s how buzz works these days: pummel your audience with one undeniably catchy, wry single for months, slowly leak out a few more equally acerbic songs from the debut (theirs will finally be released in April), and let the soldout crowds eat from their hands.<\/p>\n
That was certainly the case here. Teasdale and Chambers, backed by a three-piece band, ripped through 14 mostly unknown songs, before arriving at a rousing cathartic finale of that hit. Given that their delivery\u2014a coy sing-speak cadence of self-deprecating and often hilarious lyrics\u2014is vital to the core of their appeal, closed-captioning the words with a bouncing ball with which to follow along would have added value. As it was, \u201cWet Dream,\u201d a chanted, groove-filled anthem, was bolstered by the audience knowing the refrain of \u201cI\u2019ve got Buffalo 66<\/i> on DVD.\u201d Likewise, the line, \u201cYou’re so woke. Diet Coke. I feel gross. Oh no!\u201d from \u201cOh No,\u201d was participatory and communal in its charge.<\/p>\n
Unfamiliarity is a minor gripe of course because Wet Leg provided ample proof that \u201cChaise Longue\u201d isn\u2019t a hype-created fluke. Elsewhere in the set, \u201cRollercoaster\u201d was a wiry post-punk attack on bubblegum pop wherein the girls traded barbs on the mic with ecstatic glee. \u201cObvious\u201d was a slow-motion prom dance number, while \u201cYour Mom\u201d was surely another track where the lyrics complete the joke. It was an infectious dynamic to witness. And to see the germination of buzz in a small, intimate setting\u2013when Wet Leg will no doubt be playing to throngs at festivals soon\u2013was an incomparable thrill.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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