Hester Chambers: Last News

Wet Leg have revealed that they have already completed work on their second studio album.The duo – comprising Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers – released their UK Number One self-titled debut record back in April, and have since taken this year’s festival circuit by storm.During an interview at last weekend’s Isle Of Wight Festival, the band were asked if they’d thought about their next full-length studio effort.“It’s in the bag,” Chambers told Absolute Radio. “Bish bash bosh.” Teasdale added: “[We’ve] completed it.

Thania Garcia Just days after his “One Night Only” performance in New York, Harry Styles took a trip to the BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge to cover fast-rising British indie combo Wet Leg’s second single, “Wet Dream.” Considering that some of his recent covers have been by Britney Spears and Judy Garland (at his “Harryween” concerts in New York last fall, anyway), the song might have seemed a surprising cover, but the group, based around the duo of singer-songwriters Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers, will open for Styles on his tour of Australia and New Zealand early next year.During his visit to the BBC Lounge, Styles gave his own rendition of the song which Wet Leg’s Rhian Teasdale had previously described as “a breakup song; it came about when one of my ex’s went through a stage of texting me after we’d broken up telling me that ‘he had a dream about me’.” Dressed in his usual colorful garbs and ’70s bell bottoms, Styles rattles out the song’s flirty lyrics about “touching yourself” and “licking the windscreen” — making for a performance that really “is enough to make a girl blush.” Watch the full video below.Since its release on Friday, Styles’ third solo album “Harry’s House” and its standout single, “As It Was,” have already topped the charts in multiple countries.

Wet Leg fly in at Number 1 with their self-titled debut album, fronting a spectacular hat-trick of chart success for independent record labels who dominate all top three places on this week’s Official Albums Chart for the first time in more than a decade.

How do you become the biggest indie-rock duo in the UK? For Wet Leg, that meant dropping an insanely viral, word-of-mouth single that seemed to explode out of nowhere and ride the wave.

Wet Leg have played tiny homecoming show on a porch on the Isle of Wight last night (April 13) – watch the moment below.The duo – comprising Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers – posted about the gig on their social media accounts. Nodding to their Isle of Wight accents, they wrote: “Good deeey ol’ wettie, ol’ pal.“Just wanted to let you know that we played some songs from our shmalbum on a porch on the Isle of Wight.”Good deeey ol’ wettie, ol’ pal.

Wet Leg lead the race for this week’s Number 1 album, currently outselling their closest competition almost 4:1. 

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorIt is perhaps a telling sign of this strange era that one of the breakout music acts of the past 12 months was formed for a laugh by a pair of friends — singer-guitarists Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers — who had for years been trying to perform more “serious” music, mostly unsuccessfully. (Oddest of all, they didn’t even break through via TikTok.)But within weeks of sending around a private link containing four songs with their now-trademark new wave bounce and hilariously deadpan vocals, the deliberately ridiculously named Wet Leg had top management and a record deal.

Wet Leg have shared a brand new track called ‘Ur Mum’, which hears the Isle Of Wight duo take shots at an ex-boyfriend.The duo – Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers – will release their eagerly anticipated self-titled debut album on Friday (April 8), which they’ve previewed over the last year with the tracks ‘Chaise Longue’, ‘Wet Dream’, ‘Too Late Now’, ‘Oh No’ and ‘Angelica’.On ‘Ur Mum’, Wet Leg throw insults in the direction of an ex-boyfriend. “When I think about what you’ve become, I feel sorry for your mum,” Teasdale’s sings on the opening lines of the track.

Wet Leg recently stopped by James Corden’s Late Late Show and gave a buzzy performance of their track, ‘Too Late Now’. Watch a clip from the show below.The band is preparing to release their highly anticipated debut album next week, and recently played ‘Chaise Longue’ on Late Night With Seth Meyers and The Tonight Show, before heading to Corden last night (March 31).Following an introduction, where Corden called the duo “phenomenal”, Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers launched into the slowly building track, amid howls from the crowd.After the first verse, the tempo switches as Teasdale, rapidly chants, “Now everything is going wrong / I think I changed my mind again” before the beat drops and the song launches on.The performance also saw Teasdale and Chambers spinning around playfully to the sounds of their guitars.Speaking to NME in a recent Big Read, Teasdale described how she uses humour in her lyrics.“I always try to dilute serious things with humour, I think,” Teasdale said.

Wet Leg have today (March 7) unveiled details of a winter UK and Ireland tour – check out the dates below.The Isle of Wight duo, made up of Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers, will kick off their series of live dates in Norwich before travelling to Bristol, Liverpool, Glasgow, Leeds, Manchester, Birmingham, London, Nottingham and Belfast. The tour will come to a close in Dublin.The presale for the tickets begins at 9am on March 9; the general sale begins at 9am on March 11.

Wet Leg, the Isle of Wight-based duo of Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers, are inching closer to the release of their buzzed-about, self-titled debut LP. With the album dropping April 8 on Domino, they've released its fifth single, "Angelica," along with a self-directed music video.

Wet Leg have shared a new track today (February 28) – listen to ‘Angelica’ below.The duo have also once again self-directed the video for their latest track, which is set on the Isle of Wight where the band are from.Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers say the song is about Teasdale’s oldest friend. It was recorded in Chambers’ living room by bandmate Joshua Mobaraki according to a press release.It goes on to describe the song as a mixture of “the absurd”, “the sardonic”, “social angst” and “a a trippy, synth-kissed journey through parties and regrets.”Speaking about the new song, Teasdale said: “It’s laced with disenchantment. Even though the chorus is ‘good times, all the time’.

Wet Leg have shared a music video for their latest single, ‘Oh No’, ahead of the release of their self-titled debut album.The video, which premiered on the band’s YouTube channel yesterday (February 1), was directed by Wet Leg themselves. Lead singer Rhian Teasdale, guitarist Hester Chambers and the band’s touring guitarist Joshua Omead Mobaraki are credited with filming the clip, which was shot on location in the band’s hometown, the Isle Of Wight.The video depicts Teasdale standing by the ocean, lip-syncing the song while the lyrics are displayed onscreen in the style of a karaoke video.

Wet Leg have announced an in-store UK tour for this spring – you can find all the details below.The Isle Of Wight duo – comprised of Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers – will perform at Pryzm in Kingston upon Thames, London for Banquet Records on April 7 ahead of releasing their self-titled debut album on April 8.Fans can gain entry to the 14+ show by purchasing an album/ticket bundle here from 11am GMT tomorrow (February 2). Prices range between £15-£28, with the ticket-only option costing £11 (limited to four per customer).Wet Leg will then make stop-offs at Rough Trade East in London (April 8), Chalk in Brighton for Resident (9), Rough Trade Bristol (10), Rough Trade Nottingham (11) and HMV Vault in Birmingham (12).

Wet Leg have covered Madonna‘s classic single ‘Material Girl’ – listen below.The Isle Of Wight duo – comprised of Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers – recorded a live session for the Canadian radio station SiriusXMU in promotion of their self-titled debut album, which arrives on April 8.Ahead of the full set being aired, the channel shared Wet Leg’s fuzzy, off-kilter rendition of Madonna’s 1985 hit. The two-minute-25-second version of the ‘Like A Virgin’ cut hears singer Teasdale deliver her distinctive vocals over churning guitars and psychedelic effects.You can listen to the band’s rendition of ‘Material Girl’ here:Last month saw Wet Leg wrap up a run of North American headline shows.

Wet Leg made their debut on US television overnight, performing their viral hit ‘Chaise Longue’ on Late Night With Seth Meyers.The duo – comprising Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers, who both sing and play guitar – performed the track with a three-piece backing band.Chambers and Teasdale bounced off each other with a charming sprightliness, smirking at one another as they traded lines about how they “went to school and got the big D”.

Wet Leg delivered a four-song set for the latest edition of NPR’s Tiny Desk (Home) Concert series – watch below.The Isle Of Wight duo (aka Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers) played ‘Wet Dream’, viral hit ‘Chaise Longue’ as well as their recent singles ‘Too Late Now’ and ‘Oh No’ in a laid-back living room set-up alongside their band.Per an official description, the performance intersperses VHS clips with footage captured on modern cameras as “a bit of a wink toward their sound, which has roots in the ’70s”.The rising group’s first Tiny Desk appearance comes after they announced their self-titled debut album, which is due for release on April 8, 2022 via Domino.Aside from the aforementioned songs, the record will include tracks such as ‘Ur

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorBritain’s Wet Leg, one of the most buzzed-about indie groups to emerge in years via their singles “Chaise Longue” and “Wet Dream,” have dropped two new songs and unveiled the release date for their forthcoming debut album and a big pile of tour dates in the U.S. and the U.K.Hailing from the unlikely locale of the Isle of Wight in southern England, the group’s core members — Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers — have released two new songs, “Too Late Now” and “Oh No.” As Teasdale notes in the the announcement, “Too Late Now” is “about sleepwalking into adulthood.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorIt’s rare that a new group releases two songs and they’re both great, but that’s the case with the new British duo Wet Leg, who just dropped the second song, “Wet Dream.”The duo — Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers — hail from the Isle of Wight and are signed to indie powerhouse Domino Records, and set the alt world abuzz with their debut single and video “Chaise Longue,” which has racked up 3 million streams and a million video views.Teasdale says “Wet Dream,” the new song: “Wet Dream is a breakup song; it came about when one of my ex’s went through a stage of texting me after we’d broken up telling me that ‘he had a dream about me’.”The video — also directed by Teasdale — is something else completely,

Newly signed to Domino, Wet Leg make a strong first impression with their debut single, ‘Chaise Longue’. Packed with innuendo and funny lines delivered in a detached deadpan fashion, its driving riffs and percussion propel the track forward, every now and then punching a catchy chorus into your face.Every band needs an origin story, and Wet Leg’s is that the two members of the duo – Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers – decided to form a band while stuck at the top of a ferris wheel on the Isle Of Wight.They are from the Isle Of Wight, so it’s plausible.