The fun factor is so often invoked when it comes to how to get creative expression on track enough to get ahead. But: only those who have fun will not be immediately and automatically successful.
It’s different with Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers, two highly gifted songwriters from the Isle of Wight. Because the pure fun was quickly over when their first single “Chaise Longue” (by the way, it still ignites like a rocket even after many months of listening) last year sparked storms of enthusiasm in the digital world. Five million views on YouTube was a promise for the future, which the indie rock duo lived up to on their debut album.
Because on the album, simply entitled “Wet Leg” (Domino), the twelve songs sparkle with enthusiasm, regardless of whether they come along calmly or briskly. The guitars always pave the way for Rhian’s and Hester’s voices to unfold.
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You close your eyes and let yourself be enchanted by “Being In Love”, falling for the wonderful melody of “Loving You”. “Supermarket” scores with a casually cool harmony, and the final “Too Late Now” picks up the pace again without overdoing it. This is exactly where the strength of Wet Leg lies. The fun that the two have can be heard in many moments, perhaps most compactly in the wonderfully offbeat “Angelica”.
The desire for joy also drives Jenn Wasner. The US musician, who calls herself Flock Of Dimes, is a versatile one. That’s what you hear on Head Of Roses: Phantom Limb (Sub Pop), a collection of unreleased songs written around the same time as their album Head Of Roses. What is suspected of being leftovers turns out to be an exciting conglomeration of songs with Wasner. The folky-cheerful “Price Of Blue” unfolds so much good humor in the “Tiny Desk Version” immortalized here that you can’t even imagine how calm and introverted the songwriter can be, such as in the one that gets under your skin Live version of “Hard Way”. The live version is as good for “Two” as it is for “One More Hour”.
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The slow, cautious gait suits Wasner aka Flock Of Dimes best. In the grandiose “The Weakness In Me” she unpacked a song that you can’t get enough of. This is not a “restl”, this is a fine main course. It doesn’t bother that it’s a cover version by Joan Armatrading.
Source: Nachrichten
