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Edinburgh Reporter
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Edinburgh Reporter
Wet Leg at Usher Hall
After taking some time off to write while watching repeated viewings of Braveheart and a variety of horror films, Wet Leg have returned with moisturizer, released later in the summer. It follows the Grammy-winning self-titled debut which brought indie guitar music back into the mainstream. Rhian Teasdale flexes her biceps and stands in front of the enthusiastic audience amid flashing lights before opener catch these fists. It's a much punkier, spiky and heavier industrial sound that packs a potent live punch. While Teasdale along with lead guitarist Hester Chambers originally fronted the band, they are now a bona fide five-piece with Ellis Durand (bass), Henry Holmes (drums), and Joshua Mobaraki (guitar, synth). Chambers, who spoke with fans and posed for photographs before the show, has taken more of a backseat while Teasdale shows off her ripped muscles and ditches her guitar at points to move around the stage while thrashing around her pink and blonde mane. Her bleached eyebrows add to an uncanny stage presence. During liquidise a dead-eyed-stare is replaced with a smile as the hooky guitar pop summons Kim Deal's best moments from Pixies and The Breeders. The ferocity of Oh No recalls Nirvana's punk pop perfection and Teasdale is as comfortable with a guitar as without depending on what the song and performance requires. Too Late Now is greeted like an old friend as fans jump up and down in the sweaty front rows. You probably heard the scream that greeted Chaise Longue, the audience complied with an earth-shattering 'What?' to Teasdale's 'Excuse me Edinburgh?', it's a memorable moment that's gone too soon. For many, the track was a welcome release from Covid-19 when released in 2021. In the same way that great pop songs can, it provided an escape, even if only for a few minutes. Each band member head-bangs under long mops of hair, clearly enjoying themselves as much as the audience. They close with CPR its compressed, hooky riff is reminiscent of P.J Harvey. Wet Leg are so back. At Usher Hall. Wet Leg PHOTO Richard Purden Wet Leg PHOTO Richard Purden Wet Leg PHOTO Richard Purden Wet Leg PHOTO Richard Purden Like this: Like Related
Yahoo
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Wet Leg Sound the Alarm on New Single ‘CPR'
Wet Leg has an emergency: the band is in love. The band are sounding the alarm on new single 'CPR,' a dark and twisted attempt at a love song. 'Is it love or suicide?' lead singer Rhian Teasdale asks over a simple riff. The answer is, of course, in her lover's kiss. 'Put your mouth to mine, give me CPR,' she wails in the revved-up chorus. Along with the track, Wet Leg have shared a new video for 'CPR,' which all members (Teasdale, along with Hester Chambers, Ellis Durand, Henry Holmes, and Joshua Mobaraki) directed. In it, the band take a sunny drive on a road surrounded by lush greenery as Teasdale swings around in the backseat, phoning in the aforementioned emergency. The lead singer is a carefree queen as she sings, 'I'm in love and you're to blame.' More from Rolling Stone the Beaches, Wet Leg, MJ Lenderman to Headline Rolling Stone's Rock & Roll Tour Wet Leg Will Lather Up North America in 'Moisturizer' on New Tour Watch Wet Leg Showcase Rousing Single 'Catch These Fists' on 'Fallon' The new track will open Wet Leg's upcoming album, Moisturizer, set for release on July 11 via Domino. 'Although Teasdale previously felt allergic to writing love songs, Moisturizer is defined by its sheer exuberance, and Teasdale ended up finding the process empowering,' a statement for 'CPR' reads. In April, Wet Leg came out swinging when they announced moisturizer with their first single of 2025, 'Catch These Fists.' The band has since announced a 22-stop North American tour, which will kick off in September. Along with stops in Los Angeles and New York, Wet Leg will also headline Rolling Stone's Gather No Moss tour stop in Nashville. Best of Rolling Stone The 50 Greatest Eminem Songs All 274 of Taylor Swift's Songs, Ranked The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time
Hans India
24-05-2025
- Hans India
Google Pixel 10 Spotted in Public for the First Time During Commercial Shoot
The Google Pixel 10 has made its first real-world appearance during a commercial shoot in Vancouver, offering a sneak peek at what's to come from the tech giant's next flagship. The photos, captured by photographer Mark Teasdale and shared via 9to5Google, show what appears to be the Pixel 10 Pro or Pro XL in Obsidian color—sporting a design largely consistent with the Pixel 9 series. A crew of over 20 people was seen filming on a beach, and Teasdale managed to snap images of both the device and a storyboard that hints at the ad's focus. The commercial seems to spotlight advanced AI features, with phrases like 'Ask more of your phone' indicating deeper integration of Google's Gemini Live AI and camera tools. One notable feature expected to make a return is "Add Me," first introduced with the Pixel 9. This AI-powered tool intelligently combines multiple shots to ensure everyone—including the photographer—is present in group photos. Storyboard glimpses also confirm familiar design elements like the horizontal camera bar, power button, and volume rocker, with no major visual departures from the current Pixel generation. These findings align with earlier unofficial renders from March. The Pixel 10 series is expected to launch in August, running Android 16 and powered by the new Tensor G5 chip, Google's first built in collaboration with TSMC, moving away from Samsung's manufacturing used in previous Tensor chips. This marks the most comprehensive Pixel 10 leak to date and provides early insight into Google's AI-driven future for its flagship smartphone line.
Yahoo
17-04-2025
- Yahoo
Motorcyclist killed in Walpole crash remembered as ‘a kind and easygoing soul'
A motorcyclist who was killed in a crash with an SUV in Walpole last week is being remembered as 'a kind and easygoing soul.' New Bedford resident Cameron Teasdale, 21, died in a hospital after the crash, which happened around 7 a.m. on April 10, the Norfolk County District Attorney's Office said previously. He was riding his motorcycle when it collided with an SUV at intersection of Winter Street and Vintage Farm Lane. Read more: Motorcyclist killed in crash with SUV in Walpole Born in Fall River, Teasdale was the 'beloved son' of Tiffany DoRego and Matthew Teasdale, according to his obituary. 'Cameron was a kind and easygoing soul who found joy in the simple things,' his obituary reads. 'Like many 21-year-olds, he loved spending time outdoors with his friends — relaxing by a fire pit, sipping on a Twisted Tea, and unwinding in his own peaceful way, always surrounded by laughter and good vibes." Read more: New Bedford man identified as motorcyclist killed in crash with SUV in Walpole Teasdale died doing something he loved — riding his motorcycle to work, according to his obituary. He was employed by a Walpole-based landscaping company when he died, a Facebook post from his father indicates. A GoFundMe campaign to help Teasdale's family pay for his funeral had raised nearly $28,000 by midday on Thursday. Read more: GoFundMe created for family of motorcyclist killed in Walpole crash with SUV Teasdale's funeral service is scheduled for Tuesday, April 22, at 11 a.m. at the Manuel Rogers Funeral Home in Fall River, according to his obituary. Calling hours are set to be held prior to the service from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Boston's electric, quirky dueling piano bar D's Keys to close soon Country star winds up in wheelchair after accident at show A $100K salary isn't enough to live on in these cities — including 2 in Mass. 200 jobs affected at UMass Chan in Worcester due to Trump cuts Person in critical condition after being shot in head in Chelsea
The Guardian
04-04-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
‘This weird dream just keeps going!' Wet Leg on overnight success, sexual epiphanies and facing fears
Wet Leg's Rhian Teasdale looks like a pop star from a different era. She walks into a bar in east London wearing a giant, floor-length pale-pink padded coat. She has bleached eyebrows, dip-dyed hair, drawn-on freckles and jewels stuck to her nails and teeth. For a moment, Top of the Pops could be on primetime TV and a copy of Smash Hits in my bag. But then Wet Leg's story always did feel anachronistic. In 2021, they managed what indie bands don't often manage any more and became an overnight success. That June, they released their first single, Chaise Longue, a deadpan, perfectly simple and cheerfully daft megahit; they conquered the US and Japan, toured arenas and topped the album charts with their scathing, self-titled debut, scoring two Brit awards and two Grammys. They were still touring that album last summer, supporting Foo Fighters in stadiums. But eventually they found time to make a new one. Trailed by the punchy, indie-sleazy Catch These Fists, Moisturizer otherwise largely ditches their trademark death-stare sarcasm in favour of stompy but soppy love songs. Teasdale lives in London and we are meeting in person, but Hester Chambers, the band's co-founder and lead guitarist, lives on the Isle of Wight, where Wet Leg met and formed. (Having written their debut alone, this time, they co-wrote with drummer Henry Holmes, guitarist Joshua Mobaraki and bassist Ellis Durand.) Tracking Chambers down will prove a trickier task, but more on that later. Today, Teasdale is fresh from getting a tattoo. When we meet, she reveals the new vine-like shapes snaking up the sides of her stomach. 'It's the same artist that did this,' she says, showing me more of her ink. 'Which is kind of like a three-headed spider lady. She does loads of elves and mythical beings and swords and wizards.' There has always been something a bit otherworldly about Wet Leg. Their early videos were jokey but unnerving, a creepy hybrid of folklore and pop culture. They appeared at the Brits accompanied by Morris dancers. For Moisturizer's Aphex-Twin-esque artwork, a goblin-like Teasdale stares at the camera, while Chambers hides her face. Their nails are long, sharp and deadly looking. They are upping the uncanny. But in spring 2021, Wet Leg were just a hopeful guitar band, signed to Domino, with Chaise Longue in their back pocket. What did Teasdale think was going to happen next? 'We were completely naive and, in some ways, that was good,' she says. 'I just thought we were going to keep on working our regular jobs. Even if you're quite high up on a festival bill, you can't support yourself from that alone, especially in a band with five people.' What actually happened was that Wet Leg toured the world solidly for three years, playing countless festivals – Dave Grohl came out to scream with them at Coachella – and as support for Harry Styles' global arena tour after he covered their single Wet Dream on BBC Radio 1. Was there any danger of burnout? 'I did get homesick a few times,' Teasdale concedes. 'I had a couple of emergency flights, where I'd fly home for one day and my partner would cook me dinner and then I'd go again.' What did she want when she got home? 'Beans. Cheese and beans on toast.' Luxury! 'Sometimes with Marmite,' she sighs, happily. In earlier interviews, Wet Leg sometimes seemed baffled by all the attention. Their interviews could be vague and peppered with in-jokes; it rarely looked as if they were taking themselves seriously. Watching footage of them on the Grammys red carpet shows a distinct clash between the sincerity of a US reporter and two British women gamely giving it a go. Chambers mostly looks alarmed, while Teasdale describes her choice of outfit with a deadpan: 'I just wanted to get my bum out.' Being from the Isle of Wight, Teasdale says now: 'To find yourself at some weird Grammys afterparty together, it's just funny. It's extremely easy to realise how ridiculous everything is, because we've known each other from being teenagers.' It is not that they weren't taking it seriously. 'I can't really speak for the others, but I've had so many weird jobs. And whatever weird job I've had, something in me does want to try really hard.' What's the weirdest? 'I was a character at a theme park,' she says, a little reluctantly. Go on … 'I was this thing called a Squawk Bird, a puppet you have to get inside. You have to make all the sounds.' The theme park was on the Isle of Wight, where three of the band live. After a few days of trying to arrange a chat with Chambers, she asks if she can instead answer my questions by email. Chambers has anxiety. 'My initial thought was: 'Sorry, I can't, I'm too scared,'' she writes. 'These past years have been a crash course in learning about myself, and one of those [lessons] is that my social anxiety won't be therapied away.' Chambers admits that certain aspects of band life can be challenging. 'Sometimes I have no idea how I manage to get on the stage,' she writes. 'Rhian said to me, feel the fear and do it anyway. That's helped a lot. We never thought it would get this far, so it wasn't really a problem before. But now we're here.' What did getting here feel like? 'It was such a weird and unexpected journey [that] I assumed it would be over before we knew it, like a long summer holiday, just riding the wave before it spat us out. I still have that voice saying 'Don't get too comfy', but it's drowned out a little by the excitement of having made a second record and getting to play some more gigs together.' I ask Teasdale if she feels protective towards Chambers. She isn't sure. 'Yeah? But then I don't know if it's because I'm more naive than Hester. Hester is very intelligent, so I think, in our own ways, we're both protective of each other.' In early 2024, having finally finished touring, the band stayed in an Airbnb in Southwold, Suffolk, and started working on the songs that would become Moisturizer. In one not-so-serious interview in summer 2022, they claimed to have already written and finished a second album. 'That was a lie,' Teasdale says, serenely. 'Everyone was like: 'Don't you feel the pressure? Aren't you scared?' So we just said we'd done it.' But wasn't she scared? 'Of course,' she says. 'There's that noise in your head that we didn't have last time. But it's just not very helpful. And it's helped so much, having the five of us writing together, because sometimes I'd go down in the morning and be like: 'I just can't. I don't have anything to give today, nothing sounds like music.' And Ellis would just be like: 'Don't worry about it, dude.'' In a sign of how much the music industry has changed, the Airbnb was an extravagance. 'Something I've learned the hard way is that the more money you chuck at something, the worse it is creatively,' says Teasdale. 'The more money you spend on something, the less it becomes yours. That's a really freeing observation. Just having a good idea is sometimes the strongest …' She catches herself and breaks into a mocking, singsong voice. 'A good idea and a pure heart,' she jokes. 'Please don't write that.' Rather than trying to replicate the Chaise Longue formula, Wet Leg simplified everything, shooting for songs that would be fun to play live. As a result, Moisturizer has more muscle than its predecessor. There is a hint of Nine Inch Nails and Post-era Björk; most of its tracks would tear up an indie disco dancefloor. Its subject matter is also more straightforward. There are still a couple of scorching kiss-offs: Catch These Fists is about being chatted up by a sleazy guy ('I just threw up in my mouth / When he just tried to ask me out'), while Mangetout gives short shrift to a 'washed-up, irrelevant' enemy, telling him to 'get lost forever'. But the record generally steps away from caustic put-downs and radiates romance. Why? Love, of course. Teasdale met her partner at a festival in Portugal, in the thick of the madness, at the end of 2021. It was the first time Wet Leg had played outside the UK. 'We were all so excited,' she says. And then? 'It was love at first sight. Literally. It was just an energy. It was just like: oh. Ohhh! Because of course I wasn't looking for love, in any capacity, at all. But that's what they say, isn't it? It always comes when you least expect it.' Her partner is non-binary; Teasdale prefers not to reveal their identity. Until that moment, Teasdale had always assumed that she was straight. 'It's not very mysterious,' she says. 'The thing with queer love, as well, is that, if you're female-presenting, people assume you're best friends.' When Wet Leg were writing their first album, Teasdale was nursing a broken heart. During the band's ascent, the ex-boyfriend in question gave an interview to the Sunday Times about how he inspired the songs, which provoked a deserved backlash. 'It was pretty shit,' she says, quietly, conscious of widening the conversation to 'how often people – especially women – have their work or contributions overshadowed or claimed by others' in all fields, not just music. Teasdale used to be a cynic about love, she explains, and says she had never been able to write a love song before – at least one that was 'lusting over a guy. Maybe that was something in my subconscious that was just … very gay,' she laughs. 'It just feels so much more empowering to write it about a non-man.' That sense of empowerment has also expanded into their image: Teasdale says she feels far less inclined to cover up these days. How does Teasdale's love story fit in with what Chambers, who is in a long-term relationship with Mobaraki, has experienced over the past three years? 'The theme was pretty prevalent early on in Rhian's lyrics and it made me really happy to see my friend so happy and in love that she wrote about it,' Chambers says. She points out that she had never written a love song before this record, either, but has also broken that barrier, in a way. 'Don't Speak is a song I wrote as Josh, to me. Does that still count?' The record opens with CPR, a stomping melodrama about falling deep and hard; Jennifer's Body, named after the cult horror film, is a declaration of obsessive love. 'The first time I watched it, I would have been a straight teenager and was just like: 'Oh, this is a cute film,'' says Teasdale. She has since picked up on its queer subtext. 'It's so funny. I've been with my partner for three years now and I'm still having these epiphanies, literally daily.' There are odes to domesticity, too, such as the lovely, lilting Davina McCall. 'It's a really soppy love song. Me and my partner were watching Big Brother, and I know she isn't presenting the new one, but it made me think of watching Big Brother as a teenager, and how iconic she was, and that catchphrase: 'I'm coming to get you.'' It turns out that McCall was also an early fan of the band. 'When we were first starting to play shows, she tagged us in a post and she was at a show with a Wet Leg T-shirt on. We were all obviously super-stoked.' Does McCall know she has a song named after her? 'No! I feel like I need to tell her. I feel like that would be the right thing to do.' When I tell McCall, she sends an ecstatic video note about how much she loves the band and how sorry she was that a prior engagement meant she had to turn down their invitation to a secret show last week. 'Please invite me again,' she says, 'because you've made my life. Bearing in mind I'm a 57-year-old woman, I'm not their natural fan, but I think they are ace: really cool, love the lyrics, love the music, love the attitude. They're fucking amazing.' It is strange to hear Teasdale talk about what excited them all first time around: being tagged by McCall, playing in Europe for the very first time. Given how much Wet Leg exceeded their own wildest expectations, are they having to reconsider what they want from the band? 'Going with the flow is part of the ambition,' says Teasdale. 'It's not: 'What accolades do we want? What slots do we want to have?' My ambitions, personally, are to just make something that I can look back on and be like: 'Oh, that was really fun to make, I'm happy with that.'' She adopts a silly voice. 'Taking it seriously, but not taking yourself too seriously,' she says, with a grimace. 'That classic chestnut.' Having achieved world domination, they are about to find out what happens next. I ask Chambers if she is ready. 'We're heading back into the madness, ready or not,' she replies. 'This weird dream just keeps going. I'm down to clown.' Moisturizer is released on 11 July on Domino
