Isle of Wight band Wet Leg have released two new songs on music platform Spotify.
One is a cover and another is a reworking of their own track.
Since their single 'Chaise Lounge' debuted last year, the band's music has been streamed more than 150 million times.
Former Platform One students Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers are also celebrating selling over 250,000 albums.
Along the way, they have even had a number of celebrities declare themselves fans, including the likes of Drew Barrymore, Lorde, Iggy Pop, Elton John, Paramore’s Hayley Williams, Harry Styles, Edgar Wright and Dave Grohl.
Now, fresh from their No.1 debut album being shortlisted for the 2022 Mercury Prize, the duo are sharing two songs recorded with James Ford for Spotify Singles.
First up is a cover of 'Daisy' by Ashnikko — a song that soundtracked the pair’s initial foray into songwriting together at Rhian’s old house in Hackney.
Hester said:
“I remember going to stay with Rhian around the time we recorded Chaise with Jon McMullen and she had told me about this artist she’d been listening to loads.
"She sang and played ‘Daisy’ on the guitar in the morning while we had coffee. It feels like another little circle coming round in our Wet Leg world, getting to make this cover.”
Their other offering is a reworking of album track “Convincing”, the only song released so far with Hester on lead vocals.
She explains the evolution of it:
“Most of our album was written in the depths of 2020, and right up to April 2021 when we went into the studio.
Since live music has opened back up, we play some tracks just as they were recorded, but ‘Convincing’ is one of the songs that has gone through a little shapeshift over time as we've been playing gigs for the last year. This version we recorded with James leans into the more mellow and woozy world it exists in our live sets.”
Earlier this month, the band were also in session for BBC Radio 1’s Live Lounge performing Steve Lacy’s “Bad Habit” and their own “Wet Dream”.
Their tour support for Harry Styles has also been extended to include his UK & European tour, including four shows at London’s Wembley Stadium next summer, as Isle of Wight Radio reported.
You can stream Wet Leg’s Spotify Singles here.
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