Moist Leg admit the massive fame they gained following the discharge of their hit single ‘Chaise Longue’ was “overwhelming”.
Moist Leg on the 2022 Mercury Prize
The British indie rock band – who come from the Isle of Wight – noticed their 2021 track go viral attaining hundreds of thousands of streams and views and in the end incomes the group the Grammy for Greatest Various Music Efficiency in 2023.
Lead singer Rhian Teasdale admits she and her bandmates – guitarist Hester Chambers, drummer Henry Holmes, rhythm guitarist Josh Mobaraki and bassist Ellis Durand – had been fully unprepared for the post-punk’s track success and had been naïve to how the recognition of the track and their eponymous 2022 debut album would change their lives.
In an interview with KROQ-FM radio, Rhian stated: “It was fairly overwhelming. We had been so new to all of it and so naïve that you’d type of simply take one step, after which take one other step … Yeah, it was mad.”
Moist Leg unveiled the primary single ‘Catch These Fists’ from their upcoming second album ‘Moisturizer’ – which is launched on July 11 – and the observe, which is about undesirable consideration from guys, was the final track to be recorded for the LP and virtually did not make the lower.
Rhian stated: “It was humorous usually because we had so many songs written and we had been type of able to [say], ‘We could document them now?’ And [‘Catch These Fists’] simply type of slipped on in there, on the finish. I feel it was the final track.
Her bandmate Ellis added: “I don’t actually know the way it occurred. It simply type of birthed.”
The band wrote the tracks for ‘Moisturizer’ in a rented home in England they usually had been impressed by binge watching horror movies and repeat viewings of Mel Gibson’s historic epic ‘Braveheart’.
Ellis stated: “We did a whole lot of jamming. We rented a home in England and spent a month simply jamming concepts, which was enjoyable, actually enjoyable.”
“We watched ‘Braveheart’ like eight instances as a result of individuals saved leaving the room and lacking the top.”
Rhian then added: “We watched a whole lot of horror movies. We additionally watched all of ‘Alien’.”
Moist Leg head out on their UK tour in Might.
