By Ren Gibson, Staff Writer
It’s been a few years since British indie-rock group Wet Leg has released a new single! Fresh off their Grammy win for their 2022 self-titled album, Wet Leg, the band carried my playlists of the summer with songs like “Wet Dream.” In their return to music, “catch these fists” is a powerful anthem with all the cool girl energy that the rest of the band’s music radiates. “catch these fists” is a song about empowerment, having fun, and being high energy, and I’m totally here for it.
Wet Leg geared up for their new era beginning early this spring, clearing their Instagram account and posting a photo of themselves with the cheeky caption “we’re so back”, along with a link to their website. Fans quickly found out that this meant new music, with “catch these fists” releasing on April 1st. The band is featured in most of the promotional videos for the single, channeling their inner rocker and going crazy to the beat of the song in short clips that pepper the band’s feed.
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“catch these fists” feels straight out of the soundtrack for the movie Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, which is a high compliment from me, as it’s one of my most listened to albums to date. In an interview with BBC Radio 1 to promote the single’s release, lead singer Rhian commented, “This song is about the recurring real life nightmare of just people invading your space…This song is about the invasion of personal space.” The beat is punchy, with a prominent feature of guitar and bass that only get louder as the chorus comes and goes. However, it isn’t the only part of the track that I think is fun. Overall, the instrumentals are one of my favorite parts of the song, with a steady drumbeat accompanying the fantastic work on the string instruments.
The lyrics of the song make it feel as if you’re gearing up for the biggest boss battle of your life. Over the steady beat, Rhian begins the song by asking the quirky question of “Can you catch a medicine ball?”, kickstarting the themes of strength and power from the very beginning. As the song progresses, the repetition of the phrase “level up” is also what contributes to the video-game feel of the song. It makes you feel powerful and cool, ready to take on whatever whenever you listen to it. The music video features the band running around a field while wearing all white, celebrating their strength with the titular medicine ball and killing bassist and producer Ellis Durand with a boombox.
Ready for moisturizer?
What is Wet Leg up to next, you may be wondering? Well, on July 11th, their second studio album moisturizer will be streaming across all platforms. I’m so genuinely excited, and you should be too. Through the months leading up to its release, the band is going to be playing some shows around the United Kingdom with special guests mary in the junkyard and Katy J. Pearson. I’m personally hoping they bring the album back to the U.S. in its full glory, but for right now, I’m ready to love and fight, just as they say to do in the lyrics of “catch these firsts.”
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