Awesome show!
by Kaiman on 10/20/25Fox Theater - Oakland - OaklandRating: 5 out of 5Great venue, the band did not disappoint. I loved the blow up big D’s some fans brought, and the longest loudest scream was great!

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Wet Leg - the Isle of Wight five-piece founded by Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers - have announced their eagerly anticipated second album moisturizer will be released on July 11th on Domino.
Alongside the album announcement, the band also share the first taste of moisturizer with its frenetic, alluringly combative lead single "catch these fists." Kicking things off with an untameable, electrified groove from its opening seconds, "catch these fists" is dance-punk par excellence - bass notes ricocheting off a wall of howling synth, thunderous beats catching strays from Teasdale's cruel deadpan.
The video, directed by the band and shot on the Isle of Wight, nods to Ti West, Cameron Crowe and their own "Wet Dream" video and is a suitably off-kilter introduction to moisturizer valley. The band will return to The Tonight Showstage at 30 Rockefeller Center on Wednesday, to give the song its international television debut.
Touring with Ellis Durand (bass), Henry Holmes (drums), and Joshua Mobaraki (guitar, synth), Wet Leg developed into a taut, caustic live operation that made good on their debut's success: #1 chart placements at home and abroad, three GRAMMYs, two BRIT Awards and over half a billion streams. If success presents a fork in the road for any new band - to "go pop" or keep following your muse - Wet Leg emphatically chose the latter path - including working with Dan Carey again as their producer. In March 2024, the band decamped to the remote seaside town of Southwold in Norfolk, England, to write; living together, working all day, watching horror movies all night, they soon locked into a new sense of symbiosis. Subsequently, all five members of Wet Leg have writing credits on moisturizer - "We were just kind of having fun and exploring," says Hester Chambers. "We focused on: Is this going to be fun to play live? It was very natural that we would write the second record together" adds Rhian Teasdale.
As happens a couple of times on moisturizer, the major animus behind "catch these fists" was an interaction with a belligerent man, as chronicled in the song's final verse. This is not to say shitty men are the sole focus of moisturizer -- no matter how much album track "mangetout", with its withering chorus of "get lost forever" may feel like the Nicole Kidman divorce photo in song form. On the contrary, this is largely an album about being, as the band exclaim on "pond song", so "DEEP! IN! LOVE!!!!" moisturizer contains love songs of every stripe: stressed-out, gooey-eyed, gratuitously horny, blissed out, obsessive and mysterious.
Although Teasdale previously felt allergic to writing love songs, moisturizer is defined by its sheer exuberance and Teasdale ended up finding the process empowering. That new sense of ownership extends to moisturizer's album art, an instant-classic freak-fest in which Chambers and Teasdale bare long, ghoulish claws; Teasdale, sporting long, kitschy socks and sans eyebrows, grins fiendishly into the camera. It reflects the album, moisturizer is the band turning the dial up and delivering a record that is unapologetically bolder, stronger and raunchier.
Great venue, the band did not disappoint. I loved the blow up big D’s some fans brought, and the longest loudest scream was great!
I’ve seen wet leg before and this experience didn’t live up to it. They were an hour late, and the lead singer seemed to be losing her voice. No crowd work, and lackluster performance.
Mary in the Junkyard was a fine opener. Good set from start to finish, and we knew things were about to get real when the bassist picked up her violin. I will keep an eye out for more from them after this. Japanese Breakfast's set, replete with Venus DeMilo set, was a fun time. They filled the outdoor space with music, carrying the audience into the dusk and their finale. A solid, fun set from start to finish. Wet Leg brought it hard. They started high and never let up. Ms. Teasdale hit the stage like a punk-rock Puck, wringing every bit of sound from her guitar and voice. From their hits to their newest material, they played like this was the last time they would. By the end the audience was spent, but the band looked like they could go a few more songs. However, they left us all wanting more. All in all it was a hard hitting, femme forward, rockin' evening. Any of these bands come through again I will be first in line to see them again.
There was a lot of schedule changes once the Japanese Breakfast show was combined with Wet Leg. It had to start much earlier on a weekday and I had to miss all 3 openers. I'm not sure if White Oak Music Hall, Live Nation, or Ticketmaster was behind the change but I hope they avoid doing such last minute changes in the future.
Loved the Wet Leg concert! The music was great and the onstage special effects were nice, too.
Hard to beat catching a band like Wet Leg at Stubbs. The energy from the main act was incredible and the setlist was perfect.
Wet leg was great. White Oak on the other hand is probably the worst venue in Houston to see a show. It is like going to see a show in the 90's. Nothing to help the crowd see the band. I mean no video board, so have fun being hundreds of feet away and paying top dollar and not really getting any feeling of the band. Had the balcony and what a joke that is. I guess being over the crowd is nice, but still not worth the extra money. I will think long and hard before I go see another show at white oak.
Amazing concert. I was invited by a friend, never heard of them. Loved the show!!!
From start to finish the show was amazing. Each line up brought the right about of energy. The show was affordable too
I really like Wet Leg and have so since the first record. Their performance was fantastic! The Venue, not so. I was sitting the the Loge section of the theater and the sound was terrible. All bass. Wet Leg's music has dynamics and texture that was totally lost in a wash of booming bass. Also, the light show which consisted of very bright lights, frequently flashing was punishing. For some time after the show I could still "see"the imprint the lights made when I closed my eyes. Aside from that, the opening band, Mary goes to the Junkyard were also great, poor sound notwithstanding. I would like to see both bands again sometime just not at the Fox,