Wet Leg has been named songwriters of the year at 2023’s Ivor Novello awards, which honour the best in British songwriting and screen composition and which have also recognised artists including Sault, Charli XCX and Harry Styles this year.
Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers, the duo who front indie rockers Wet Leg, were hailed by the Ivors judges for songwriting that was “fresh, unapologetic and direct, with surprising melodies that demand attention”.
The pair’s rise has been one of the most meteoric in recent British music history: totally unknown prior to their debut single Chaise Longue, the song’s insistently catchy chants and riffs wowed indie and pop fans alike. Early festival gigs drew raucously overstuffed crowds, and a string of equally loved songs – Wet Dream, Angelica, Ur Mum and more – carried their self-titled debut album to a UK No 1, as well as a No 1 in Australia and a place in the US Top 20.
Their Ivors win is the latest in a series of garlands this year, adding to two Brit awards and – a real rarity for an alternative British act – two Grammys. “The real wins are when you do a good gig or when you make a good song,” Teasdale told the Guardian in December 2022. “That is why you’re doing it, not for these awards, these mysterious overlords.”
Hugely acclaimed neo-soul outfit Sault won the Ivor Novellos’ best album award for 11, one of the five albums the group released simultaneously last November, written by Dean “Inflo” Josiah Cover, Cleopatra Nikolic (AKA soul singer Cleo Sol), Jamar McNaughton and Jack Peñate. The win marks Inflo’s fourth Ivor Novello award since 2017, having previously won for work with Michael Kiwanuka and Little Simz.
Source: theguardian
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