Legss

"suffocating, surreal, grotty and gorgeous" The Line of Best Fit

“Legss are one of the most underrated acts to grace the British musical landscape today” So Young Magazine

“Mordant, unsparing and droll - brilliant band” The Sunday Times

Part of the post-Brexit new wave NPR | “utterly unhinged” The Quietus | “biting art-rock” DIY

“their capricious sound regularly strays far from centre” Loud & Quiet 

APRIL 24 - London art-rock outfit Legss return with new single and cinematic music video ‘Gloss’ and announce a string of headline dates in June - full dates below - on sale Friday 25th April at 10am.

‘Gloss’ generates an unnerving atmosphere - the quartet’s trademark restrained guitar beds are accompanied by a new element, tension-spiking discordant violin and cello drones, from Felix Stephens (Jockstrap, Famous, Geordie Greep) and Lottie Pendelbury (Goat Girl). Vocalist Ned Green talk-sings a breathy soliloquy, before the track shifts gears as quasi-mettalic riffs kick in. This isn’t the quiet-then-loud optimism of the 90s - rather the uncanny perception whiplash of a lucid nightmare.   

On the new single’s origins, the band say: “Gloss came out of a doomed trip to France at the start of a new wave of writing for us. It feels like a bridge between what we were and what we are now, as a band and as individuals, high and low.”

Whilst remaining leftfield in spirit, there is a musical vulnerability to the latest iteration of Legss, and a newfound pop sensibility to their writing, which reflects a move to a more accessible sound. There is a security in inaccessibility, and shedding this cloak opens the band up to an earnestness at once exciting and nerve-wracking. Twinned with their signature world-building aesthetic, the new direction is reflected sonically by drummer Louis Grace, who co-produced the single with Balazs Altsach (Ugly, Katy J Pearson, Broadside Hacks) - set to be distributed by The state51 Conspiracy.

ABOUT LEGSS
Merging intricate guitars, disquieting monologues and a rhythm section both technical and unruly, London’s Legss create a wholly unique sound. 

After meeting and forming in London, Legss released their experimental, darkly satirical debut EP Writhing Comedy in 2019, which received heavy airplay on BBC 6 Music. A year later the band’s much-anticipated, genre-bending sophomore EP Doomswayers was released in the shadow of the pandemic, championed by BBC Radio 1’s Jack Saunders and BBC 6 Music’s Steve Lamacq.

After the release of their single ‘Hollywood’, Legss signed to The state51 Conspiracy and released their third EP Fester in 2023, recorded at The Church, which saw critical acclaim from the likes of The Sunday Times, Quietus, Independent, Line of Best Fit, So Young Magazine, DORK, L&Q, and DIY.

In 2024 the band were included by Simon Reynolds in the afterword to a republished edition of Mark Fisher’s seminal Ghosts of My Life (Zero Books).

Legss are Louis Grace (drums, synth), Ned Green (vocals, guitar), Jake Martin (bass) and Max Oliver (guitar)