Moist Leg Share Cease-Movement Animated Video for New Tune “davina mccall”
moisturizer Due Out July 11 by way of Domino
Jun 23, 2025
Pictures by Alice Backham
Moist Leg are releasing their a lot anticipated sophomore album, moisturizer, on July 11 by way of Domino. Now they’ve shared its third single, “davina mccall,” by way of a stop-motion animated music video. Chris Hopewell directed the video. Watch it under, adopted by the band’s upcoming tour dates.
The track is known as after the British TV persona Davina McCall, who has been the host of the British variations of Large Brother and The Greatest Loser, amongst others, in addition to one of many judges of the UK model of The Masked Singer.
Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers lead Moist Leg and they’re backed by Ellis Durand (bass), Henry Holmes (drums), and Joshua Mobaraki (guitar, synth). Chambers began “davina mccall” after which labored on it with Durand, then Teasdale wrote the lyrics and melody. “Ellis and I had been on the sting of our seats being like, ‘We’re gonna get this, we’re finishing the puzzle’” says Chambers in a press launch.
Beforehand Moist Leg shared moisturizer’s first single, “catch these fists,” by way of a self-directed music video. It was #1 on our Songs of the Week checklist. Then the band carried out “catch these fists” on The Tonight Present Starring Jimmy Fallon. Then they introduced some fall North American tour dates. Then they shared its second single, “CPR,” by way of a music video self-directed by the band. “CPR” was additionally one among our Songs of the Week.
Moisturizer is the follow-up to 2022’s self-titled debut album, which was the #1 album on our Prime 100 Albums of 2022 checklist and netted the band three Grammys. Moist Leg landed at #1 on the official UK album chart and in America additionally made it to #14 on the Billboard 200 album chart (and at #4 on the Billboard Album Gross sales Chart). Moist Leg additionally debuted at #1 on the Australian album chart. The album was nominated for the Mercury Prize. The band’s debut single, “Chaise Longue,” was #1 on our Prime 130 Songs of 2021 checklist and was a viral hit.
The band from Isle of Wight, England as soon as once more labored with producer Dan Carey and this time all 5 members have writing credit on the LP. Moist Leg determined to construct off the power of their reside exhibits with moisturizer. “We had been simply type of having enjoyable and exploring,” says Chambers in a press launch. Teasdale provides: “We focussed on: Is that this going to be enjoyable to play reside? It was very pure that we’d write the second report collectively.”
An enormous affect on the album’s lyrics was Teasdale falling in love in 2021, which led to her writing plenty of love songs. “I assumed I used to be straight all of my life till I met my present accomplice—these love songs are about them,” Teasdale explains. “I simply discovered it a lot extra fascinating and empowering to be writing love songs the place I’m not lusting over a person—it feels somewhat bit totally different.”
Learn our 2021 interview with Moist Leg on “Chaise Longue.”
Learn our 2022 interview with Moist Leg on their album right here.
Learn our rave evaluation of Moist Leg right here.
