LONDON - LET'S WRESTLE
Let's Wrestle write shambolic pop songs about sniffing glue, pissing on cars and hating girls. Their tough talking is tempered by them looking like smiley twelve-year-olds. And the violent challenge their name implies is also misleading. They're actually comic nerds who named themselves after a book of David Shrigley drawings. We sat down with singer Wesley in a pub in Camden and discussed hard man things like punching people and killing animals.
Listen: Let's Wrestle - "I Won't Lie To You"
Vice: You seem like nice boys. Why all the aggro?
Wesley: Most of our songs are basically about girls. I get very easily frustrated with girls and I get very angry very easily. So I basically bottle up all of my girl anger and then write really nasty songs about them.
That's good, I guess. So, what have you been up to today?
I've been watching High School Musical with my brother. It’s the most horrible thing I have ever seen in my life. I wanted to slit my wrists while watching it. Loads of people like it in an ironic way, but I just think it's fucking hideous.
What films do you like?
I watched Barbarella: Queen of the Universe the other day. I love that film. Although it should be called Barbarella: Space Whore because she gets off with so many guys!
Have you ever killed an animal with your bare hands?
Not with my bare hands, but I did once shoot a bird with an air rifle by mistake. I have this cousin who has a really big air rifle and the last time I saw him he basically forced me to shoot it. He was like, "Go on! Shoot something! Just do it!" So I shot into the air and miraculously hit a bird. The worst part was that it didn't completely die, so I had to shoot it again while it was wriggling on the ground.
- Let's Wrestle will perform at The Old Blue Last on Monday February 11 to mark the release of their new EP In Loving Memory Of.
KARLEY SCIORTINO
good tune!
Posted by: mormon | 08/02/2008 at 01:18
So angry, so adorable!
Posted by: doye | 08/02/2008 at 10:18
Know who's playing at the Old Blue Last on Monday? Let's Fucking Wrestle, that's who.
Posted by: OLD BLUE LAST | 08/02/2008 at 11:40
i like that band name, its the kind of band name you could get tattooed on your arm in times new roman and it'd still look awesome. if i was these guys i would take my own advice and just piledriver any frustrating girls into submission.
Posted by: gaycartes | 08/02/2008 at 12:08
the band name is obviously a joan of arc reference and the obscure comic shit is a cover
Posted by: tim kinsella | 08/02/2008 at 18:18
Between them playing Old Blue Last and having songs about huffing, I think the Vice blog just became a moebius strip.
Posted by: Eli! | 09/02/2008 at 08:03
the universe is a Möbius strip. see you monday.
Posted by: Hey Eli! | 09/02/2008 at 09:14
frustring girls are cool, we can't help it.
that's oestrogen for you.
Posted by: frustrating girl | 16/02/2008 at 14:27