North London quartet Wolf Alice first broke through in 2013 with the bruised euphoria of their debut My Love Is Cool, which featured the Grammy-nominated “Moaning Lisa Smile.” Their ascent continued with 2018’s Visions of a Life, which won the Mercury Prize, and 2022’s Blue Weekend, a UK number-one album that also earned them a Brit Award for Best Group. Over the past decade, their music has captured the turbulence and tenderness of coming of age, shaping the soundtrack for a generation.
The band have just released fourth album, The Clearing. Written in Seven Sisters and recorded in Los Angeles with Grammy-winning producer Greg Kurstin, the record finds Wolf Alice at their most assured, balancing playfulness with sincerity and irony with candor. Its songs, bold and expansive, channel ambition, ideas, and emotion in equal measure—a progressive shift that still feels rooted in the band’s explorations of love, loss, and human connection. With echoes of Fleetwood Mac’s grandeur reframed through a distinctly North London lens, The Clearing offers an invigorating new beginning for the band.
This new era is heralded by the jubilant first single “Bloom Baby Bloom” alongside the tender piano ballad “The Sofa,” a song that meditates on aging with grace and acceptance. Their return to the stage has been met with acclaim, highlighted by a history-making sunset slot on Glastonbury’s Other Stage.
