But it’s been gently finessed rather than furiously polished and as such looses none of its heart.

) ) The 2015 version re-recorded for the band’s debut album My Love Is Cool is perhaps less frenetic and overall it does have a slightly more sophisticated and rounded feel to it than the original. As mentioned, I’m not here to be objective, in my world, Wolf Alice can do no wrong (aside from supporting Arsenal. If they did another version I’d probably love that too. So which version is your favorite? The original or the re-recorded version? Personally, I love both. In fact we settled on a Top 12, as we couldn’t limit it to 10. So how does one assemble a Top 10 list of Wolf Alice songs with so many incredible tunes to choose from? On any given day, I could have quite easily picked another 10 or 20.

Let’s face it they’ve done rather well for a band who once described their music as “psychofreak poprock” and whose alternative career might have been in “admin.” They are without a doubt my favorite “new” band to have emerged over the last decade, and as such, you can expect objectivity to be defenestrated for the duration of this article. Their ascent has been richly deserved and personally, as a huge fan since the early days, it’s been a joy to watch. And it’s all been achieved by hard work, the ability to craft some of the best songs released over the past decade and the word-of-mouth buzz surrounding their incredible live performances. Along the way they have been Grammy-nominated, won a Mercury Prize for best album ( Visions of a Life) and this year, to the chagrin of Little Mix fans, they were crowned best group at the BRIT Awards. The band have since become an irresistible force, selling out venues around the UK and beyond as well as producing show-stopping performances at the likes of Glastonbury and Coachella.

Later in the same year Cleary left to pursue a career in nursing and was replaced by Theo Ellis on bass. However, in 2012 DC broke his wrist, which saw Joel Amey step in. They officially became Wolf Alice in 2010, taking their name from the story of Wolf-Alice as featured in Angela Carter’s modern feminist classic The Bloody Chamber.īefore long Rowsell and Oddie wanted to flesh out their sound and recruited Rowsell’s childhood friend Sadie Cleary on bass and Oddie’s pal James DC on drums. With three critically acclaimed albums, three EPs, and 20 or so singles, England’s Wolf Alice have come a long way since founding members Ellie Rowsell and Joff Oddie met online and began performing at open mic sessions.

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