Getting a late start on Thursday with Wolf Alice – recorded live at BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend at Sefton Park in Liverpool and broadcast on May 24.
When I first ran across Wolf Alice, they were an acoustic Duo (Ellie Rowsell and Joff Oddie) and they didn’t seem like your usual “acoustic duo” by any stretch of the imagination. But fifteen years later they’ve become a staple in the diets of many Indie consumers in that time – and a festival without Wolf Alice feels like a festival “a bit off”.
To get you up to speed (in the event you’re just discovering or heard-about but never actually heard (I can’t imagine how) – here’s some rundown on them via our ragged dependables, Wikipedia:
While the group’s early material was folk-tinged pop, they became more rock-oriented after the rhythm section joined. Generally, the band’s musical style has been described as alternative rock, indie rock, dream pop,shoegaze, grunge, folk, pop, and electronic. Clash described the band as “the lovechild of folk and grunge”. The “Fluffy” single saw the band compared to Elastica and Hole, while the single’s B-side, “White Leather”, saw comparisons to The xx, Kitty Empire, writing in The Observer, described their sound as “an engaging strain of off-kilter indie rock”.The band describe their music as “rocky pop”. The Telegraph declare Wolf Alice’s debut album as ‘feral and sophisticated’ in review.
In interviews, the band has cited their liking for The Vines, the Beatles, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Blur, and Courtney Love.
Rowsell’s voice type is classified as soprano.
So now you know, you’re mostly caught up – now all you have to do is press Play and get moving – just remember; it’s Thursday, the last Thursday in May and another month of insanity is almost over. The mind fairly reels as to what June is going to be about – at least we have seatbelts.
