Wolf Alice's New Album Is Out Now

Wolf Alice, a renowned British band, has released their fourth studio album, The Clearing, featuring the track ‘Just Two Girls. The album was inspired by personal conversations with friends, which the band describes as validating and validating. The album reflects on the band’s journey of figuring out aspects of their lives, such as appearance, and how these conversations can change one’s perspective on their relationships. The Clearing follows a series of singles, including ‘Bloom Baby Bloom’, ‘The Sofa’, and ‘White Horses’, each revealing a distinct sonic direction. Written in Seven Sisters and recorded in LA with Grammy-winning producer Greg Kurstin, The Clearing is a widescreen collection of bold, heartfelt songs that nod to the 70s while remaining rooted in the present. The album is the band’s most refined work yet, with each track being as distinct as the last.

The band celebrated last night with a history-defining release show at The Dublin Castle in Camden, hallowed ground for a band whose impact in their native North London is impossible to measure. The celebration extended next door with a special pop-up event, where fans got an early listen to the album and access to exclusive merch.

At its core, The Clearing is a record about arrival – not at a destination, but at a sense of peace with the journey. Whether that’s the self-interrogation of ‘Thorns’, the yearning nostalgia of ‘Leaning Against The Wall’, or the raw intimacy of ‘Play It Out’, each track maps a waypoint in the band’s evolution. A landmark album in concept and execution, The Clearing is less a reinvention than a recognition of the band’s full capabilities: fierce yet fragile, playful yet profound. Front and centre is Rowsell’s ever-evolving poetic storytelling alongside an innate desire for Ellie, Joff, Theo, and Joel to have fun, secure in their ambition and ability at this unique moment.

From the rolling euphoria of ‘Bread Butter Tea Sugar’ to the assuring acceptance of ‘The Sofa’, the record captures a band unafraid to push themselves further than ever before. This is Wolf Alice entirely in command – no longer searching, but stepping confidently into a new chapter.

The album’s title serves as a quiet mission statement and emotional centerpiece. It finds the four-piece meditating on what remains when the uncertainty, insecurities, and self-deprecation of your 20s fall away. The sentiment – “Know who I am, that’s important to me. Do what I can to see the wood from the trees” (White Horses) – is less a declaration of triumph than of peaceful acceptance. The Clearing is Wolf Alice’s most accomplished and affecting work to date.

Wolf Alice has come a long way since the North London quartet first emerged in 2013 as a young band holding a mirror up to their own emerging generation. Today, Wolf Alice’s fourth album, The Clearing, finds them at the peak of their powers, grown into a band of generational importance. While the bruised euphoria of their debut My Love Is Cool, which featured the Grammy-nominated ‘Moaning Lisa Smile’, both captured and perfectly soundtracked the experience of youth first cutting their musical teeth, 2018’s follow up Visions Of A Life cemented their rise with a Mercury Music Prize, before the precious hurt of 2022’s Blue Weekend and its resultant UK number 1 and Brit Award for Best Group. In the process, lead singer Ellie Rowsell has grown into a storytelling icon, weaving cautionary tales of how your twenties will hurt you, but in valuable ways. Wolf Alice has toured the world multiple times, headlining sold-out tours, gracing numerous festival stages, and supporting key artists, including pop icon Harry Styles. Following a packed summer of historical festival slots at Primavera Sound, Radio 1’s Big Weekend and Glastonbury, the band will celebrate The Clearing with a sold-out tour across North America, Europe, the UK and Ireland this autumn, which sees the band headlining some of the biggest stages of their career to date, including London’s O2 Arena.

The Clearing – Tracklist