London Rock band Wolf Alice joined The Evening Show with Dan O’Connell on Radio X last night to talk some more about their upcoming album. Lead singer, Ellie Rowsell teased new details about the band’s new album ‘The Clearing’, telling fans that they will be “surprised” by it and letting them know that there is a “bunch more” tracks varying from their freshly released new single ‘Bloom Baby Bloom’.
Ellie explained the band’s new material to the host saying: “I feel like yes, it is a taste, but I think you’ll maybe be surprised when you listen to the rest of the record in the context of ‘Bloom Baby Bloom.’ But yeah, a little bit of a taster, but don’t think there’s going to be a bunch more ‘Bloom Baby Blooms.’”
Also discussing the band’s brand new single, Rowsell explained the track explores themes of self-empowerment, noting: “I like that you said it feels like a mantra, because I like the idea that of someone listening to it and feeling like that about themselves.”
When asked about the vocal style on ‘Bloom Baby Bloom’ and comparisons to Guns N’ Roses frontman Axl Rose, Rowsell responded: “Oh my God, I would never dare try to do that! But I think I was kind of thinking about rock singers who sing in falsetto, and he’s obviously like… I get scared that I mentioned Axl Rose, because I don’t actually know a lot of his music! But yeah, stylistically he can go very high, can’t he?”
The band is also set to go back on tour later this year after the album release on August 29th. ‘The Clearing’ leans on a golden palette of ’70s sounds with some Latin jazz flavours. Talking to NME, the band said: “The Clearing encapsulates that freeing feeling of finding a moment of peace and clarity, having survived the freewheeling frivolity of your 20s, emerging into your future and is a portrait of Wolf Alice standing on the precipice of a new decade in both life and art.”
You can pre-order the album here. The band will play a trio of intimate Irish shows next week before appearances at BBC Radio One’s Big Weekend and Glastonbury 2025.
