The group just released the new single this evening. With a heavy, funky piano-doubled bassline, and an ethereally layered chorus, singer Ellie Rosswell shows off her incredible, dynamic vocal range. The song has been released with a music video, full of dramatic dance choreography that compliments the ambitious sound of the song.

In a press release, Roswell explained some of the influence behind the song: “I wanted a rock song, to focus on the performance element of a rock song and sing like Axl Rose, but to be singing a song about being a woman. I’ve used the guitar as a shield in the past, playing it has perhaps been some way to reject the ‘girl singer in band’ trope, but I wanted to focus on my voice as a rock instrument so it’s been freeing to put the guitar down and reach a point where I don’t feel like I need to prove that I’m a musician.”

Their new music follows on from their third studio album, ‘Blue Weekend’, released in 2021. The record reached No. 1 on the UK Album Charts, and picked up a nomination for that year’s Mercury Prize.

The London alt-rock stars recently announced three shows in Ireland next week, in the build-up to their long-awaited comeback.

The band are set to perform in Kilkenny’s Set Theatre on Monday (May 19), Cyprus Avenue in Cork on Tuesday (May 20) and Dolan’s Warehouse in Limerick on Wednesday (May 21).

The shows will be Wolf Alice’s first gigs after almost two years. They last stepped to the stage for an intimate pub gig at The Sebright Arms in East London in September 2023. These Irish stops will serve as a warm-up to their scheduled summer appearances at BBC Radio One’s Big Weekend later this month and Glastonbury in June.

The group have been teasing their new era since last month, when they changed their official logo on social media, while teasing content related to their forthcoming single.

One post contained a lyric sheet, beginning with the lines: “Do I have to make you, sit on your hands/ Fucking baby, baby man/ Do you want me to show you, who I am/ See this fire in my eyes boy/ That’s your flash in the pan.” Now, we can hear these same lyrics in ‘Bloom Baby Bloom’.

Fans can sign up for access to the ticket sales for their Irish shows by registering their email address on the groups website here.

New music incoming!
Smile premieres on @anniemacmanus this tuesday on @BBCR1 at 6PM BSThttps://t.co/g35yCTE6xV pic.twitter.com/FtC0rJ0SGJ

— Wolf Alice (@wolfalicemusic) April 15, 2021

Few days ago the group shared a live version of their recent single ‘The Last Man On Earth’. The video has a gothic feel with red draped fabric and candles, among which a frontman Ellie Rowsell playing on a black piano. You can watch the full video below.

Alice Wolf has already won the hearts of the fans in the UK and North America, now they are planning to conquer Asia. The band told Bulletin Entertainment: “I think for the success in the UK, it came from us just playing continuously for at least the first two years before anyone kind of knew who we were I think, and just being in a band together.  It was quite the D.I.Y. operation at that stage. And everything we made we just kept putting back into the band. And we were just touring and touring, going to wherever who will have us and we were very lucky the press in the UK was kind to us, definitely. They added: “We’d love to tour Asia. We’ve done some shows in Asia. We managed to get into some bucket-list places, so now we want to get to places we haven’t been, which should be great”. 

New Wolf Alice album ‘Blue Weekend‘ is out on 11th June and can be pre-order here. You can read more about the album and see the full track list on MXDWN album preview. The band said in a statement: “I can’t wait to play these new songs live, they are gonna sound so gooooood”. 

The band starts touring in January 2022. This year they will perform at the ‘Glastonbury Presents Live at Worthy Farm Livestream’  on the 22nd May.
See below full list of UK and Ireland dates.
Tickets are available to purchase here.

05/01/22 – Barrowland Ballroom – Glasgow
07/01 – Barrowland Ballroom – Glasgow (sold out)
08/01 – Barrowland Ballroom – Glasgow (sold out)
09/01 – O2 City Hall – Newcastle
10/01 – UEA – Norwich (sold out)
12/01 – O2 Apollo – Manchester (sold out)
13/01 – O2 Apollo – Manchester
14/01 – O2 Academy – Sheffield (sold out)
15/01 – Uni Mountford Hall – Liverpool (sold out)
18/01 – Eventim Apollo – London (sold out)
19/01 – Eventim Apollo – London
22/01 – O2 Guildhall – Southampton (sold out)
23/01 – De La Warr Pavilion – Bexhill On Sea
24/01 – Olympia Theatre – Dublin
25/01 – Olympia Theatre – Dublin (sold out)
27/01 – O2 Academy – Birmingham
28/01 – Plymouth Pavilions – Plymouth
30/01 – O2 Academy – Bristol (sold out)
31/01 – O2 Academy – Bristol