There’s enough here to love to last you a whole summer My Love Is Cool is the sound of indie pop having the paddles applied Print edition onlyįiendishly difficult to pin down, but full of inspired ideas rather than lacking direction. There's a Jekyll and Hyde quality to Wolf Alice's debut that gently reels you in with its gossamer folk pop and lilting indie-pop before it going for the jugular with savage bursts of psycho-grunge guitars. One of lead vocalist Ellie Rowsell’s most memorable vocal traits is her ability to alternate the character of her voice to suit the mood of the song Wolf Alice’s magpie tendencies might reflect a fear of being typecast, but they tackle each style so deftly that one can only praise them for their range and reach It’s an invigorating debut with a gaunt, gallant identity of its own Wolf Alice’s firstborn digs its sharp claws right under your skin. It’s not the debut of the year, but in its best moments, My Love Is Cool comes close Everyone else should be taking notesĪ debut album that is startlingly refined and focused Three years in the making, and after a swathe of disappointments from other much-touted acts, this is the album that shows exactly how to nail it. The epitome of the pan-cultural 21st Century rock album, and easily the debut of the decade so far It’s as good a debut as you could hope to hear, a fresh injection of pure brilliance and beauty to a genre that is creaking under the weight of mediocrity and a lack of adventurous inventivenessĮvery song has a purpose and earns its rightful place on the album not one has the air of being there just to fill the gaps It should earn Wolf Alice legions of fansĪ record that swings from sumptuous sprawls to ear-sizzling riffs Believe the hypeĪn astonishingly fearless debut from a band that's about to grip hold of the benefits that come with bravery After years of the slow build, the release is here. Sort by ADM rating Sort by most recent reviewīands like Wolf Alice come along once in a generation.
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