Wolf Alice

Yeah, i like it. First of the three i've really liked tbh.

xp: I might have to go that route if they release any more advance songs. All the tracks they've released so far have hit my sweet spot where I can just play them endlessly on repeat. I want to save something for when the album comes out.

gorgeous

This is my favourite of the three so far I think.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gEBVbHJpZo

really wanna see this band live

I'm surprised by the mixed reception for "last man on earth", it stops me in my tracks every time

rt

the first few tracks on this are really cool & cinematic

great album, they really love their dramatic sweeping crescendos now

"lipstick on the glass" is so good

Has it leaked? Y’all got promos?

I was a bit meh about the tracks I’ve heard so far but that wee audience-less Worthy Farm show last weekend was fantastic. I mean they’ve seemed like Glastonbury Pyramid Stage headline material since the first album so fair dos, I hope they get to headline a night at next year’s.

it's out tomorrow! afaict in some countries it is already tomorrow

Hoping this shows up at some local shops, $20 for the CD on Amazon and I can't find a bandcamp page for them.

Well shit, we got 2021 US tour!

America baby! It’s been so long since we’ve been gone, but hope is on the horizon, we’re coming back. Grab tix and come join the party, we’ve missed you 🇺🇸.
Tickets on sale Friday 10AM local time - https://t.co/d9Dv2Ny5gB pic.twitter.com/cUGu2VPOsR

— Wolf Alice (@wolfalicemusic) June 3, 2021

uhhhhhh yeahh aoty

oh yeah this is really fucking good

only halfway through but this already feels like the most cohesive/considered rock record I've heard since the empty country album

"lipstick on the glass"... i apparently love to compare rock bands to radiohead this year but that's some moon shaped pool-esque mastery of dynamics. album is really well-paced too, which is where i felt visions of a life got a little lost

literally cannot imagine how this album could sound better

"how can i make it ok?" my favorite song of all time

yeah this seems like pretty obviously their best album, filler-free and fully realized

and when your friends are talking
you hardly hear a word
you were the first person here
and the last man on the earth

"last man on the earth" right into "no hard feelings" might be the most emotionally devastating thing that ever happened to me lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEfxTD13eLM

That song has a very Fleetwood Mac sound to it. Love it.

I immediately thought of the Mac as well

presale code for the tour is BlueWeekend21. Got myself tickets to 1st night in DC.

Can't believe no-one's mentioned Abba; Feeling Myself sounds like Eagle! Touches of Haim's last album in there too.

This is miles better than the last album. Those first three tracks are something else. Phew well that's a relief.

the only track i'm not completely sold on is "play the greatest hits", the verse is just a little grating

agree that it's very clearly their best album

"how can i make it ok" is really wonderful but should have had like a acoustic guitar solo or something to complete the balearic feel

"safe from heartbreak" is one of the best "short mid-album breather ballads" I've ever heard, and a LOT of bands have tried it

One of those Listening Party affairs is happening at 6pm uk time;

We'll be joining @Tim_Burgess for a @LlSTENlNG_PARTY at 6PM BST today. Grab a blue bev and start your weekend with us xxx #TimsTwitterListeningParty #BlueWeekend
Artwork by @RNRReceipts pic.twitter.com/uY45ZpI6gC

— Wolf Alice (@wolfalicemusic) June 4, 2021

That stretch from "Safe from Heartbreak" to "Play the Greatest Hits" had my head spinning.

my only real complaint is the "Beach" bookends are a little on the slight side, but that's really just "I want more" which is the best type of complaint to have

it was cool that the pre-release tracks didn't really reveal what the album was going for much, like only "the last man on earth" hinted at it, and even though i enjoy it a lot more in the context of the album it feels a bit more obvious than the rest in its big dramatic build etc.

"beach ii" is one of the best songs on the album, swan dive into shoegaze

this album feels 15 minutes long (this is a compliment)

i have said it before but the drummer in this band is a beast

And his background vocals on Safe From Heartbreak are very welcome indeed.

i really want them to next make an album that takes this one's sound and lets all the songs sprawl for 10 minutes each. give me some epics

Yeah, I would have loved an epic a la the Visions of a Life title track. Like to hear them play around with these textures more. I'd be up for that.

From a track-listing perspective though, Delicious Things into Lipstick on the Glass is pretty substantial chunk of album there (and right at the beginning too!).

oh yeah those first three tracks together are incredible

ok i even love "play the greatest hits" now though it's not quite as good at the sort of thing it does as "yuk foo"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5VG2XWUEbA

this album is the midpoint between siamese dream and aerial

anyone getting Susanne Sundfør vibes on "How Can I Make It OK"?

Definitely. And I’m so impressed by the vocals across every track; hooks all over the place.

Last album didn’t do much for me besides Don’t Delete The Kisses, but I’m blown away by this.

oh yeah i hear that alfred

The best Lykke li record that she never made

oh man