Wolf Alice

Wolf Alice are a British rock band from London. They formed in 2010 as an acoustic duo made up of singer Ellie Rowsell and guitarist Joff Oddie, and since 2012 they have also featured drummer Joel Amey and bassist Theo Ellis.

Wolf Alice played their first gig at Highbury Garage in December 2010, supporting April in the Shade, after Rowsell and Oddie met the group at an open mic night at the Hope and Anchor in Islington. They released their first single, 'Fluffy', in February 2013, followed by 'Bros' in May. They put out their debut EP, Blush, in October, and its follow-up, Creature Songs, in May 2014. In February 2015, the band released 'Giant Peach', the lead single from their debut album, My Love Is Cool, which came out in June 2015. It includes their 2014 single 'Moaning Lisa Smile', which reached No. 9 on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart in the United States in August 2015, and which was nominated for the 2016 Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance.

The band released their second studio album, Visions of a Life, in September 2017. It debuted at No. 2 on the UK Albums Chart and received widespread critical acclaim. Named one of the best records of the year by several publications, it won the 2018 Mercury Prize. The band's third studio album, Blue Weekend, came out in June 2021 to unanimous acclaim and became the group's first UK No. 1 album. Wolf Alice won the Brit Award for Best British Group in 2022. Their fourth album, The Clearing, was released in August 2025 and also reached No. 1 in the UK, earning them a nomination for the 2026 Brit Award for British Album of the Year.