“The Clearing” is the brand new album from Wolf Alice. Written in Seven Sisters and recorded in LA with Grammy-winning, master producer Greg Kurstin last year, “The Clearing” reveals where Wolf Alice stands sonically in 2025.
They deliver a supremely confident collection of songs bursting with ambition, ideas, and emotion.
Wolf Alice’s “The Clearing” felt like the moment the fog finally lifted after years of stormy weather: calmer on the surface, but with so much going on in the air if you actually stop and listen.
The guitars are softer around the edges, the drums sit deep and warm, and there’s a gentle glow to the strings that keeps popping up across the tracklist. Seemingly focused on growing up, and trading chaos for control, the themes are reflected in the musical development of the band. Less whiplash tempo changes, more paused and considered, although the Wolf Alice weirdness is never fully sanded off by the more polished production.
The band have grown in stature and emit the kind of presence that turns anticipation into ignition. They wear their songs like armour, radiating a self-belief; an assurance that every note will land exactly where it should. They elevate the stage, charged with the knowledge that they no longer need to prove their worth.
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