Wolf Alice are an English rock band from London. Formed in 2010 as an acoustic duo made up of singer Ellie Rowsell and guitarist Joff Oddie, Wolf Alice have also featured bassist Theo Ellis and drummer Joel Amey since 2012.
Wolf Alice played their first gig at Highbury Garage in December 2010 supporting April in the Shade, after Rowsell and Oddie met the band at an open mic at the Hope and Anchor in Islington. They released their debut single "Fluffy" in February 2013 and followed it with "Bros" in May. They released their debut EP Blush in October, and its follow-up Creature Songs in May 2014. In February 2015, the band released the lead single "Giant Peach" from their debut album My Love Is Cool, which was released in June 2015. It includes their 2014 single "Moaning Lisa Smile", which peaked at No. 9 on US Billboard's Alternative Songs chart in August 2015, and 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 acclaim from music critics. Ranked as one of the year's best albums by multiple publications, the album won the 2018 Mercury Prize. The band's third studio album Blue Weekend was released in June 2021 to universal acclaim, and became the band's first UK No.1 album. Wolf Alice won the 2022 Brit Award for British Group.
While the group's early material was folk-tinged pop, they became more rock-oriented after the rhythm section joined. Generally, the band's musical style has been described as alternative rock, indie rock, dream pop, shoegaze, grunge, folk, pop, and electronic. Clash described the band as "the lovechild of folk and grunge". The "Fluffy" single saw the band compared to Elastica and Hole, while the single's B-side, "White Leather", saw comparisons to The xx.
Kitty Empire, writing in The Observer, described their sound as "an engaging strain of off-kilter indie rock". The band describe their music as "rocky pop". The Telegraph declare Wolf Alice's debut album as 'feral and sophisticated' in review. In interviews, the band has cited their liking for The Vines, the Beatles, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Blur, and Courtney Love.
Ellie Rowsell’s voice type is classified as soprano.
