Biography

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 drummer Joel Amey and bassist Theo Ellis 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. Their fourth album, The Clearing, was released in August 2025 and also hit No. 1 in the UK, earning a nomination for the 2026 Brit Award for British Album.