‘Multi-BRIT Award nominees Wolf Alice return with their triumphant fourth album. Written in Seven Sisters and recorded in LA with Grammy-winning, master producer Greg Kurstin last year, 'The Clearing' reveals where Wolf Alice stand sonically in 2025, delivering a supremely confident collection of songs bursting with ambition, ideas and emotion.
Rolling Stone UK - 4*
“On The Clearing, the best new British band of the past decade find a comfortable new home in a new sound that’s more confident than ever”
NME - 5*
“Wolf Alice are the kind of band that keep on getting better with every record, and here, they raise the bar on themselves once again.”
DIY - 5*
“One for the history books.”
Mojo - 4*
“Throughout, singer Ellie Rowsell is a compelling presence, and the result is Wolf Alice’s best yet”
The Times - 4*
“The London quartet’s grandly expansive fourth album is a show of undeniable strength”
Daily Star - 4*
“Ellie Rowsell sounds like an artist hitting her peak, all dreaming on Leaning Against The Wall then soaring like a young Linda Ronstadt on The Sofa. The kooky Just Two Girls is their best ever.”
The London Standard - 4*
“These tracks eschew snarling aggression for airy, gauzy harmonies, ruminations on love and some truly excellent melodic hooks.”
Dork - 5/5
“Rowsell reaffirms her place as one of the century’s indispensable British vocalists”