Wolf Alice detail fourth studio album, The Clearing

“I wanted a rock song, to focus on the performance element of a rock song and sing like Axl Rose, but to be singing a song about being a woman,” Ellie Rowsell notes. “I’ve used the guitar as a shield in the past, playing it has perhaps been some way to reject the 'girl singer in band' trope, but I wanted to focus on my voice as a rock instrument so it’s been freeing to put the guitar down and reach a point where I don’t feel like I need to prove that I’m a musician.”

Wolf Alice’s fourth album The Clearing follows their debut My Love Is Cool, which featured the Grammy-nominated "Moaning Lisa Smile"; 2018’s follow-up Visions Of A Life cemented their rise with a Mercury Music Prize win, and 2022’s number one album, Blue Weekend with its resultant Brit Award for Best Group.