Rick Pearson29 September 2017
Hard to define but even harder to ignore, north London quartet Wolf Alice are establishing themselves as indie’s shapeshifters-in-chief.
Having picked up a Mercury nomination for their debut, My Love Is Cool, the band have now written the next chapter in their compelling history.
Pinballing from shoegaze to punk-rock to ethereal folk, Visions of a Life covers more ground than Chelsea’s N’Golo Kanté. There’s unhinged anger on Yuk Foo and there’s dewy-eyed devotion on Don’t Delete the Kisses.
P J Harvey levels of strangeness are reached on Formidable Cool, before the near-eight-minute title track brings things to a thrilling conclusion. Brilliantly fierce.
