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Wolf Alice

The Clearing

Fourth album from the London alt.rock quartet produced by Greg Kurstin (Gorillaz, Foo Fighters, Paul McCartney)

ADM rating[?]

7.7

Label
Columbia
UK Release date
22/08/2025
US Release date
22/08/2025
  1. 10.0 |   DIY

    NEW Their boldest, most striking record yet.
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  2. 10.0 |   NME

    NEW Now firmly in their thirties, the band are out of the woods of the chaos of their twenties, and settling into new levels of self-acceptance and self-assurance
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  3. 10.0 |   Far Out

    NEW Using pianos, strings, electric guitars, and searing vocals as their weapons of choice, anything is possible. The only question is whether the next step will take them out of this world
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  4. 8.0 |   Rolling Stone UK

    NEW A 70s rock vibe makes for a sublime fourth Wolf Alice album
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  5. 8.0 |   Rolling Stone

    NEW Eclectic U.K. band’s latest album combines classic pop-rock gestures with lyrics about navigating life
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  6. 8.0 |   Mojo

    NEW Throughout, singer Ellie Roswell is a compelling presence, and the result is Wolf Alice's best yet. Print edition only

  7. 6.0 |   Uncut

    NEW A bell-bottomed soft-rock glaze courtesy of Greg Kurstin that gives their new songs real heft - "Bloom Baby Bloom" splits the difference between Spinal Tap and the Carpenters - but leaves some tumbling along like Elton John offcuts. Print edition only

  8. 6.0 |   PopMatters

    NEW On The Clearing, Wolf Alice appear to be searching and, for once, lack the originality that made them household names. It’s a mid-career misstep
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  9. 5.0 |   The Quietus

    NEW ‘Bloom Baby Bloom’ had so much going for it. Why couldn’t Wolf Alice apply that level of vision, skill, invention and audaciousness to the rest of The Clearing?
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