On this episode of LaunchLeft, Rain is joined by Ellie Rowsell and Joel Amey from the band Wolf Alice as they talk about their newest album, Blue Weekend. Learn more about the process of producing the new album for the band and their tour across the US. Stay tuned to the end as we play a song from their new album, “The Last Man on Earth.”

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LaunchLeft is an alliance of left-of-center artists, a label, a podcast, a curation engine. LaunchLeft Podcast hosted by Rain Phoenix is an intentional space for Art and Activism that enlists famed creatives to launch emerging bands. LaunchLeft begins with music, but ultimately aims to launch left-of-center artists in all creative fields.

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IN THIS EPISODE:

• [01:39] Ellie and Joel of Wolf Alice explain their musical backgrounds and how they found each other and became bandmates
• [05:27] The band’s form of activism 
• [07:43] The experience the band had working with a producer for their recent album
• [13:25] Hear song “Last Man on Earth” from the band’s new album

KEY TAKEAWAYS:

• The band uses different ways to share and collaborate on songs and lyrics and this helps them keep track of everything as they create. 
• Having all band members involved in the creation process keeps the ideas open and flowing allowing for better results in the end for the album

ARTIST LINKS:

https://wolfalice.co.uk https://www.instagram.com/wolfalicebandhttps://twitter.com/wolfalicemusichttps://www.facebook.com/wolfalicemusichttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCE3uvMO3ERiFphvVX_ct3GAhttps://www.tiktok.com/@wolfalicemusichttps://soundcloud.com/wolfalice

About Wolf Alice:With their distinctive blend of vintage '90s indie rock, folk, electronic, and dream pop, Wolf Alice are one of the most eclectic bands of the 2010s and 2020s. They're also one of the most acclaimed: The North London group's 2015 debut album My Love Is Cool -- which highlighted the delicacy and ferocity of Ellie Rowsell's vocals and lyrics -- counted Grammy Award and Mercury Prize nominations among its many accolades. The band won the Mercury Prize for 2017's Visions of a Life, an album that added more elements, as well as more polish, to their music, and on 2021's anthemic yet atmospheric Blue Weekend, Wolf Alice's ambitions and horizons continued to grow.

Wolf Alice formed in 2010, when singer/songwriter Ellie Rowsell and guitarist Joff Oddie began playing as an acoustic duo and took their name from a short story by Angela Carter. After issuing a self-titled EP, the group expanded into a quartet with the addition of drummer Joel Amey and bassist Theo Ellis.

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