Congratulations on being nominated for Best British Breakthrough Act at the Brits and nominated for a Grammy with Moaning Lisa Smile! How do you feel about the massive amount of recognition you’ve received lately and how far you guys have come since the beginning of the band? Oh god! I feel very flattered by any accolade, or recognition or nod or whatever. Yeah, I think we’ve come very far in a lot of respects. Coming back to your Camden roots, what are the origins of Wolf Alice and how did you form the group? We were all doing different musical ventures. Teo and Joel were playing guitar in a couple of different bands and me and Joff were playing at open mic sessions in North London. We had a mutual friend who brought us all together and we realised we all wanted to do the same thing so we decided to do it together. From there we just kept playing loads of shows in London and eventually played around the country. After various singles and two EP’s, finally your album My Love Is Cool was released last June. What was it like to have your debut completed and hold it in your hands?
It was amazing, a huge relief as the release date kept being pushed back. So when it did get released we were like “Finally!” It felt cementing and satisfying, regardless of how people received it, to have something out there.
On the next tour in March you’re coming back to headline Norwich for the first time since 2013. What was the crowd and atmosphere like then at Norwich Arts Centre? Yeah I do remember it actually and it was a great response considering we pretty unknown and were probably really shit! Tere weren’t that many people there but I remember there were enough to make it fun and we played with God Damn which was funny. I remember a girl gave me a little felt Sylvanian Family figure which I kept in my pedal board for a long time. It’s sadly gone now! You were also in Norwich back in February 2014 supporting Te 1975, during which gig your equipment went a bit haywire and you finished by saying “Tank you, you were great, we were shit”. How was this gig for you and do you think playing the LCR will be different this time? I hope it’ll be different! Hopefully we’ve got our shit together now and won’t keep breaking stuff every two minutes. Tat gig was really fun; if anything it made it a little bit more memorable for the crowd. I remember the crowd were really nice about it so it was fine. Have you been working on any new material to play in March or will it be mainly My Love Is Cool tracks? We’re always trying to write new stuff. Recently we’ve had a bit of time off, gone to the rehearsal room and messed about with some new stuff. So yeah, I would like to play some new songs but it would be very early stages demos. So people shouldn’t take it too seriously! I hear you’re taking Slaves on tour with you to North America. Can you reveal anything about the support for your Norwich date at this point? Nothing’s confirmed but people will really like it! You’re playing lots of festivals this
outlineonline.co.uk / February 2016 / 13
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