Wolf Alice are back and there’s some changes. The new LP is ‘The Clearing’ and they describe it as “a classic pop/rock album that nods to the ‘70s while remaining rooted firmly in the present.”

In addition, singer Ellie Rowsell has put the guitar down. “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.”

The Clearing is out August 29th and there’s a single right now, Bloom Baby Bloom: