Wolf Alice have released new track “White Horses”. The only song on The Clearing (out August 22nd) to see drummer Joel Amey take on lead vocals before a harmonious duet with Ellie takes hold. What started as a demo born from some lyrics committed to his notes app during a rare car journey with his mum, aunt and sister, Joel returned to the verse towards the end of recording of the new album to expand on a theme. He then took the bones of the track to the band who together built it out to produce a song fitting with the overall sound and vision of The Clearing.

Joel explains, “I was inspired by what songs we had already that were becoming The Clearing; the sonic shapes we were creating, the big acoustics, the harmonies, but I wanted to underpin it with a driving krautrock beat.”

The lyrics are about his family, “We’ve never really known where we came in terms of heritage until recently. My mum and my aunt were adopted, and for years it posed questions of identity and where our roots lay for all of us, but for me, they never seemed like answers I needed to find out.”

As he travelled the world with Wolf Alice throughout his 20’s, his sense of home became more vague. “I was on this big adventure with my best mates, never feeling the need to call one place home, living out a suitcase, all the stuff that comes with being in a band. I felt that the answers to ‘who I am and where do I come from?’ didn’t matter so much; I’d chosen my family and they were the people around me.”

But with many things in life, as Joel got older there was a growing curiosity to get some answers on his background. This curiosity came with some excitement and some fear, but also the security that whatever he might find at the end of that journey, he would always be grateful for the people he already had standing by his side. ”White Horses was me trying to put all that into a tune, and Ellie, Joff and Theo helped me all along the way.”

The Clearing was recorded in LA with Grammy-winning, master producer Greg Kurstin last year.

Wolf Alice
The Clearing
Tracklisting

Thorns
Bloom Baby Bloom
Just Two Girls
Leaning Against The Wall
Passenger Seat
Play It Out
Bread Butter Tea Sugar
Safe in the World
Midnight Song
White Horses
The Sofa

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