Line-up

Headliner
Wolf Alice Last time in Tokyo: 5 months ago

Venue

Toyosu Pit / 豊洲ピット

江東区豊洲6-1-23, 135-0061, Tokyo, Japan

toyosu-pit.team-smile.org/

Capacity: 3,103

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https://www.creativeman.co.jp/event/wolf-alice26/

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Wolf Alice biography

Wolf Alice (formed in 2010) is a British four-piece alternative rock, indie-rock and pop band, hailing from North London, in the UK.

Deriving their name from a short story by Angela Carter, Wolf Alice was formed in 2010 by Ellie Roswell and Jeff Oddie. Shortly after, the band released an eponymously-titled EP featuring the tracks “Every Cloud”, “Destroy Me” and “Wednesday”, the latter of which was also made into a video. After two years of playing local shows and getting their name into the blogosphere, Wolf Alice became a four-piece with the addition of drummer Joel Amey and bassist Theo Ellis.

The band subsequently released the single “Leaving You” as a free download on their Soundcloud page which resulted in BBC Radio 1 airplay and a feature in NME’s ‘Radar’ section, significantly increasing the exposure of the group. After the release of the single Wolf Alice toured with Birmingham, UK band Peace and recorded a session for BBC Radio 1 DJ Huw Stevens in January 2013.

Wolf Alice signed with independent label Chess Club records in early 2013 who issued the band’s first physically released single “Fluffy” in February 2013. This was followed the by singles “Bros” and the EP “Blush” in October 2013. By December, BBC Radio 6 named the band as the single most blogged-about band in 2013 and a little while later signed with Dirty Hit Records. The new label released Wolf Alice’s second official EP “Creature Songs” on a 10” vinyl and digitally in May, which the the band supported by opening for a catalogue of UK indie bands including Alt-J, Superfood and The 1975.

Live reviews

Fronted by Ellie Roswell, London-based four-piece Wolf Alice have been touted as the best new guitar band around. Living up to that hype can't be easy but they are making it seem simple with brilliant sets like their show at Nottingham's Dot To Dot festival earlier this year. Playing to nearly a thousand people at Rock City, they rattle through fan favourites 'Fluffy' and 'She', sounding far heavier and brit pop-pier than on record. Ellie, wearing a pink dress and sporting DM's is a poster girl for the indie kids. New track 'Moaning Lisa Smile' arrives with anger and energy with Ellie screamimg "ahh ahh ahhh". With the prospect of a debut album hopefully being released sooner rather than later, they will soon be performing on the bigger festival stages and larger capacity live venues. They're already making their way up the festival ladder having performed at this year's Glastonbury festival. They're also set to play to an expectedly large crowd at Reading and Leeds festival. After that, they're embarking on a mini UK tour with promises of lots of new material. Wolf Alice really are the next big thing, catch them up close, playing intimate gigs while you can!

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