On the 23rd of July, Melissa and I headed down to The Corner Hotel to see Wolf Alice. I was super keen as I've been listening to them for about a year now, and they've recently released their debut album 'My Love Is Cool'. Wolf Alice is signed to the same label as artists such as The 1975, The Japanese House and Marika Hackman. I found out about them through a fan account of The 1975, and I'm so glad I did.
While we bought tickets (aka I dragged Liss along to another gig for a band she's never listened to) as a very last minute as consolation for Catfish & The Battlement cancelling their gig the night prior (can't talk about it, still v. emosh) - it was definitely the right decision as they are SO GOOD LIVE. I missed Wolf Alice 3 times at Glastonbury.... and if you think that's ridiculous you should probably check out the Glastonbury festival site and see how insanely HUGE it is, its a real effort to manoeuvre yourself around all that land on foot in a timely manner while weaving through ginormous waves of people.
Anyway, we were middle second row, with fantastic view of the band. Their setlist consisted of classics like 'Fluffy', 'Nosedive', 'She' and '90 Mile Beach' from their 2013 EP, Blush. They also played my my old time favourite, 'Bros' . Weaved through these older tracks, they played through some of their new tunes from their debut album 'My Love Is Cool'. These inclued 'Your Love's Whore', 'You're a Germ', 'The Wonderwhy', 'Lisbon', 'Storms', 'White Leather' and 'Giant Peach'.
Ellie had amazing stage presence, I was mesmerised the entire gig by her effortless coolness whilst simultaneously feeling a pang of jealousy and resentment as I thought to myself I shouldn't have given up my guitar lessons. During their encore of 'Moaning Lisa Smile', Ellie leant into the crowd, getting the crowd to sing along with her, to which the crowd went mental (of course). Theo was providing the audience with some bass face and headbanging. As I said, we were second row, and we had this big guy dressed in all black tap us on the shoulder and tell us to move out of the way for him to get on stage, us thinking he was security, we moved out of his way - only to find out he too was a fan, and he made his way over to Theo and gave him a kiss on the cheek. Theo then told him to give him a kiss on the lips, with the crowd cheering. Joff jumped around his side of stage, swinging his guitar around, while in contrast, Joel sat up the back drumming away. They really engaged with the crowd, making it a more intriguing show and giving positive vibes and good energy. As the gig was at the Corner Hotel it was relatively intimate, and the band really made sure it was an intimate and inclusive gig.
After the show we met the band around the back of the venue, they were super chill and cool - signed my ticket and got some photos with us. Seriously such nice people, and now I'm super cut I didn't see them the 3 opportunities I had at Glasto. Ready for them to come back to Melb ASAP thanks @dirtyhitrecords get on that x
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