Seeing a song that felt so grandiose be shrunken so starkly was beautiful and the melodies from the band as a whole were brilliant. Track 2, Lipstick on the Glass, was a great addition to the EP. ![]() ![]() In fact that is a running theme for the whole EP so let me just say this once and then I will leave you, this is by far the best showing of vocal talent the ‘guitar music’ world has seen in years. Nothing falls short throughout and it goes to highlight more than ever the unquestionable brilliance of Rowsell’s vocals. Though I’m a fan of the original, it was never close to my favourite tracks off the LP but this cover is nothing short of stunning. Track 1, How Can I Make It Ok?, is one that really surprised me off the bat. This is especially true when the album the covers are being made from is the bands most personal already, before stripping it of its bells and whistles. Nothing made me happier to hear that they had a new release set, even though it was going to just be an EP of acoustic covers featuring songs from Blue Weekend, new Wolf Alice music is new Wolf Alice music and always something to look forward to. Because as mentioned previous, the emotional connection I had built to this collection of vibrating air had very little to do with how said air was vibrating and I could have very easily fought and died on a terribly embarrassing hill for the rest of my days, but no. ![]() It would be easy for me to hold this album in high regards for these memories alone (and I would do) but despite this conditioning the south London quarter managed to produce the most cohesive work of their careers and comfortably one of the best albums of the 2020’s so far, and for that I am thankful. The time I spent with this album before the world had a chance to listen to it was special, driving through hill and countryside late at night with the album on repeat and curious friends in the passenger seats. It seems like forever ago that Wolf Alice released their third album, an LP that I was sent to review almost three months before its actual release date.
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