Wolf Alice’s new album ‘Blue Weekend’ is 2021’s highest-rated album on Metacritic so far

Wolf Alice have shared a new video for their track ‘Safe From Heartbreak (If You Never Fall In Love)’ – you can watch it below.The song appears on the North London band’s new album ‘Blue Weekend’, which went to Number One in the UK charts following its release earlier this month.Having screened a special short film in London to accompany the record, the group have been releasing a series of Jordan Hemingway-helmed visuals for each of the 11 songs as separate chapters.Arriving tonight (June 22),

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Wolf Alice have shared the latest instalment of the visual accompaniment to their most recent studio album, ‘Blue Weekend’.The music video for ‘Lipstick on the Glass’ is presented as ‘Chapter III’ in its introductory sequence, alluding to its place as track three on the albumIn the video, the band exits a taxi – which directly follows the video for ‘Delicious Things’ – and walks through an otherwise empty street.

Wolf Alice have announced details of a European tour that will take place early next year.The band will head to the continent in February 2022 for a number of live dates in support of their recently released third album ‘Blue Weekend’.Set to be Wolf Alice’s first European tour since 2018, the band will visit France, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, Denmark, Sweden, Spain and more next year.

Wolf Alice have scored their first UK Number One album with ‘Blue Weekend’ and have claimed the biggest opening week for a British group in 2021.The London band’s new album, which arrived last week (June 4), debuted at the top spot with over 36,000 chart sales – 14,700 of which were vinyl copies.In addition, the four-piece – who knocked Olivia Rodrigo’s ‘Sour’ down to Number Two – overtook Royal Blood to claim the biggest opening week for a British group in 2021 so far.‘Blue Weekend’ was one of

Wolf Alice celebrate their first chart-topping record as their new album Blue Weekend lands straight in at Number 1 on this week’s Official Albums Chart.

Wolf Alice have continued to share videos from their latest album ‘Blue Weekend’, dropping a cinematic clip for ‘Delicious Things’.The video for ‘Delicious Things’ comes just days after the band shared dramatic visuals for album track ‘The Beach’, starring singer and guitarist Ellie Rowsell.The ‘Delicious Things’ clip sees Rowsell sitting in a cab as a revolving cast of characters argue, passionately kiss, cry and more, as the vision becomes increasingly blurry.

Deafheaven have announced their new album ‘Infinite Granite’ – you can listen to their latest single ‘Great Mass of Color’ below.The San Francisco band will follow up their 2018 LP ‘Ordinary Corrupt Human Love’ with the new record, which is set for release on August 20 via Sargent House.Deafheaven’s new nine-track album has been produced by Justin Meldal-Johnsen (who has previously worked with the likes of Wolf Alice and Paramore) and engineered by both Darrell Thorp and regular Deafheaven

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Wolf Alice have shared a new video for their song ‘The Beach’ – you can watch the dramatic clip below.The track is the latest to be taken from the four-piece’s new album ‘Blue Weekend’, which was released last Friday (June 4).‘The Beach’ video, which was released last night (June 7), features singer and guitarist Ellie Rowsell in the starring role, with the clip following the musician at home.After taking a bath, a distressed Rowsell collapses onto a bed as water from the bath seeps over the

Wolf Alice are on course for a UK Number One album this week after outselling all of their top five rivals combined.According to an update from the Official Charts, Wolf Alice’s critically acclaimed new album, Blue Weekend, has garnered the most physical and download sales across the first three days of the chart tracking period.Wolf Alice’s debut My Love Is Cool and follow up Visions Of A Life both reached Number Two in the Official Album’s Chart.Elsewhere in the charts, James are on course for

Wolf Alice are heading for Number 1 on this Friday’s Official Albums Chart with their third studio album Blue Weekend.

Wolf Alice have shared a live video for new track ‘How Can I Make It OK?’ – scroll down the page to watch it below now.The song was the last piece of new material to be released by the band ahead of the arrival of their third album ‘Blue Weekend’ on Friday (June 4).The new video captures the band performing ‘How Can I Make It OK?’ In a studio surrounded by TVs. Some of the screens show white noise or lines of text appearing through the static.

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Haley Bosselman editorSince the release of their debut album in 2015, Wolf Alice has been one of those “big in England” bands who are massive in their home country, leading awards shows and winning best album prizes, while they remain relatively under the radar in the U.S.Ten years into their career, the British quartet’s masterful latest album, “Blue Weekend” — out today (June 4) on Dirty Hit-RCA — may take them out of that category.

Wolf Alice have announced that they’ll be embarking on a 2021 North American tour in support of their new album, ‘Blue Weekend’.The London band’s third LP arrives tomorrow (June 4) via Dirty Hit, featuring the singles ‘How Can I Make It OK?’, ‘No Hard Feelings’, ‘The Last Man On Earth’ and ‘Smile’.The US tour begins on October 25 in Seattle, and includes stops in Portland, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Denver, Minneapolis, Chicago, Boston, NYC, Washington DC, Nashville and wraps up in Atlanta on

Wolf Alice have shared a new single called ‘How Can I Make It OK?’ – you can listen to it below.The enchanting track is the fourth taste of the London band’s forthcoming third album ‘Blue Weekend’, following on from ‘No Hard Feelings’, ‘The Last Man On Earth’ and ‘Smile’.

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Wolf Alice have announced they will screen a short film accompanying their new album ‘Blue Weekend‘ at Soho’s Picturehouse central cinema next Thursday (June 10).The London band, who release their third album tomorrow (June 4), will show the Jordan Hemingway-directed film in two sittings at 6.30pm BST and 8.45pm BST, preceding each screening with a live acoustic performance. Head here for tickets.Wolf Alice said in a statement: “Last winter we began making a visual feast for your eyes.