WOLF ALICE
Sep 11, 2017
4 minutes
Words by Matt Fink Photos by
Koury Angelo
The cover of Wolf Alice’s second full-length release is striking in its simplicity. A young girl in an idyllic garden strikes a ballerina pose beside what appears to be the skull of a large animal. The girl stares off into the distance, expressionless and seemingly lost in thought. Tinged with both aspiration and melancholy, it serves as an appropriate image to pair with the sound of
Visions of a Life
, the band’s sometimes reflective, often defiant follow-up to their breakthrough debut, 2015’s
My Love is Cool
. For the members of Wolf Alice, the girl—who grew up to be the aunt of lead singer and songwriter Ellie Rowsellencapsulated the
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