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t’shard todefinenorthLondon four-
pieceWolfAlice.And that’s just the
way they like it. Flickingbetweenheavy
grunge riffs, folkand synth-pop, their
NME
-award-winning sound ismelodic
andemotional, yet ferocious.Currentlya
quarterof theway throughaworld tour,
drummer JoelAmey stepsoutofpre-gig
preparations tochat aboutbeige rock
bands,Rihanna’sdisposablemusicand
refusing toconform.
Music canbe as heavyor as light
as it needs tobe,
but absolute trash
cangoaway.HearingRihanna singa song
that just says“work,work,work,work,
work”–everyworddoesblowmymind.
It’snot genius. It’s likeChrisMorriscom-
ingupwithapop songand seeinghow
manypeoplecanbe foolishenough to
think this isanygood.Thatkindofmusic
definitely isdisposableand itdoesblock
yourview.
Musicians today should follow
their gut.
There’salwaysawayofdoing
somethingyouwant todo, despitepeople
tellingyou that isnot theway it’sdone.
Never let someonewithexperience tell
you that yourgut, your feelingandyour
fresh ideasasayoungmusician shouldn’t
beexplored.The industryhasbeen
ruinedby thesepeople, and iscontinu-
allybeing ruinedby thesepeople.A lot
of thepeopleyou’llmeet, artistsand
bands, have snorted the revenue that
they’recomplaining the industrydoesn’t
haveanymore.Believe inyourself. If you
want todo it, followyourgut and take it
seriously fromdayone.These things,
CRYINGWOLF
Above from left, EllieRowsell, TheoEllis,
JoffOddie and Joel Amey are set toplay
several Europeandates this summer
JENN FIVE
