The North London Indie powerhouses Wolf Alice have shared the first episode of a new mini-documentary series entitled The Making of Blue Lullaby. After releasing a “lullaby version” of their 2021 single “The Last Man On Earth” last week, the band will release a total of four tracks to be given the bare-bones treatment in a reimagining of some of their former hits (due to drop on the 24th of June 2022).
The series will see the director Stroma Cairns tell Wolf Alice’s story of their process for these alternate versions. Her style was described here as; “An intimate and honest filming approach, paired with an innate love of storytelling.” With beautiful 16mm footage and a naturalistic fly on the wall POV that sees the band truly in their element, as they experiment in Paul Epworth’s Church Studios in Crouch End, London.
Alongside our new EP, we’ve also filmed a series of mini docs. You can watch The Making of Blue Lullaby episode one now. https://t.co/4md3yEUGMF pic.twitter.com/5fjGYSWnni
— Wolf Alice (@wolfalicemusic) May 10, 2022
In the words of bassist Theo Ellis; “We’ve got a lot of versions of these songs that we’ve played in different sessions, and when we were working through them, we realised that there was these alternatives that were really cool. We were so proud of them, we wanted to share them.” Take a look at the full clip down below:
Along with the revamped edition of “The Last Man On Earth”, Blue Lullaby will include new versions of “Lipstick On The Glass”, “How Can I Make It OK?” and “No Hard Feelings”. To announce the current project, Wolf Alice’s singer Ellie Roswell stated; “We had a really nice moment during the ‘Blue Weekend’ campaign singing one of our songs with a choir and we wanted to experience that again with a few other songs, especially as there are a lot of harmonies and a lot of vocal layering on ‘Blue Weekend’. Hearing multiple voices singing together is an unparalleled feeling to me so I’m happy we got to record this experience and I hope people enjoy it.”
Blue Lullaby will be released via Dirty Hit and can be pre-saved here. Elsewhere, the band will be jet-setting around Europe on an extensive tour, including some North American headline gigs later in the year. They will also be supporting Harry Styles on select dates in his European ‘Love On Tour’.
Domestically, you can catch Wolf Alice on the summer festival circuit at such events as; Glastonbury, Reading & Leeds Festival and TRNSMT.
To get yourself a ticket to see Wolf Alice live, follow the link here.
