Visions of a Life follows on from My Love is Cool almost seamlessly, and with two hugely accomplished records already in their arsenal, Wolf Alice are a band who have the world at their feet.
Visions of a Life may be a somewhat inconsistent journey but it's also pure rock and roll splendor from a band that's super talented and not afraid to take chances.
With Rowsell’s voice as the guiding light, Visions is a captivating, enjoyable ride.
There’s no denying Visions Of A Life top marks for a sterling sophomore effort.
Visions of a Life sees the band refine the exuberant jumble of dream-pop and grunge that characterised their debut My Love is Cool, while also finding new areas of exploration.
At times the music meanders a little, especially as the album comes to a close with the title track, but hats off to the band for pushing themselves on Visions of a Life.
A reflection of a young band trying out all its possibilities, Visions of a Life is more scattered than My Love Is Cool, but its best songs hint at even more potential.
Wolf Alice is a British rock band that makes “loud pop.” That still doesn’t account for the eclecticism on Visions of a Life. In the first three tracks alone, the album veers from psychedelic expanse to riotous punk to a chewy, cheerleadery glitter bomb.
Each song on Visions of a Life exudes intention and confidence, referencing the work of artists before them, yet the four-piece is able to firmly present themselves as a powerful band for 2017.
SHORT REVIEW #13
‘Visions of a Life’ isn’t that much different from ‘My Love is Cool’. But this shouldn’t be seen as a bad thing. In fact, this is more unique and eventful than ‘My Love is Cool’. The things that Wolf Alice does on this album, such as adding shoegaze and making their songs "rock-ier", are welcome additions to their arsenal, and “Don’t Delete the Kisses” is their best song so far! With that being said, ... read more
The way that this negs the first album is crazy. Take this as my unofficial review of the first one, it’s very boring with a few highlights. But this one? Holy shit it steps it up so much. The vocals are livelier, the production is 10x better, and the vibes are immaculate. It really is just an intimate dreamscape that pulls you in and lulls you into a peaceful state of euphoria. Such an awesome record, highly recommend.
i ike the way wolf alice goes. they maintains first album's vibe but viisons of a life is more dream popy and includes more deep-feeling ''god songs'' . yeah, beside that they have still catchy , fast verses and sometimes scratchy sometimes euphoric background. but i like first album a little bit more
my favorites:
Heavenward
Yuk Foo
Beautifully Unconventional
Don't Delete The Kisses
Sky Musings
St. Purple & Green
After The Zero Hour
i went into this with no expectations and was pleasantly surprised. shoegaze and dreamy indie rock all meshed together. loving the vocals on this
MERCURY PRIZE WINNERS DEEP DIVE (for @Legoshi): 2018
As exceptional as Wolf Alice's genre-hopping abilities are, they can feel a bit scattershot in places, which is especially the case for this album. It starts off with 'Heavenward', a devastatingly beautiful shoegaze number about the death of a loved one, and then it's followed by Ellie Rowsell screaming her brains out on riot-grrrl pastiche 'Yuk Foo', and that's followed by 'Beautifully Unconventional', an upbeat, twee guitar pop number ... read more
1 | Heavenward 4:55 | 89 |
2 | Yuk Foo 2:13 | 83 |
3 | Beautifully Unconventional 2:13 | 85 |
4 | Don't Delete The Kisses 4:35 | 94 |
5 | Planet Hunter 3:52 | 87 |
6 | Sky Musings 2:58 | 84 |
7 | Formidable Cool 3:33 | 88 |
8 | Space & Time 2:27 | 84 |
9 | Sadboy 4:11 | 87 |
10 | St. Purple & Green 4:21 | 85 |
11 | After the Zero Hour 3:24 | 81 |
12 | Visions of a Life 7:57 | 94 |
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