The Wolf Alice story begins with songs that started as wistful acoustic numbers in frontwoman Ellie Rowsell’s North London bedroom, brought to life with a selection of intimate gigs and followed by a lot of industry attention.

The lovechild of folk and grunge Clash Magazine

Their name was taken from Angela Carter’s short story, in which Ellie saw a likeness in “my big teeth, and Joff’s innocent curiosity – he was the Alice to my Wolf and I the Wolf to his Alice.”

Their sound has been compared to The Joy Formidable and Hole, and was described by Clash Magazine as “the lovechild of folk and grunge”. They also have fans in Radio 1, XFM, NME & iTunes.

After signing to Dirty Hit (the label responsible for launching The 1975), Wolf Alice went to Belgium to record their debut EP Creature Songs, which was unleashed in May 2014.

“We want to see people jump around and have fun,” says Ellie. “We all went to heavy gigs when we were younger and it’s just so nice to know people are doing that to your music.”

In January, Wolf Alice will play their biggest show to date, supporting Alt-J at London’s O2 Arena.