{"id":2102715,"date":"2026-08-19T17:36:46","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T14:36:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2102715"},"modified":"2026-08-19T17:36:46","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T14:36:46","slug":"wolf-alice-complete-run-of-the-clearing-b-sides-with-the-folksy-hit-the-sky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2102715","title":{"rendered":"Wolf Alice complete run of \u2018The Clearing\u2019 B-sides with the folksy \u2018Hit The Sky\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Wolf_Alice_Rachel_Fleminger_Hudson.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"template-id-2749694\" class=\"post-2749694 tdb_templates type-tdb_templates status-publish post\">\n<div id=\"tdi_65\" class=\"tdc-zone\">\n<div class=\"tdc_zone tdi_66  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div id=\"tdi_67\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_68  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_70  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_breadcrumbs tdi_71 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-breadcrumbs \" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_71\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span>News<\/span><span>Music News<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_title tdi_72 tdb-single-title td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_72\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Wolf Alice complete run of \u2018The Clearing\u2019 B-sides with the folksy \u2018Hit The Sky\u2019<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_subtitle tdi_73 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_73\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s about encouraging someone you love to be themselves, because you can see how fabulous they are!&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_author tdi_75 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_75\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> Max Pilley<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_date tdi_76 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_76\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2026-08-19T18:36:46+01:00\">19th August 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tdi_77\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_78  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_80  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span8\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_featured_image tdi_81 tdb-content-horiz-left td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_81\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"696\" height=\"442\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Wolf_Alice_Rachel_Fleminger_Hudson-696x442.jpg\" alt title=\"Wolf_Alice_Rachel_Fleminger_Hudson\"><figcaption class=\"tdb-caption-text\">Wolf Alice. CREDIT: Rachel Fleminger Hudson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_row_inner tdi_83 article-content-row vc_row vc_inner wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column_inner tdi_85  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-inner-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"vc_column-inner\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_86 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>Wolf Alice\u00a0have\u00a0shared the folksy \u2018Hit\u00a0The\u00a0Sky\u2019, the last in their run of B-sides from \u2018The Clearing\u2018 \u2013\u00a0listen\u00a0below.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1337\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b>READ MORE:\u00a0<\/b><b>Wolf Alice are a band in constant evolution: \u201cNot resting on your laurels is really exciting\u201d<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The new song is the third and final song on \u2018The Clearing: B Sides\u2019, following on from\u00a0the delicate, piano-led \u2018Gospel Oak\u2019\u00a0and\u00a0a cover of The Roches\u2019 \u2018Hammond Song\u2019, which featured\u00a0Sunflower Bean\u2018s\u00a0Julia Cumming\u00a0and Bria Salmena.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad0 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/div>\n<p>\u2018Hit The Sky\u2019\u00a0is a stomping folk rock jam that features fiddle playing by James Gavin and it again includes Cumming on backing vocals. Originally recorded as a demo during sessions for \u2018The Clearing\u2019, the band returned to it a year later to complete the recording.<\/p>\n<p>The full collection of B-sides is available digitally now, with a physical seven-inch version to follow on Friday (August 21), which you can pre-order\u00a0here.<\/p>\n<p>Listen to \u2018Hit\u00a0The\u00a0Sky\u2019 here:<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Wolf Alice - Hit The Sky (Official Visualiser)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/H16UmMGZKws?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>Frontwoman\u00a0Ellie Rowsell has said: \u201c\u2018Hit\u00a0The\u00a0Sky\u2019 is a demo we made in Seven Sisters that we revamped a bit with James Gavin on fiddle and Julia Cumming on BVs a year or so later.\u00a0It\u2019s\u00a0about encouraging someone you love to be\u00a0themselves, because\u00a0you can see how fabulous they\u00a0are!\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad1 id_ad_content-horiz-center\">\n<h5 class=\"taboola-mid-article-title\">Recommended<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<p>Wolf Alice fans first had the chance to hear \u2018Hit\u00a0The\u00a0Sky\u2019 when\u00a0it received its live debut at the Royal Albert Hall in March, as part of the Teenage Cancer Trust concert series, where they also aired \u2018Gospel Oak\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Explaining the B-sides collection, Rowsell has called them \u201ca few songs we made during \u2018The Clearing\u2019 that didn\u2019t make it on the final\u00a0record, but\u00a0are ones we love very much \u2013 we\u2019re happy to have found a home for them for you to hear\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The band played a huge homecoming concert at London\u2019s Finsbury Park last month, which\u00a0<i>NME\u00a0<\/i>was at and awarded five stars.\u00a0\u201cAs they\u00a0properly finish\u00a0things off with the blistering \u2018Giant Peach\u2019,\u00a0it\u2019s\u00a0hard not to feel thankful that Wolf Alice followed their own advice,\u201d the review read. \u201cThey\u2019ve been brilliant since the beginning, but over the years, have developed into one of the very best around.\u201d<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"BRITs 2026: Wolf Alice talk \u2018The Clearing\u2019, The Last Dinner Party, and working with Harry Styles\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Hysi5sCq2FM?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad2 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/div>\n<p>\u2018The Clearing\u2019 became Wolf Alice\u2019s second Number One album and earned them\u00a0a record fourth consecutive Mercury Prize nomination, as well as\u00a0a BRIT Award.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to\u00a0<i>NME\u00a0<\/i>about the record, bassist Theo Ellis said: \u201cIt was a challenge making this record, and it\u2019s quite challenging to play some parts of it live. So to have that element of growth and not feeling like you\u2019re resting on your laurels is really exciting. I feel like we\u2019re pushing ourselves and there\u2019s still stuff to reach when we play these songs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wolf Alice\u00a0are\u00a0now set\u00a0to support Olivia Rodrigo on the opening North American leg of her huge \u2018Unraveled Tour\u2019\u00a0later this year, alongside other special guests including\u00a0The Last Dinner Party, Devon Again,\u00a0Die Spitz\u00a0and\u00a0Grace Ives.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_tags tdi_87 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_87\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<ul class=\"tdb-tags\">\n<li><span>Related Topics<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Indie<\/li>\n<li>Sunflower Bean<\/li>\n<li>Wolf Alice<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper td_block_wrap vc_raw_html tdi_89 \">\n<div class=\"td-fix-index\">\n<h3>You May Also Like<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_91  wpb_column 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data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>Wolf Alice\u00a0have\u00a0shared the folksy \u2018Hit\u00a0The\u00a0Sky\u2019, the last in their run of B-sides from \u2018The Clearing\u2018 \u2013\u00a0listen\u00a0below.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1337\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b>READ MORE:\u00a0<\/b><b>Wolf Alice are a band in constant evolution: \u201cNot resting on your laurels is really exciting\u201d<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The new song is the third and final song on \u2018The Clearing: B Sides\u2019, following on from\u00a0the delicate, piano-led \u2018Gospel Oak\u2019\u00a0and\u00a0a cover of The Roches\u2019 \u2018Hammond Song\u2019, which featured\u00a0Sunflower Bean\u2018s\u00a0Julia Cumming\u00a0and Bria Salmena.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad0 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/div>\n<p>\u2018Hit The Sky\u2019\u00a0is a stomping folk rock jam that features fiddle playing by James Gavin and it again includes Cumming on backing vocals. Originally recorded as a demo during sessions for \u2018The Clearing\u2019, the band returned to it a year later to complete the recording.<\/p>\n<p>The full collection of B-sides is available digitally now, with a physical seven-inch version to follow on Friday (August 21), which you can pre-order\u00a0here.<\/p>\n<p>Listen to \u2018Hit\u00a0The\u00a0Sky\u2019 here:<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Wolf Alice - Hit The Sky (Official Visualiser)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/H16UmMGZKws?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>Frontwoman\u00a0Ellie Rowsell has said: \u201c\u2018Hit\u00a0The\u00a0Sky\u2019 is a demo we made in Seven Sisters that we revamped a bit with James Gavin on fiddle and Julia Cumming on BVs a year or so later.\u00a0It\u2019s\u00a0about encouraging someone you love to be\u00a0themselves, because\u00a0you can see how fabulous they\u00a0are!\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad1 id_ad_content-horiz-center\">\n<h5 class=\"taboola-mid-article-title\">Recommended<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<p>Wolf Alice fans first had the chance to hear \u2018Hit\u00a0The\u00a0Sky\u2019 when\u00a0it received its live debut at the Royal Albert Hall in March, as part of the Teenage Cancer Trust concert series, where they also aired \u2018Gospel Oak\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Explaining the B-sides collection, Rowsell has called them \u201ca few songs we made during \u2018The Clearing\u2019 that didn\u2019t make it on the final\u00a0record, but\u00a0are ones we love very much \u2013 we\u2019re happy to have found a home for them for you to hear\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The band played a huge homecoming concert at London\u2019s Finsbury Park last month, which\u00a0<i>NME\u00a0<\/i>was at and awarded five stars.\u00a0\u201cAs they\u00a0properly finish\u00a0things off with the blistering \u2018Giant Peach\u2019,\u00a0it\u2019s\u00a0hard not to feel thankful that Wolf Alice followed their own advice,\u201d the review read. \u201cThey\u2019ve been brilliant since the beginning, but over the years, have developed into one of the very best around.\u201d<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"BRITs 2026: Wolf Alice talk \u2018The Clearing\u2019, The Last Dinner Party, and working with Harry Styles\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Hysi5sCq2FM?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad2 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/div>\n<p>\u2018The Clearing\u2019 became Wolf Alice\u2019s second Number One album and earned them\u00a0a record fourth consecutive Mercury Prize nomination, as well as\u00a0a BRIT Award.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to\u00a0<i>NME\u00a0<\/i>about the record, bassist Theo Ellis said: \u201cIt was a challenge making this record, and it\u2019s quite challenging to play some parts of it live. So to have that element of growth and not feeling like you\u2019re resting on your laurels is really exciting. 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