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Creature Songs
folk
Length12:25
LabelDirty Hit
ProducerCatherine Marks
Wolf Alice chronology
Blush
(2013) 		Creature Songs
(2014) 		My Love Is Cool
(2015)
Singles from Creature Songs
  1. "Moaning Lisa Smile"
    Released: 3 April 2014

Creature Songs is the third extended play (EP) by English alternative rock band Wolf Alice. It was released on 26 May 2014 through Dirty Hit. The EP was produced by Catherine Marks. The EP was preceded by the release of "Moaning Lisa Smile", which was uploaded to the band's SoundCloud page.[1][2]

Composition

Barnabas Abraham of

folk and grisly grunge," further elaborating: "It's an approach that makes the London four piece a moodier, gothier Metric, but at least they're upfront about it on this new EP. The first half – 'Moaning Lisa Smile' and 'Storms' ("My demon's my friend, so fight me") – comes on like the ritual sacrifice of Throwing Muses with Courtney Love's rustiest guitar strings before 'Heavenly Creatures' and 'We Are Not The Same' indulge their softer psychedelic doom-folk side, the dejected calm after the massacre."[4] Emma Swann of DIY characterized the EP as "2014 grunge", and added: "The angst oozing from the guitars of Ellie and bandmate Joff Oddie is tangible, whether accompanied by the yells of single 'Moaning Lisa Smile' and the even fiercer follow-up 'Storms', or the near-whispers of final two 'Heavenly Creatures' and 'We're Not The Same'."[5]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The 405
7.5/10[3]
DIY[5]
The Line of Best Fit7/10[6]
NME[4]

The 405 stated that the EP is "much more ambitious in its aim, and succeeds for the most part. It's slower, more down-tempo, but scales the subtleties in sounds used. It's a really well balanced track, drawing itself along nicely," and concluded his review saying: "If we're to see a studio album from Wolf Alice, you'd kinda hope it kicks the face off whatever target it chooses to go for. Creature Songs suggests they've got the balls to do just that."[3]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Wolf Alice

No.TitleLength
1."Moaning Lisa Smile"2:40
2."Storms"3:24
3."Heavenly Creatures"3:17
4."We're Not the Same"3:04
Total length:12:25

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Creature Songs.[7]

  • Catherine Marks – production, mixing
  • Paul Edouard Laurendeau – engineering
  • John Davis – mastering

References

  1. Noisey
    . Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  2. ^ Stevens, Jenny (4 April 2014). "Wolf Alice announce EP, stream new track 'Moaning Lisa Smile' – listen". NME. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  3. ^ a b c Abraham, Barnabas (12 May 2014). "Wolf Alice - Creature Songs [EP]". The 405. Archived from the original on 5 July 2015. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  4. ^ a b Daly, Rhian (23 May 2014). "Wolf Alice - 'Creature Songs' EP". NME. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  5. ^ a b c Swann, Emma (26 May 2014). "Wolf Alice - Creature Songs". DIY. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  6. ^ Day, Laurence (22 May 2014). "EP Review: Wolf Alice - Creature Songs". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  7. ^ Creature Songs (LP liner notes). Wolf Alice. Dirty Hit. 2014. DH00058.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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