If you google "Wolf Alice" and read up on any article about them, nearly all of them will sing praises of the band, and some will declare the quartet saviors of rock music. For sensationalism sake, it's often easy but lazy for journalists to say that an act is reviving an entire genre. But in Wolf Alice's case, there truly isn't a fairer way to put it. 

While rock music hasn't actually died, it hasn't sounded quite as loud, raw and emotional until Wolf Alice entered into the music scene with immense ambition and distortion pedals in tow. Made up of Ellie Rowsell, Joff Oddie, Joel Amey, and Theo Ellis, Wolf Alice is a pop-rock-grunge-folk-punk outfit hailing from London that is chalk full of youthful energy and eagerness. They started out as a duo (Ellie, vocals and guitar, and Joff, guitar), added a drummer (Joel, drums and vocals), and then rounded out the lineup with Theo (bass). [Ed. Note: they had a bassist before Joel joined, but she left the band.] The final line up took a few years to come together, but along the way, they cemented their place in the industry and came into their own as a band. 

In this day and age, many bands will scrap together a decent sounding album hoping to get to a point where they can make another record; personality tends to be an afterthought. With Wolf Alice, however, it's a different story. The quartet has taken time to capture every aspect of the band's personality with their debut, "My Love Is Cool." Having already released raucous and equally acclaimed EPs "Heavenly Creatures" and "Blush," the Londoners went full throttle with their firstborn full length, which is filled with deep cuts from start to finish. From the ode-to-friendship "Bros," to the thrashing "Giant Peach" and the introspective "The Wonderwhy" and "Silk," the record exudes maturity, playfulness, emotion and talent. Somehow, Wolf Alice have managed to create an album that makes you nostalgic for things that may have never happened, and the album succeeds in tugging at heartstrings without being sugary. Track to track, "My Love Is Cool" boasts insanely catchy hooks, head-banging drum parts laced beneath brilliant pop melodies that makes you want to throw a vase against the wall while wildly dancing at the same time. At all the right moments, the record simmers down when the band intends to highlight the lyrics ("Silk") but can speed up to 100 miles per hour with the chanty "You're A Germ" and its manic laughs. 

The only common thread throughout the album is Ellie's voice, which does as much as any other instrument on the record. Her voice evokes the appropriate emotion for each track on the album: vengefulness in "You're A Germ," yearning in "Lisbon" and sadness in "The Wonderwhy." Each song makes its own distinctive impression; every one of them sounds like Wolf Alice and Wolf Alice only. Listening to the record is almost like an initiation into the pack that is Wolf Alice ("You can join us if you think you're wild, you can join us if you're a feral child" from "Freazy"): they're the weird-cool kids you've always wanted to befriend. These four are the champions for the weirdos in the real world and the passionate indie artists in the music world. 

Wolf Alice is forging an unconventional path of their own with this album. Having toured with alt-J, Swim Deep and Peace, to name a few, the band has amassed a legion of zealous fans and they're more in demand than ever. Evidently, Ellie, Joff, Joel and Theo are having the time of their lives making tunes and selling out venues and are massively appreciative of everything coming their way, but music fans really have them to thank for injecting life and emotion into songs that can soundtrack our lives. 

I caught up with the four piece in a muggy tent in Delaware straight after their American festival debut at Firefly Festival for some laughs and stories; read the entire interview below. The gang will be back in Los Angeles this fall, so be sure to catch them play the Fonda Theater on October 13. Some tickets are available here, hurry up before they're all gone!