My Love Is Cool
by Wolf Alice
  • Record Label: RCA
  • Release Date: Jun 23, 2015
Metascore
78

Generally favorable reviews - based on 21 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 21
  3. Negative: 0 out of 21
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  1. DIY Magazine
    Jun 19, 2015
    100
    After years of the slow build, the release is here. Believe the hype.
  2. Under The Radar
    Jul 6, 2015
    90
    The most impressive is its cohesiveness ansibility. This is a record that never leaves you in doubt about who's driving.
  3. Drowned In Sound
    Jun 24, 2015
    90
    For now, let’s revel in the fact there’s a record that swings from sumptuous sprawls to ear-sizzling riffs.
  5. musicOMH.com
    Jun 17, 2015
    90
    It’s as good a debut as you could hope to hear, a fresh injection of pure brilliance and beauty to a genre that is creaking under the weight of mediocrity and a lack of adventurous inventiveness.
  6. Pretty Much Amazing
    Jul 6, 2015
    83
    My Love Is Cool is volatile, but it’s also invigorating, charming, and hugely exciting for what it promises.
  7. Clash Music
    Jun 26, 2015
    80
    The unconventional twists and turns of My Love Is Cool makes Wolf Alice one of the most exciting new bands around.
  8. The Line of Best Fit
    Jun 26, 2015
    80
    The cocksure quality of My Love Is Cool represents some majority of its charm.
  9. PopMatters
    Jun 23, 2015
    80
    My Love Is Cool is no pioneering sonic masterpiece, no, but it’s definitely possessed with that ol’ black magic snap, the “electric kick” that might just inspire other manic street creatures to ignite a guitar and exorcise their own demons. This incendiary infection, pass it on.
  10. Boston Globe
    Jun 22, 2015
    80
    Wolf Alice balances the difficult combination of seeming guilelessness and utter confidence.
  11. The Guardian
    Jun 18, 2015
    80
    It’s an invigorating debut with a gaunt, gallant identity of its own.
  12. The Telegraph (UK)
    Jun 16, 2015
    80
    They don’t quite sound like the finished article, but there is a virtuous sense of their trying to make music in service of something profound.
  13. Q Magazine
    Jun 10, 2015
    80
    Wolf Alice is fiendishly difficult to pin down, bu they're full of inspired ideas rather than lacking direction. [Jun 2015, p.115]
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  14. Uncut
    Jun 10, 2015
    80
    There's a Jekyll and Hyde quality to Wolf Alice's debut that gently reels you in with its gossamer folk pop and lilting indie-pop before it going for the jugular with savage bursts of psycho-grunge guitars. [Jul 2015, p.84]
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  15. The 405
    Jun 30, 2015
    75
    It's a good album, full of high points, but it never excites in the way it threatens to.
  16. Pitchfork
    Jun 30, 2015
    74
    The confident diversity of My Love Is Cool indicates a band who have their own thing all figured out, who shouldn't veer from their own strange path to live up to outdated narratives that dictate what a young British band should be.
  17. Rolling Stone
    Aug 12, 2015
    70
    She balances the scary intensity of someone who thinks "going out and smashing windows" is a cool way to kill time with a no-big-whoop casualness about the musical styles she tries out.
  18. AllMusic
    Jun 22, 2015
    70
    Even if My Love Is Cool sacrifices some of Wolf Alice's earlier fury, the album is all the stronger for it.
  19. Consequence
    Jun 18, 2015
    67
    The 12-song tracklist is full of individual gems, but would have better highlighted their songwriting strengths if trimmed.

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User Score
8.7

Universal acclaim- based on 120 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 111 out of 120
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 120
  3. Negative: 4 out of 120
  1. comceleney
    Apr 25, 2016
    10
    What can be said about Wolf Alice that hasn't been said already. We know Ellie is great. We know they have potential. So did they deliver inWhat can be said about Wolf Alice that hasn't been said already. We know Ellie is great. We know they have potential. So did they deliver in My Love Is Cool? I so rarely hand out 10s nowadays, but this album deserves it. Should I even make the effort to list every bright spot? "Bros" "Moaning Lisa Smile" "Freazy" "Giant Peach" "Fluffy". Simply incredible. Many bands go trough an entire career without 5 songs as good as these, let alone all 5 being in the same album. I like what I hear from Wolf Alice. Only one question remains: is this their peak?… Full Review »
  2. WolfLambert
    Jul 30, 2015
    9
    This is a fantastic debut and one of the best albums of the year so far. So many tracks on here are an absolute blast to listen to, from theThis is a fantastic debut and one of the best albums of the year so far. So many tracks on here are an absolute blast to listen to, from the phenomenal heavier headbangers (Giant Peach, Fluffy, Moaning Lisa Smile) to the absolutely perfect duo Lisbon and Silk or gorgeous post-rock/grunge blend Swallowtail. The only below-average song would be Freazy, which is kind of forgettable, but the rest of the record is going to blow you away.… Full Review »
  3. Parawhor3
    Sep 30, 2017
    8
    (75/100) Great album. It contains memorable tracks, good lyrics and something special that every song has in order to give an special meaning(75/100) Great album. It contains memorable tracks, good lyrics and something special that every song has in order to give an special meaning and identify with at least one of them. The album is really versatile, it plays with different rhythms and sound in every track. They manage to make an album with unique songs. I think it should be consider one of the best debut rock albums of this decade.… Full Review »
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