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Today, English rock band Wolf Alice celebrates the release of their fourth studio album, The Clearing. With it, they’ve released the single “Just Two Girls,” described as the album’s focus track. A lyric video for the song can be found on the band’s YouTube channel.

A decidedly more peppy and upbeat song, the song almost carries with it a sense of whimsy with it’s instrumental lead by drums and piano. It suits the song’s focus well, striving to capture the feeling of spending much-needed time with a close friend and the way those little meet-ups can do a lot to clear your mind.  “I was inspired by going for dinner with my friends,” said singer Ellie Rowsell, “a couple of friends, at different times, just one-on-one. I noticed how much I was saying ‘Oh my god yeah you’re so right!’ And I thought it was so nice to see how validating these conversations with my girlfriends are, how much I’m learning in these chats. I think I’ve been trying to figure out a lot of things, like getting older. I feel it’s really been a strange time of thinking about appearance. And these are things you hash out with your girlfriends and suddenly you don’t feel so shit about them again. I just felt like there deserved to be a song about that.” The lyrics serve to highlight the simple joys of those little meet-ups, “like two kids at the park,” yet also the immeasurable benefit they can have and clarity they can provide.