Energetic, swaggering and twitching with attitude, there is definitely something feral about Wolf Alice.

Don’t be taken in by their good looks and easy-going nature, this is a band with snarl, bite and a rapacious appetite for rock.

“I’m in a guitar band and play rock music,” says singer Ellie Rowsell, but there’s more to it than that, with elements of indie-pop, punk and metal.

On Saturday, Ellie and bandmates Joff Oddie (guitar), Joel Amey (drums), and Theo Ellis (bass) play a sold-out show at the O2 Academy Oxford for a night showcasing tunes from album My Love Is Cool, which is due out in June.

Wolf Alice have come a long way since Ellie and Joff’s early days as an acoustic two-piece.

Their debut, 2012’s Leaving You, may have shone with elements of country folk, but by the time 2013’s hard-hitting Fluffy came out, Ellie was showing her teeth.

It was followed by the spangly, swaggering Stone Roses-like Bros (no relation to the 80s boy band, thankfully) and last year’s Creature Songs EP.

Along the way they have packed out venues on both sides of the Atlantic and have gone down a storm at Glastonbury, Reading & Leeds and Bestival festivals.

So what have been her favourite moments?

“Every time we play!” she says. “All our headline shows in London are especially great, as we spent so long having terrible shows with no one there.

“Now people are singing along. It’s what I wanted for so long and I thought it would never happen.

“Things like Glastonbury are great, but a good London show is amazing. We’ve also played Oxford loads, and every show is better than the last. We are always grateful to come back and want to have a debauched night!

“No one told us how to do this – we just played loads of shows. It’s all about getting out there and doing it live. That’s a great way of doing it.

“The most important thing is to be appreciative of being on stage and giving it all you’ve got.”

And what does she want next? “So much!” she says. “Everything we’ve got now, but bigger... and better!”

While deceptively quietly spoken ‘in real life’, there is one thing that irks Ellie, bringing out her inner wolf. “My name is not Alice,” she says. “It happens all the time. I suppose I brought it on myself, so it’s my fault – but it is annoying!”