Alt-J (stylised as alt-J, real name Δ) are an English

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band formed in 2007 in

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. Their lineup includes Joe Newman (guitar/lead vocals), Thom Sonny Green (drums), Gus Unger-Hamilton (keyboards/vocals), and formerly Gwilym Sainsbury (guitar/bass). Their debut album ''

An Awesome Wave ''An Awesome Wave'' is the debut album by English indie rock band alt-J, released on 25 May 2012 through Infectious. The album includes the singles "Matilda"/" Fitzpleasure", " Breezeblocks" and " Tessellate". It peaked at number thirteen on th ...

'' was released in May 2012 in Europe, and in September 2012 in the United States, and won the 2012 British

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. Sainsbury left the band in early 2014. Their second album, ''

This Is All Yours ''This Is All Yours'' is the second album by English indie rock band alt-J, released on September 22, 2014 through Infectious. It was promoted with four singles: " Hunger of the Pine", "Left Hand Free", " Every Other Freckle", and "Warm Foothill ...

'', was released on 22 September 2014 and went straight to number one in the United Kingdom.Listing
for Alt-J at the Official Charts Company (UK), (retrieved 29 May 2015). In February 2022 the band released their fourth studio album '' The Dream''.

Name

The band's actual name is the

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-shaped symbol Δ (the capital Greek letter delta). The band often makes references to triangles (for example, the song "

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" mentions "triangles are my favourite shape", and they make triangle symbols with their fingers during concerts), which they say is just due to it being a visually appealing shape. "Alt-J" comes from the key sequence used to generate the symbol Δ on an Apple Mac computer: +. The cover art of the band's debut album ''

'' shows an overhead view of the largest

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in the world, where the

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meets the

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. Alt-J were previously known as "Daljit Dhaliwal" and then "Films", but were later forced to change to "alt-J" because an American band called " The Films" already existed.

History

2007–10: Formation and early years

alt-J (∆) were formed when Gwilym (Gwil) Sainsbury (guitar/bass), Joe Newman (guitar/lead vocals), Augustus (Gus) Unger-Hamilton (keyboards/vocals) and Thomas Stuart (Thom Sonny) Green (drums) met at

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in 2007. Unger-Hamilton (younger brother of Ferdy, head of A&R for

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) studied

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, the other three

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. According to Newman, "I basically went to art school to start a band." In their second year of studies, Newman showed Sainsbury some of his own songs and the pair began recording on

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in their hall rooms with Sainsbury acting as producer. The band's sound arose from living in student halls, where noise had to be kept to a minimum, so that they were unable to use bass guitars or bass drums.

2011–12: ''An Awesome Wave'' and touring

After graduating, the band moved to

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where they spent several months working on their music before signing a deal with Infectious Music in December 2011. Their self-titled 4-track demo EP, ''∆'', was recorded with producer

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and featured the tracks " Breezeblocks", "Hand-Made", "Matilda", and "

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". A 7" single containing "

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" and "Tessellate" was released by

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in October 2011. Their first 2012 release for Infectious Music was the triangle-shaped 10" "

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"/"

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". It was followed by " Breezeblocks" which preceded their first album. ''

'' was also produced by

and compiled at Iguana Studios,

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, where the band recorded tracks during the studio's spare time. Their debut album was released on 28 May 2012 in the UK, Europe, and Australia, and on 18 September 2012 in

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via Canvasback Music. The album received some favourable reviews and was described as a "captivating blend of insatiable grooves and profound poignancy". It received a score of 4.8/10 on

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. alt-J supported

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in April 2012 and played a minor headlining tour around the

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and

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in October of that year. The band have featured regularly on summer festivals, including

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Bestival Bestival was a four-day music festival held in the south of England. It had been held annually in the late summer since 2004 at Robin Hill on the Isle of Wight. In 2017 the festival relocated to the Lulworth Estate in Dorset. The event was organ ...

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, and

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. They also did concert tour in the United States in December 2012 and performed at the Laneway Festival tour in Australia. In November 2012 the band were announced as the winners of the Mercury Prize for their album. Besides the prize-money, the band saw an increase in their profile resulting in An Awesome Wave reaching 13 in the UK album chart. The band would later describe the event as "life-changing, there was a sense of eingimposters, that the band had somehow got this far without not being a real band, we’re just guys from Leeds who muddled through it and magicked a Mercury award". The title "An Awesome Wave" was taken from the

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novel

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2013–2016: Departure of Sainsbury and ''This Is All Yours''

On 11 January 2014, the band announced that Sainsbury had decided to leave the group, and that they remained friends. In early June 2014, alt-J announced a 2014 tour to take place in North America over October and November. The 23-day tour started in Vancouver, B.C. on 14 October and ended in Washington, D.C. on 19 November. On 9 June 2014, they announced their second album ''

'', that was released on 22 September 2014. This Is All Yours went straight to Number 1 on the UK's Official Albums Chart. alt-J headlined the September 2015 edition of Boston Calling Music Festival. It received a score of 4.0/10 from

. As a replacement for Sainsbury, Cameron Knight became a supporting member for alt-J's live shows.

2017–2020: ''Relaxer''

On 3 March 2017 alt-J began teasing their third studio album on their social media accounts with an audio clip captioned "00110011 01110111 01110111" (Binary code for "3ww").

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reported later that day that the band's third album would be titled '' Relaxer'' and was scheduled for release on 2 June 2017. On 6 March 2017 alt-J released " 3WW," which features lead singer Ellie Rowsell of

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, as a digital single and announced dates for the ''Relaxer'' Tour in support of the album. Three weeks later, on 29 March, they released "

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," the second single from ''Relaxer''. In anticipation of their third album, the band released an online video game, whose soundtrack was their single "3WW," as well as announcing in May 2017 that they would be playing a five-date UK tour at seaside venues, starting on 4 September 2017. POS17 @Kristsll-753 (35963653346)

On 24 May 2017 alt-J released "

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," the third single from ''Relaxer''. The album was released shortly afterwards, on 2 June 2017. " Deadcrush," the fourth single from the album, was released on 12 July and was featured as a soundtrack in the ''

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'' game. Fifth single "Pleader" arrived on 15 September 2017. Several tracks from ''Relaxer'' have since been remixed by a diverse array of artists. ''Relaxer'' was nominated for the 2017

and received 4.5/10 on

. On 28 September 2018 an alternative version of ''Relaxer'' was released. The album, titled ''

Reduxer ''Reduxer'' (stylised as ''REDUXER'') is the first remix album by English indie rock band alt-J, released on 28 September 2018 by Infectious Music and the Canvasback Music division of Atlantic Records. It contains remixes of songs from their thi ...

,'' is a "rap heavy do-over" of the previous year's record.

2021–present: ''The Dream''

On 16 September 2021, the band announced their first single since 2018, titled "U&ME", would be released 22 September 2021. The single's release coincided with the announcement of their fourth album, '' The Dream'', which was released 11 February 2022.

In popular culture

Alt-J performed "Buffalo" along with

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for the 2011 film ''

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''. In February 2013 the band announced they would be composing the soundtrack for

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' new film ''Leave to Remain''. Their song " Every Other Freckle" was featured on the Netflix show '' Lovesick'', in the season 1 episode "Cressida", in 2014. In 2014, their song "

" was featured on ''

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'', episode 5, season 6. The song " Hunger of the Pine" is used to begin and end the first season of '' Unreal'' released in 2015. "

" was also featured in the background of the 2015 film ''

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''. In 2015, their song " Something Good" was featured in the second episode of ''

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''. The band's song "

" was featured in the main trailer for the video game '' Battleborn'' released in 2016. In 2016, their song "

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" was featured in the

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film '' Captain America: Civil War''. In 2018, their songs "

" and "

" are the opening and ending respectively of the anime '' Ingress'', based on the AR game created for

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: '' Ingress''. In 2019, their songs " Breezeblocks" and "

" were featured on the Netflix series ''Daybreak'', episodes 5 and 10 respectively. In 2020, their song "

" was featured in the Netflix series ''

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''. Also in 2020, "

" was in the Netflix film, ''

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''.

Lyrics

Alt-J has been noted for their

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in their songs that highlight historic events and pop-culture subjects. The song "Taro" is written in reference to

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and her role as a

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during the

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as well as her relationship to

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. The song describes the details of Capa's death ("A violent wrench grips mass / Rips light, tears limbs like rags") and imagines Taro's complementary emotions. The visuals in a fan made music video by YouTube user David Dean Burkhart are taken from Godfrey Reggio's experimental film '' Powaqqatsi''. "

" is a reference to

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's character in the film '' Léon: The Professional''. "Fitzpleasure" is the retelling of Hubert Selby Jr.'s short story "Tralala," published in ''

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.'' The story follows a

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named Tralala who dies after being gang-raped and raped with a broom, as in the lyrics "dead in the middle / of a c-o-double-m-o-n" and "in your snatch fits pleasure / broom shaped pleasure."

Awards and nominations

In 2012, alt-J's debut album won the British Mercury Prize. alt-J were also nominated for three Brit Awards (British Breakthrough Act, British

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of the Year and British Group of the Year). ''An Awesome Wave'' was announced as

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of the Year 2012. Three of the tracks from this album gained entry into the Australian 2012

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, with " Something Good" at number 81, "

" at number 64, and " Breezeblocks" coming third overall. In 2013, ''

'' won Album of the year at the

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. ''This Is All Yours'' received a

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nomination for

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at the

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, and for

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's European Independent Album of the Year Award.

Personnel

Current * Joe Newman – born – guitar, bass, lead vocals (2007–present) * Thom Sonny Green – born – drums (2007–present) * Augustus Unger-Hamilton – born – keyboards, bass, vocals (2007–present) Touring * Cameron Knight – guitar, bass, sampler (2014–2016) Past * Gwilym Sainsbury – born – guitar, bass (2007–2014)

Timeline

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Discography

Studio albums * ''

'' (2012) * ''

'' (2014) * '' Relaxer'' (2017) *'' The Dream'' (2022)

References

External links

*
Official website
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