Alt-J (stylised as alt-J, real name Δ)
are an English
indie rock
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band formed in 2007 in
Leeds
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. Their lineup includes Joe Newman (guitar/lead vocals),
Thom Sonny Green
Thomas Stuart Green (born November 5, 1985), known professionally as Thom Sonny Green, is an English drummer and electronic music producer.
Green attended Leeds University, where he met the musicians with whom he would found the band Alt-J ...
(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 the U ...
'' was released in May 2012 in Europe, and in September 2012 in the United States, and won the 2012 British
Mercury Prize
The Mercury Prize, formerly called the Mercury Music Prize, is an annual music prize awarded for the best album released in the United Kingdom by a British or Irish act. It was created by Jon Webster and Robert Chandler in association with the B ...
. Sainsbury left the band in early 2014. Their second album, ''
This Is All Yours'', was released on 22 September 2014 and went straight to number one in the United Kingdom.
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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
A dream is an experience during sleep.
Dream, The Dream, Dreams, etc. may also refer to:
Art
Paintings
* ''Le Rêve'' (Detaille), an 1888 painting by Édouard Detaille
* ''Le Rêve'' (Picasso) (''The Dream'' in French), 1932 oil painting by ...
''.
Name
The band's actual name is the
triangle
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In Euclidean geometry, an ...
-shaped symbol Δ (the
capital Greek letter delta).
The band often makes references to triangles (for example, the song "
Tesselate" 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
The Mac (known as Macintosh until 1999) is a family of personal computers designed and marketed by Apple Inc. Macs are known for their ease of use and minimalist designs, and are popular among students, creative professionals, and software en ...
computer:
+.
The cover art of the band's 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 the U ...
'' shows an overhead view of the largest
river delta
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in the world, where the
Ganges River
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meets the
Bay of Bengal
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in
Bangladesh
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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
The Films were an American indie pop rock band from Charleston, South Carolina, and consisted of Michael Trent, Kenneth Harris, Jake Sinclair, and Adam Blake. The band members met in high school and in 2006 recorded/produced the EP ''Being Bored ...
" 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
Leeds University
, mottoeng = And knowledge will be increased
, established = 1831 – Leeds School of Medicine1874 – Yorkshire College of Science1884 - Yorkshire College1887 – affiliated to the federal Victoria University1904 – University of Leeds
, ...
in 2007. Unger-Hamilton (younger brother of Ferdy, head of A&R for
Polydor Records
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) studied
English
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* English people
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** English national ide ...
, the other three
Fine Art
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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
GarageBand
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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
Cambridge
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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
Charlie Andrew
Charles Andrew, (born 1980) is a British record producer, mixer and songwriter. He is best known for his work with indie band Alt-J.
In 2013 he was awarded 'Breakthrough Producer of the Year' by his peers at Music Producers Guild awards, in ...
in
London
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and featured the tracks "
Breezeblocks", "Hand-Made", "Matilda", and "
Tessellate". A 7" single containing "
Bloodflood" and "Tessellate" was released by
Loud and Quiet
''Loud and Quiet'' is a British bi-monthly music magazine that focuses on new music from underground indie, alternative, electronic and hip hop artists.
History and profile
The magazine was founded in January 2005 by Stuart Stubbs as a home-print ...
in October 2011. Their first 2012 release for
Infectious Music was the triangle-shaped 10" "
Matilda
Matilda or Mathilda may refer to:
Animals
* Matilda (chicken) (1990–2006), World's Oldest Living Chicken record holder
* Matilda (horse) (1824–1846), British Thoroughbred racehorse
* Matilda, a dog of the professional wrestling tag-team The ...
"/"
Fitzpleasure". It was followed by "
Breezeblocks" which preceded their first 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 the U ...
'' was also produced by
Charlie Andrew
Charles Andrew, (born 1980) is a British record producer, mixer and songwriter. He is best known for his work with indie band Alt-J.
In 2013 he was awarded 'Breakthrough Producer of the Year' by his peers at Music Producers Guild awards, in ...
and compiled at Iguana Studios,
Brixton
Brixton is a district in south London, part of the London Borough of Lambeth, England. The area is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London. Brixton experienced a rapid rise in population during the 19th ce ...
, 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
North America
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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
Pitchfork.
alt-J supported
Wild Beasts in April 2012 and played a minor headlining tour around the
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...
and
Ireland
Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...
in October of that year. The band have featured regularly on summer festivals, including
Latitude
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,
Bestival,
Reading and Leeds
The Reading and Leeds Festivals are a pair of annual music festivals that take place in Reading and Leeds in England. The events take place simultaneously on the Friday, Saturday and Sunday of the August bank holiday weekend. The Reading Fest ...
,
T in the Park,
Green Man,
Pukkelpop
Pukkelpop is an annual music festival that takes place near the city of Hasselt, Belgium, in mid- to late August. It is held within a large enclosure of fields and woodland—adjacent to a dual carriageway called ''Kempische Steenweg''—in the ...
, and
Lowlands.
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
Bret Easton Ellis
Bret Easton Ellis (born March 7, 1964) is an American author, screenwriter, short-story writer, and director. Ellis was first regarded as one of the so-called literary Brat Pack and is a self-proclaimed satirist whose trademark technique, as a w ...
novel
American Psycho
''American Psycho'' is a novel by Bret Easton Ellis, published in 1991. The story is told in the first person by Patrick Bateman, a serial killer and Manhattan investment banker. Alison Kelly of ''The Observer'' notes that while "some countr ...
.
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 ''
This Is All Yours'', 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
Pitchfork. 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").
Stereogum
''Stereogum'' is a daily Internet publication that focuses on music news, reviews, interviews, and commentary. The site was created in January 2002 by Scott Lapatine.
''Stereogum'' was one of the first MP3 blogs and has received several award ...
reported later that day that the band's third album would be titled ''
Relaxer
A relaxer is a type of lotion or cream generally used by people with tight curls or very curly hair which makes hair easier to straighten by chemically "relaxing" the natural curls. The active agent is usually a strong alkali, although some formu ...
'' and was scheduled for release on 2 June 2017. On 6 March 2017 alt-J released "
3WW
"3WW" is a song by British indie rock band alt-J. It is the opening track and first single from their third studio album, ''Relaxer (album), Relaxer'', and was released as a digital single on 6 March 2017 by Infectious Music and Atlantic Records. ...
," which features lead singer Ellie Rowsell of
Wolf Alice, as a digital single and announced dates for the
''Relaxer'' Tour in support of the album. Three weeks later, on 29 March, they released "
In Cold Blood
''In Cold Blood'' is a non-fiction novel by American author Truman Capote, first published in 1966. It details the 1959 murders of four members of the Clutter family in the small farming community of Holcomb, Kansas.
Capote learned of the qua ...
," 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.
On 24 May 2017 alt-J released "
Adeline," the third single from ''Relaxer''. The album was released shortly afterwards, on 2 June 2017. "
Deadcrush
"Deadcrush" is a song by British indie rock band alt-J. It is the fifth track and fourth single from their third studio album, ''Relaxer'', and was released as a digital single on 12 July 2017 by Infectious Music and Atlantic Records. The song ...
," the fourth single from the album, was released on 12 July and was featured as a soundtrack in the ''
FIFA 18
''FIFA 18'' is a football simulation video game developed and published by Electronic Arts and released worldwide on 29 September 2017 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch. It is the 25th ...
'' 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
Mercury Prize
The Mercury Prize, formerly called the Mercury Music Prize, is an annual music prize awarded for the best album released in the United Kingdom by a British or Irish act. It was created by Jon Webster and Robert Chandler in association with the B ...
and received 4.5/10 on
Pitchfork.
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 th ...
,'' 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
A dream is an experience during sleep.
Dream, The Dream, Dreams, etc. may also refer to:
Art
Paintings
* ''Le Rêve'' (Detaille), an 1888 painting by Édouard Detaille
* ''Le Rêve'' (Picasso) (''The Dream'' in French), 1932 oil painting by ...
'', which was released 11 February 2022.
In popular culture
Alt-J performed "Buffalo" along with
Mountain Man
A mountain man is an explorer who lives in the wilderness. Mountain men were most common in the North American Rocky Mountains from about 1810 through to the 1880s (with a peak population in the early 1840s). They were instrumental in opening up ...
for the 2011 film ''
Silver Linings Playbook''.
In February 2013 the band announced they would be composing the soundtrack for
Toby Jones
Tobias Edward Heslewood Jones''Births, Marriages & Deaths Index of England & Wales, 1916–2005.''; at ancestry.com (born 7 September 1966) is an English actor. Jones made his film debut in Sally Potter's period drama ''Orlando'' in 1992. He ...
' new film ''Leave to Remain''.
Their song "
Every Other Freckle
"Every Other Freckle" is a song by English indie rock band alt-J. It was released as the third single from the band's second studio album ''This Is All Yours'' on 14 August 2014. ''Spin
Spin or spinning most often refers to:
* Spinning (textiles) ...
" was featured on the Netflix show ''
Lovesick'', in the season 1 episode "Cressida", in 2014.
In 2014, their song "
Tessellate" was featured on ''
Sons of Anarchy
''Sons of Anarchy'' is an American action crime drama television series created by Kurt Sutter for FX. Originally aired from September 3, 2008 to December 9, 2014, ''Sons of Anarchy'' follows the lives of a close-knit outlaw motorcycle club ope ...
'', episode 5, season 6.
The song "
Hunger of the Pine
"Hunger of the Pine" is a song by English indie rock band alt-J. It was released as the lead single from the band's second studio album ''This Is All Yours'' on 19 June 2014.
Background and composition
"Hunger of the Pine" was one of several son ...
" is used to begin and end the first season of ''
Unreal
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Books and TV
* ''Unreal'' (short story collection), a 1985 book of short stories by Paul Jennings
* ''Unreal'' (TV series), a 2015 television drama series on Lifetime
Computing and games
* ''Unreal'' (video game series), ...
'' released in 2015.
"
Fitzpleasure" was also featured in the background of the 2015 film ''
Sisters''.
In 2015, their song "
Something Good" was featured in the second episode of ''
Life Is Strange
''Life Is Strange'' (abbreviated ''LIS'') is a series of primarily episodic graphic adventure games published by Square Enix's European subsidiary. Created by Dontnod Entertainment, the series debuted with the eponymous first installment, ...
''.
The band's song "
Fitzpleasure" was featured in the main trailer for the video game ''
Battleborn'' released in 2016.
In 2016, their song "
Left Hand Free
"Left Hand Free" is a song by English indie rock band alt-J. It was released as the second single from the band's second studio album ''This Is All Yours'' on 7 July 2014.
Background and composition
With its Southern rock influences, "Left Hand ...
" was featured in the
Marvel Cinematic Universe
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film ''
Captain America: Civil War''.
In 2018, their songs "
Tessellate" and "
In Cold Blood
''In Cold Blood'' is a non-fiction novel by American author Truman Capote, first published in 1966. It details the 1959 murders of four members of the Clutter family in the small farming community of Holcomb, Kansas.
Capote learned of the qua ...
" are the opening and ending respectively of the anime ''
Ingress
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Science and technology
* Ingress (signal leakage), the passage of an outside signal into a coaxial cable
* Ingress filtering, a computer network packet filtering technique
* Ingress protection rating, a protection level that ...
'', based on the AR game created for
Niantic: ''
Ingress
Ingress may refer to:
Science and technology
* Ingress (signal leakage), the passage of an outside signal into a coaxial cable
* Ingress filtering, a computer network packet filtering technique
* Ingress protection rating, a protection level that ...
''.
In 2019, their songs "
Breezeblocks" and "
In Cold Blood
''In Cold Blood'' is a non-fiction novel by American author Truman Capote, first published in 1966. It details the 1959 murders of four members of the Clutter family in the small farming community of Holcomb, Kansas.
Capote learned of the qua ...
" were featured on the Netflix series ''Daybreak'', episodes 5 and 10 respectively.
In 2020, their song "
Left Hand Free
"Left Hand Free" is a song by English indie rock band alt-J. It was released as the second single from the band's second studio album ''This Is All Yours'' on 7 July 2014.
Background and composition
With its Southern rock influences, "Left Hand ...
" was featured in the Netflix series ''
Outer Banks''.
Also in 2020, "
In Cold Blood
''In Cold Blood'' is a non-fiction novel by American author Truman Capote, first published in 1966. It details the 1959 murders of four members of the Clutter family in the small farming community of Holcomb, Kansas.
Capote learned of the qua ...
" was in the Netflix film, ''
Extraction Extraction may refer to:
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Biology and medicine
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* Dental extraction, the surgical removal of a tooth from the mouth
Computing and information science
* Data extraction, the pro ...
''.
Lyrics
Alt-J has been noted for their
post-modern lyrics
Lyrics are words that make up a song, usually consisting of verses and choruses. The writer of lyrics is a lyricist. The words to an extended musical composition such as an opera are, however, usually known as a "libretto" and their writer, a ...
in their songs that highlight historic events and pop-culture subjects. The song "Taro" is written in reference to
Gerda Taro
Gerta Pohorylle (1 August 1910 – 26 July 1937), known professionally as Gerda Taro, was a German Jewish war photographer active during the Spanish Civil War. She is regarded as the first woman photojournalist to have died while covering the ...
and her role as a
war photographer
''War Photographer'' is a documentary by Christian Frei about the photographer James Nachtwey. As well as telling the story of an iconic man in the field of war photography, the film addresses the broader scope of ideas common to all those inv ...
during the
Spanish Civil War
The Spanish Civil War ( es, Guerra Civil Española)) or The Revolution ( es, La Revolución, link=no) among Nationalists, the Fourth Carlist War ( es, Cuarta Guerra Carlista, link=no) among Carlists, and The Rebellion ( es, La Rebelión, lin ...
as well as her relationship to
Robert Capa
Robert Capa (born Endre Ernő Friedmann; October 22, 1913 – May 25, 1954) was a Hungarian-American war photographer and photojournalist as well as the companion and professional partner of photographer Gerda Taro. He is considered by some to ...
. 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
''Powaqqatsi'', also known as ''Powaqqatsi: Life in Transformation'', is a 1988 American non-narrative film directed by Godfrey Reggio and the sequel to Reggio's experimental 1982 film, ''Koyaanisqatsi''. It is the second film in the Qatsi trilog ...
''.
"
Matilda
Matilda or Mathilda may refer to:
Animals
* Matilda (chicken) (1990–2006), World's Oldest Living Chicken record holder
* Matilda (horse) (1824–1846), British Thoroughbred racehorse
* Matilda, a dog of the professional wrestling tag-team The ...
" is a reference to
Natalie Portman
Natalie Portman (born Natalie Hershlag, he, נטע-לי הרשלג, ) is an Israeli-born American actress. She has had a prolific film career since her teenage years and has starred in various blockbusters and independent films, receiving mu ...
's character in the film ''
Léon: The Professional''. "Fitzpleasure" is the retelling of
Hubert Selby Jr.
Hubert "Cubby" Selby Jr. (July 23, 1928 – April 26, 2004) was an American writer. Two of his novels, ''Last Exit to Brooklyn'' (1964) and ''Requiem for a Dream'' (1978) explore worlds in the New York area and were adapted as films, both of whi ...
's short story "Tralala," published in ''
Last Exit to Brooklyn.'' The story follows a
prostitute
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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
Album
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of the Year and British Group of the Year).
''An Awesome Wave'' was announced as
BBC Radio 6 Music Album
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of the Year 2012. Three of the tracks from this album gained entry into the Australian 2012
Triple J Hottest 100
The Triple J Hottest 100 is an annual music listener poll hosted by the publicly-funded, national Australian youth radio station, Triple J. Members of the public are invited to vote for their favourite Australian and alternative music of the ...
, with "
Something Good" at number 81, "
Tessellate" at number 64, and "
Breezeblocks" coming third overall. In 2013, ''
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 the U ...
'' won Album of the year at the
Ivor Novello Awards. ''This Is All Yours'' received a
Grammy Award
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nomination for
Best Alternative Music Album at the
57th Annual Grammy Awards
The 57th Annual Grammy Awards were held on February 8, 2015, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. The show was broadcast live by CBS at 5:00 p.m. PST ( UTC−8). Rapper LL Cool J hosted the show for the fourth consecutive time ...
, and for
IMPALA
The impala or rooibok (''Aepyceros melampus'') is a medium-sized antelope found in eastern and southern Africa. The only extant member of the genus '' Aepyceros'' and tribe Aepycerotini, it was first described to European audiences by Germa ...
's
European Independent Album of the Year Award.
Personnel
Current
* Joe Newman – born
– guitar, bass, lead vocals
(2007–present)
*
Thom Sonny Green
Thomas Stuart Green (born November 5, 1985), known professionally as Thom Sonny Green, is an English drummer and electronic music producer.
Green attended Leeds University, where he met the musicians with whom he would found the band Alt-J ...
– 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
* ''
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 the U ...
'' (2012)
* ''
This Is All Yours'' (2014)
* ''
Relaxer
A relaxer is a type of lotion or cream generally used by people with tight curls or very curly hair which makes hair easier to straighten by chemically "relaxing" the natural curls. The active agent is usually a strong alkali, although some formu ...
'' (2017)
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The Dream
A dream is an experience during sleep.
Dream, The Dream, Dreams, etc. may also refer to:
Art
Paintings
* ''Le Rêve'' (Detaille), an 1888 painting by Édouard Detaille
* ''Le Rêve'' (Picasso) (''The Dream'' in French), 1932 oil painting by ...
'' (2022)
References
External links
*
Official website
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English indie rock groups
British indie pop groups
Musical groups established in 2007
Indie rock groups from Leeds
Musical quartets
English art rock groups
Folktronica musicians
Atlantic Records artists
Infectious Music artists
Ivor Novello Award winners