The Leeds University trio won the Mercury Prize with their 2012 debut 'An Awesome Wave' and has built a catalog of textured, melodic songs.
If you want to hear what they do, start with 'Breezeblocks' from that first album. It's all there, the tension, the harmonies, the way they build a song.
When 'An Awesome Wave' won the Mercury Prize in 2012, it announced a band that didn't sound like anyone else. Songs like 'Breezeblocks' and 'Taro' showed how they could build entire worlds with layered harmonies and atmospheric arrangements. That approach has held through four albums, including 2022's 'The Dream'.
They met as students at Leeds University, first calling themselves Daljit Dhaliwal before settling on Alt-J. After 'An Awesome Wave' broke through, they followed with 'This Is All Yours' in 2014 and 'Relaxer' in 2017, which featured a collaboration with Iggy Pop.
Keep it compact: a lyric you come back to, a live memory, or the part of the catalog you would point someone toward first.
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