Alt + J is the keyboard shortcut for the triangle character on a computer. It is also and above all the name of one of the most productive British independent rock bands of recent years.
Originally from Leeds in England, Alt-J consists of singer and guitarist Joe Newman, keyboardist and singer Gus Unger-Hamilton and drummer Thom Sonny Green. Gwil Sainsbury, guitarist and founding member of Alt-J, left the venture in 2014.
In 2012, Alt-J released their first album, ”An Awesome Wave". The world discovered their music and the album was even awarded the prestigious Mercury Prize for the best British album of the year. Two years later, the band gave us ”This Is All Yours", a second album with the emphasis on sampling. In 2017, the group returned with a third album “Relaxer”, an opus that continued to reinforce the trio’s reputation in the field of Indie and experimental music. So much so that the group’s musical signature, namely neat productions fuelled by a continuous desire for experiment, is immediately recognisable today.
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