alt-J

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The Dream (CARBS Remix Edition)

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Hard Drive Gold (Maya Jane Coles Remix)

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3WW (feat. Little Simz) (OTG Version)

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2016

Live at Red Rocks

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Artwork for The Gospel of John Hurt (Live at Red Rocks)

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Artwork for Warm Foothills (Live at Red Rocks)

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Artwork for Breezeblocks (Live at Red Rocks)

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Artwork for Left Hand Free (Live at Red Rocks)

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Artwork for Every Other Freckle (Live at Red Rocks)

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Artwork for Something Good (Live at Red Rocks)

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Artwork for Interlude I (Live at Red Rocks)

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Artwork for Bloodflood (Live at Red Rocks)

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Artwork for Fitzpleasure (Live at Red Rocks)

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Artwork for Dissolve Me (Live at Red Rocks)

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Artwork for Leaving Nara (Live at Red Rocks)

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2016

Left Hand Free (Live at Red Rocks)

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2014

This Is All Yours

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Artwork for Garden of England (Interlude)

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2014

This Is All Yours

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2014

An Awesome Wave (Deluxe Version)

Artwork for Tessellate (Dam Mantle Remix)

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Artwork for Fitzpleasure (Live from the Africa Centre 14.04.12)

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Artwork for Breezeblocks (Tom Vek's SFX Remix)

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Artwork for Something Good (SARM Acoustic Version)

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Artwork for Tessellate (Live from the Africa Centre 14.04.12)

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Artwork for Bloodflood (SARM Acoustic Version)

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Artwork for Taro (Live from the Africa Centre 14.04.12)

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Artwork for Matilda (Ghostpoet 'Gang Panang Adlit' Remix)

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Artwork for Interlude I (The Ripe & Ruin)

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Artwork for Something Good (BlackBox Remix)

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Artwork for Matilda (SARM Acoustic Version)

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Artwork for Fitzpleasure (bretonLABS Remix)

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2012

An Awesome Wave

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Artwork for Breezeblocks (Tinlicker Remix)

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Artist bio

Alt-J (sometimes stylised ∆) was formed when Gwil Sainsbury (guitar, bass), Joe Newman (guitar, vocals), Gus Unger-Hamilton (keyboards), and Thom Sonny Green (drums) met at Leeds, UK University in 2007. The band currently resides in Cambridge.

Unger-Hamilton studied English Literature; the other three Fine Art. In their second year of studies, Newman showed Sainsbury a handful of his own songs inspired by his guitar-playing dad and hallucinogens, and the pair began recording in their dorm rooms with Sainsbury acting as producer on Garageband.

First as Daljit Dhaliwal and then as Films, they spent the next two years playing around town. Their eponymous first 4-track demo ∆, was recorded with producer Charlie Andrew in London and included early versions of "Breezeblocks", "Hand-Made", "Matilda" and "Tessellate".

Their first 2012 release for Infectious was the triangle shaped 7" "Matilda" / "Fitzpleasure", followed by "Breezeblocks" as an advance of their first album An Awesome Wave, released on 25 May 2012. That same year, they won the prestigious Barclaycard Mercury Prize for An Awesome Wave.

On January 2014, Sainsbury announced that he had left the band. "Hunger of the Pine" was released in June, with an accompanying video. Their second record, This is All Yours was released in September 2014.

On 6 March 2017 alt-J released "3WW", 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", the second single from Relaxer.On 24 May 2017 alt-J released "Adeline", the third single from Relaxer. The album was released shortly afterwards, on 2 June 2017.

On September 28, 2018 an alternative version of Relaxer was released. The album, titled REDUXER, is a "rap heavy do-over" of the previous year's record.