ALT J - An Awesome Wave (National Album Day 2022) - Vinyl (LP)
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October 21, 2022
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Free delivery on many items. Same-day despatch, no-question returns. Authorised dealers - full technical support. Online since 1997. Shop categories Information ALT J An Awesome Wave (National Album Day 2022) (limited gatefold green vinyl LP) BMG
Cat: 405053 8810332. Rel: 17 Oct 22
Indie/Alternative
Side 1 - Track 1. IntroSide 1 - Track 2. Interlude ISide 1 - Track 3. TessellateSide 1 - Track 4. BreezeblocksSide 1 - Track 5. Interlude IISide 1 - Track 6. Something GoodSide 1 - Track 7. Dissolve MeSide 2 - Track 1. MatildaSide 2 - Track 2. MsSide 2 - Track 3. FitzpleasureSide 2 - Track 4. Interlude IIISide 2 - Track 5. BloodfloodSide 2 - Track 6. Taro
2012 feels like a very long way back indeed. Nevertheless, we still remember when An Awesome Wave dropped and took the UK, and later a good chunk of Europe, by storm. Alt-J's debut album remains a call to arms for outsiders to take on the mainstream, and a case of setting out your stall to show exactly what you're made of, and how much business you mean.
Straddling folktronica, electronic pop, art rock, and indie, while merging genres and distancing oneself from standard tropes is in itself nothing new, it's the elements that were picked to stay, and those that got removed from each of the styles that made this stand out. The result is a complex, innovative mix that stops short of oppressive intellectualism, and instead just sounds really original.
