Mercury Prize-winning British band, alt-j is back with the haunting, atmospheric, electronic ballad “Hunger of the Pine,” which samples, of all people, Miley Cyrus. The song, which debuted on NPR today, makes very judicious spare use of the the line, “I’m a female rebel,” from Cyrus’s tune “4x4.” While the sample may seem an odd choice, Spin reports that the band's drummer, Thom Green, talked about his desire to collaborate with Cyrus in an interview GQ. Maybe there's more than a sample comping. The gorgeous track ends in a swirl of horns and unintelligible lyrics before droning out and leaving you dazed and wanting more. “Hunger of the Pine” is the first single from alt-j’s second album, “This Is All Yours,” out Sept. 22. The band starts a U.S. tour in October. This is the first we've heard of the band since bassist Gwil Sainsbury departed, transforming...
- 6/19/2014
- by Melinda Newman
- Hitfix
Nashville, Tenn. — Twelve months ago the guys in British rock back Alt-j had a very simple goal: To release an album.
Just something you could hold in your hands, maybe listen to every so often.
"And at least feel that when we died we could legitimately say we released an album on a label," keyboards player Gus Unger-Hamilton said. "And we could look at it and say, `Look, we made an album once.'"
"Kind of like you can show it to your kids," guitarist-bassist Gwil Sainsbury said.
That debut, "An Awesome Wave," went on to win the prestigious Mercury Prize given to the top album of the year in the United Kingdome and Ireland in something of a shocker. The Cambridge quartet has since been a near constant conversation piece on the blogosphere and mid-sized club circuit on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean.
The band's in the midst of a U.
Just something you could hold in your hands, maybe listen to every so often.
"And at least feel that when we died we could legitimately say we released an album on a label," keyboards player Gus Unger-Hamilton said. "And we could look at it and say, `Look, we made an album once.'"
"Kind of like you can show it to your kids," guitarist-bassist Gwil Sainsbury said.
That debut, "An Awesome Wave," went on to win the prestigious Mercury Prize given to the top album of the year in the United Kingdome and Ireland in something of a shocker. The Cambridge quartet has since been a near constant conversation piece on the blogosphere and mid-sized club circuit on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean.
The band's in the midst of a U.
- 3/22/2013
- by AP
- Huffington Post
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