alt-J upload visuals for The Actor from new album The Dream


alt-J by Rosie Matheson

alt-J by Rosie Matheson




“Hollywood, 1982,” alt-J say. “Another hopeful young movie star arrives in search of The Dream. What follows is a tale of desperation, drugs and death in LA’s most famous hotel. It’s ‘The Actor’.”

alt-J have uploaded visuals for The Actor just before their new album The Dream is released on February 11th.

It’s an LP which has already proved to be one of the early 2022 favourites here at Live4ever; our review praising it as a record which represents the band’s ‘fragile and multi-faceted world’ better than any of its predecessors:

“The Actor finds Newman in full cosplay as, obviously, an actor (‘cocaine…why do I keep returning to you?’) with Hendrix guitar and bulbous bass supporting it. As per the album title, it’s dream-like.”

“After all the flippancy, alt-J show us their depth on Happier When You’re Gone (‘it’s not easy, homeless when you’re home’), all reflective learning and subtle self-consolation.”

“A beautiful little thing with a repeated title which becomes sadder upon every delivery, the strings support the song without drowning it in melancholy. However, the press release for the album also states it’s an abusive relationship, so perhaps it’s best to judge for yourself.”


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