New Music Friday has brought the release of alt-J’s fourth studio album ‘The Dream’ – have a listen on Live4ever.
It’s been a long time coming, 2017 when alt-J put out their last LP Relaxer, but the wait has certainly been worth it, and The Dream was already settled in as one of our early favourites of the year ahead of its release today.
“Being so familiar with their use of metaphors, Newman’s vocals manage to make everything sound dirty, although U&E, with its lumbering holiday groove, is intimate by design,” Live4ever’s review reads.
“Seemingly effortless, it’s alt-J by numbers, if such a thing exists, with dense percussion and an uneasy rattle.”
“The other ‘single’, Hard Drive Gold, is faintly ridiculous (as is also their wont), the squawking delivery of the line ‘gimme that fire’ in particular, but is designed to be so. The ‘don’t be afraid to make money boy’ motif may rankle once again, but they care not a jot.”