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 alt-J - The Dream, Fourth album out 11/2/22; 'Hard Drive Gold' out 5/1/22 |
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 Sep 16 2021, 09:25 PM
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alt-J are back! New single 'U&ME' is out on Wednesday.
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Sep 16 2021, 09:28 PM
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Ooh finally *.*
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Sep 17 2021, 05:32 AM
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yeeeessss
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Sep 17 2021, 07:11 AM
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Finally
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Sep 22 2021, 06:29 PM
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Here it is, having premiered as Hottest Record on Radio 1 earlier this evening
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Sep 22 2021, 08:56 PM
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Sep 23 2021, 12:43 AM
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A dead mouse (from my cat)
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A decent return! Though their past work has never really done much for me, and I don't think this will massively change that.
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Sep 23 2021, 06:57 AM
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Another album to check in 2022.
The new song is nice and simple, though it could be their "catchiest" song in the album, most others are the usual unusual. I was somewhat expecting another mellow one like 'Hunger Of The Pine' or '3WW'. |
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Sep 23 2021, 06:54 PM
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Just ok on first listen
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Nov 5 2021, 12:04 PM
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A dead mouse (from my cat)
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'Get Better' came out a couple of days ago, it's a shame they seem to be falling under the radar these days!
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Nov 5 2021, 12:41 PM
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'U&ME' was a pretty good song but definitely their weakest lead single to date unfortunately (in contrast to their last lead single being my favourite song they've ever made), kind of just sounded like any old random album track from them. Still good to have them back though and hope there will be better to come.
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Nov 6 2021, 10:15 AM
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Awwww Get Better is quite lovely on first listen. It's got a few moments where I'm a little bit cringe (like rhyming nutella with cellar!!! or mentioning front line workers) but I guess it depends on whether it's a song about a real situation or not.
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Dec 7 2021, 02:31 PM
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Well 'Get Better' is a stunning song (although a very heavy listen, I have a bad habit of not paying enough attention to lyrics when listening to songs for the first time but the lyrics being in the video for this made me take them in a bit more and I'm quite thankful for that as they really elevate it from just a lovely sounding lowkey acoustic song to something quite special). Why was this not the song they came back with? As much as I did quite like 'U&ME'.
Apparently it isn't based on real events but some of those lyrics are so specific that it really sounds like it is. And then the ending with the tape recording being repeated and the chorus line shifting from 'I know you will' to 'I know I will'... 
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Jan 5 2022, 11:36 AM
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A dead mouse (from my cat)
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'Hard Drive Gold' is out at some point today
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Jan 8 2022, 04:14 PM
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A dead mouse (from my cat)
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and here it is! I definitely think it's my favourite of the three, but I must say that I don't think any of them have massively 'grabbed' me yet.
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Jan 10 2022, 10:53 PM
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Eh this one is pretty average tbh oops
Someone on Reddit who has heard the album already has confidently stated that this is a bad single choice and one of the weakest songs on the album though so I shall keep the faith x |
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Jan 19 2022, 09:55 AM
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oops Hard Drive Gold is my favourite since This is All Yours
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Feb 12 2022, 06:33 PM
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Really enjoying the album, however there doesn’t seem to be much fanfare about the release - hopefully it will return them to the Top 5 at least.
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Feb 12 2022, 06:37 PM
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I was thinking easy #1 considering how much the last album did
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Feb 12 2022, 06:49 PM
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QUOTE(Bjork @ Feb 12 2022, 06:37 PM)  I was thinking easy #1 considering how much the last album did They could have really strong direct and indie sales I guess but Slash is above them on iTunes and Amazon, and I’m guessing their streaming won’t be all that strong - plus they have the added impact of Brits effect from the likes of Ed, Adele etc |
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