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Leeds, United Kingdom (2007 – present)
Gus studied English Literature; the other three Fine Art. In their second year of studies, Joe showed Gwil a handful of his own songs inspired by his guitar-playing dad and hallucinogens, and the pair began recording in their dorm rooms with Gwil acting as producer on Garageband.
First as Daljit Dhaliwal and then as Films, the four friends spent the next two years playing around town.
Their eponymous first 4-track demo ∆, was recorded with producer Charlie Andrew in London and showcased the tracks ‘Breezeblocks’, ‘Hand-Made’, ‘Matilda’ and ‘Tessellate’. A 7” containing ‘Bloodflood’ and ‘Tessellate’ was released by Loud and Quiet on October 2011.
Their first 2012 release for Infectious Records was the triangle shaped 7” ‘Matilda’/’Fitzpleasure’, followed by ‘Breezeblocks’ as an advance of their first album ‘An Awesome Wave’, released on 25 May 2012.
In 2012, they won the prestigious Barclaycard Mercury Prize for ‘An Awesome Wave’, beating the likes of Ben Howard, Lianne la Havas, Jessie Ware, among others.
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An Awesome Wave
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Matilda / Fitzpleasure
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Best concert at Mr. Smalls in Pittsburgh!!
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any dutch fans in here?
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best thing ever tbh
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very good!
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just,,,, <3
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OFG!!!! thanx for you awesome conert in Moscow <333 [2]
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ntpl
An Awesome Wave is just a masterpiece
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Dissolve Me ♥
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ohgodpleaseno
OFG!!!! thanx for you awesome conert in Moscow <333
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I really don't get this whole thing
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ya_maximov
if you wanna see Alt-J live and many other artists — im selling two 3 day tickets to Governors Ball 2013 ( http://governorsballmusicfestival.com/ )
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dat black metal tag
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https://soundcloud.com/marat-tremolo/breezeblocks-marat-tremolo free dl new remix
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Irving_
I've always had neighbors with very very bad taste in music, but I've just moved and someone nearby was listening to "Breezeblocks" the other day, which makes him or her officially the best neighbor I've ever had.
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ohgodpleaseno
can't wait to see you at Ahmad tea fest
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riotDollGrrrl
I'm really starting to like them :)
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ChrisFallout
Because it's so instrumentally and vocally different? That's my take.
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Oh my word, THIS. Instrumentally and harmonically awesome. I LOVE YOU!
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