Leeds, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom (2007 – present)
Alt-J (sometimes stylised ∆) was formed when Gwil Sainsbury (guitar, bass), Joe Newman (guitar, vocals), Gus Unger-Hamilton (keyboards), and Thom Sonny Green (drums) met at Leeds, UK University in 2007. The band currently resides in Cambridge.
Unger-Hamilton studied English Literature; the other three Fine Art. In their second year of studies, Newman showed Sainsbury a handful of his own songs inspired by his guitar-playing dad and hallucinogens, and the pair began recording in their dorm rooms with Sainsbury acting as producer… read more
Top Tracks
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| 1 | Play on youtube | Breezeblocks |
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| 2 | Play on youtube | Left Hand Free |
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| 3 | Play on youtube | Something Good |
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| 4 | Play on youtube | Tessellate |
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| 5 | Play on youtube | Taro |
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| 6 | Play on youtube | In Cold Blood |
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| 7 | Play on youtube | Matilda |
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| 8 | Play on youtube | Deadcrush |
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| 9 | Play on youtube | Every Other Freckle |
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| 10 | Play on youtube | Fitzpleasure |
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