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When the lights drop on London’s O2 Arena there’s a beat of shouts in the darkness, until a familiar pulsing note cuts through the air, accompanied with red flashing lights. It’s almost tense, the suspense hanging in the air as ‘Hunger of the Pine’ heralds the arrival of Alt-J. It’s a well-pitched opening, the longing […]
Continue ReadingHettie Burn interviews Mercury Prize winners Alt-J Arguably the most successful new British band of the year, there’s something wonderfully organic about Alt-J. The home-grown and honest undercurrent of their music is mirrored in the band’s public image, despite their recent rapid rise to Mercury-Prize-winning success. Formed during their studies at Leeds University in 2007, […]
Continue ReadingAt the 20th annual Mercury Prize award ceremony, held this year in a new venue with a new host, the grand prize of £20,000 was appropriately awarded to a debut album. An Awesome Wave was an unexpected critical success for the Cambridge-based quartet who until this year had spent their five-year career in relative obscurity. […]
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