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Three years after This Is All Yours, Alt-J are out to take listeners for another joyride. Still defying labels and pigeonholes, the Leeds group has written Relaxer as a disorienting stylistic patchwork. As ever with Alt-J, you could say that their third album is often pop, sometimes folk (Last Year) or raw rock (Hit Me Like That Snare), occasionally electro, or even lyrical (Pleader), sometimes stripped-down, but also very much built around the voice of singer Joe Newman, and you still wouldn't get close to explaining it… And then there is this totally freakish cover of House Of The Rising Sun which is only recognisable from the lyrics, Alt-J having completely changed the melody… In short, like their countrymen Radiohead or, on the other side of the Atlantic, Animal Collective, Alt-J are on the march against business as usual, wrong-footing the world of pop at every turn. That's a hallmark that's perhaps clearer than ever on Relaxer… Finally, the cover art is a good guide as to what to expect: a still from LSD : Dream Simulator, a PlayStation game from 1998, which was pretty zany, with no real goal or mission, and populated by headless women, multicoloured giant plants and heads on legs. It was like a virtual LSD trip… © CM/Qobuz
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The London Metropolitan Orchestra, Strings - Joe Newman, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Dick Beetham, MasteringEngineer - Stefano Civetta, AssistantEngineer - Thom Green, Drums, Percussion, Programmer, Writer - Graeme Baldwin, AssistantEngineer - Paul Pritchard, AssistantEngineer - Charlie Andrew, Producer, Mixer, Engineer, Programmer - alt-J, MainArtist - Gus Unger-Hamilton, Keyboards, Vocals, Writer - Brett Cox, Engineer - Jay Pocknell, Engineer - Ellie Rowsell, Vocals
© 2017 alt-J under exclusive licence to Infectious Music Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 2017 Infectious Music Ltd., a BMG Company, under exclusive license to Atlantic Recording Corporation for North America
Joe Newman, Bass Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Mike Kearsey, Trombone - Martin Williams, Tenor Saxophone - Dick Beetham, MasteringEngineer - Trevor Mires, Trombone - Stefano Civetta, AssistantEngineer - Thom Green, Drums, Percussion, Writer - Graeme Baldwin, AssistantEngineer - Paul Pritchard, AssistantEngineer - Charlie Andrew, Producer, Mixer, Programmer - alt-J, Brass Arranger, MainArtist - Gus Unger-Hamilton, Keyboards, Vocals, Writer - Joe Auckland, Trumpet - Brett Cox, Engineer - Jay Pocknell, Engineer - Adrien Hallowel, Trombone
© 2017 alt-J under exclusive licence to Infectious Music Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 2017 Infectious Music Ltd., a BMG Company, under exclusive license to Atlantic Recording Corporation for North America
The London Metropolitan Orchestra, Strings - Traditional, Writer - Joe Newman, Arranger, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Dick Beetham, MasteringEngineer - Stefano Civetta, AssistantEngineer - Thom Green, Arranger, Drums, Percussion, Programmer, Writer - Graeme Baldwin, AssistantEngineer - Paul Pritchard, AssistantEngineer - Charlie Andrew, Producer, Mixer, Engineer, Programmer - alt-J, MainArtist - Gus Unger-Hamilton, Arranger, Keyboards, Vocals, Writer - Brett Cox, Engineer - Jay Pocknell, Engineer
© 2017 alt-J under exclusive licence to Infectious Music Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 2017 Infectious Music Ltd., a BMG Company, under exclusive license to Atlantic Recording Corporation for North America
Joe Newman, Guitar, Writer - Dick Beetham, MasteringEngineer - Stefano Civetta, AssistantEngineer - Thom Green, Drums, Percussion, Programmer, Writer - Graeme Baldwin, AssistantEngineer - Paul Pritchard, AssistantEngineer - Charlie Andrew, Producer, Mixer, Engineer, Programmer - alt-J, MainArtist - Gus Unger-Hamilton, Keyboards, Vocals, Writer - Brett Cox, Engineer - Jay Pocknell, Engineer - Hinako Omori, Backing Vocals
© 2017 alt-J under exclusive licence to Infectious Music Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 2017 Infectious Music Ltd., a BMG Company, under exclusive license to Atlantic Recording Corporation for North America
The London Metropolitan Orchestra, Strings - Joe Newman, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Dick Beetham, MasteringEngineer - Stefano Civetta, AssistantEngineer - Thom Green, Drums, Percussion, Programmer, Writer - Graeme Baldwin, AssistantEngineer - Paul Pritchard, AssistantEngineer - Charlie Andrew, Producer, Mixer, Engineer, Programmer - alt-J, MainArtist - Gus Unger-Hamilton, Keyboards, Vocals, Writer - Brett Cox, Engineer - Jay Pocknell, Engineer - Ellie Rowsell, Vocals
© 2017 alt-J under exclusive licence to Infectious Music Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 2017 alt-J under exclusive licence to Infectious Music Ltd., a BMG Company
The London Metropolitan Orchestra, Strings - Joe Newman, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Hans Zimmer, Writer - Dick Beetham, MasteringEngineer - Stefano Civetta, AssistantEngineer - Thom Green, Drums, Percussion, Programmer, Writer - Graeme Baldwin, AssistantEngineer - Paul Pritchard, AssistantEngineer - Charlie Andrew, Producer, Mixer, Engineer, Programmer - alt-J, MainArtist - Gus Unger-Hamilton, Keyboards, Vocals, Writer - Brett Cox, Engineer - Brendan Francis Behan, Writer - Jay Pocknell, Engineer
© 2017 alt-J under exclusive licence to Infectious Music Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 2017 alt-J under exclusive licence to Infectious Music Ltd., a BMG Company
The London Metropolitan Orchestra, Strings - Joe Newman, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Dick Beetham, MasteringEngineer - Stefano Civetta, AssistantEngineer - Thom Green, Drums, Percussion, Programmer, Writer - Graeme Baldwin, AssistantEngineer - Paul Pritchard, AssistantEngineer - Charlie Andrew, Producer, Mixer, Engineer, Programmer - alt-J, MainArtist - Gus Unger-Hamilton, Keyboards, Vocals, Writer - Brett Cox, Engineer - Jay Pocknell, Engineer
© 2017 alt-J under exclusive licence to Infectious Music Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 2017 alt-J under exclusive licence to Infectious Music Ltd., a BMG Company
The London Metropolitan Orchestra, Strings - Joe Newman, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Dick Beetham, MasteringEngineer - Stefano Civetta, AssistantEngineer - Thom Green, Drums, Percussion, Programmer, Writer - Graeme Baldwin, AssistantEngineer - Paul Pritchard, AssistantEngineer - Charlie Andrew, Producer, Mixer, Engineer, Programmer - alt-J, MainArtist - Gus Unger-Hamilton, Keyboards, Vocals, Writer - Brett Cox, Engineer - Mark Rainbow, Backing Vocals - Jay Pocknell, Engineer - Ely Cathedral Boy Choristers, Choir
© 2017 alt-J under exclusive licence to Infectious Music Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 2017 alt-J under exclusive licence to Infectious Music Ltd., a BMG Company
Album review
Three years after This Is All Yours, Alt-J are out to take listeners for another joyride. Still defying labels and pigeonholes, the Leeds group has written Relaxer as a disorienting stylistic patchwork. As ever with Alt-J, you could say that their third album is often pop, sometimes folk (Last Year) or raw rock (Hit Me Like That Snare), occasionally electro, or even lyrical (Pleader), sometimes stripped-down, but also very much built around the voice of singer Joe Newman, and you still wouldn't get close to explaining it… And then there is this totally freakish cover of House Of The Rising Sun which is only recognisable from the lyrics, Alt-J having completely changed the melody… In short, like their countrymen Radiohead or, on the other side of the Atlantic, Animal Collective, Alt-J are on the march against business as usual, wrong-footing the world of pop at every turn. That's a hallmark that's perhaps clearer than ever on Relaxer… Finally, the cover art is a good guide as to what to expect: a still from LSD : Dream Simulator, a PlayStation game from 1998, which was pretty zany, with no real goal or mission, and populated by headless women, multicoloured giant plants and heads on legs. It was like a virtual LSD trip… © CM/Qobuz
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 8 track(s)
- Total length: 00:38:58
- Main artists: Alt-J
- Label: Infectious Music
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock Alternative & Indie
© 2017 alt-J under exclusive licence to Infectious Music Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 2017 alt-J under exclusive licence to Infectious Music Ltd., a BMG Company
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