alt-J - This is Yours

It is my extreme pleasure to make my first new post for this newly revived blog about alt-J's upcoming album, This is Yours, out September 22nd. From start to finish, this album is pure aural seduction. Layers upon layers of sound that build and deconstruct and crescendo and decrescendo in a tantalizing magnum opus that will have you playing the album on repeat. It's the perfect combination of dark and light, sex and tenderness, drama and simplicity, intentionality and free-flow. These Brits have made a masterpiece.

My favorite track is still the dangerously, obsessively seductive single "Every Other Freckle," but there is not a single song on the album that I dislike. And while most of the songs are a little more downtempo than the singles they released, you can't help but move with them (and if you can, you have no soul).

Friday they released two almost identical videos for "Every Other Freckle" - one with a male star and one with a female star. Check them out below (NSFW, something I learned the hard way - much like the song, the videos are incredibly sexy and a little weird).




Track list for This Is Yours:

01. Intro
02. Arrival in Nara
03. Nara
04. Every Other Freckle
05. Left Hand Free
06. Garden of England
07. Choice Kingdom
08. Hunger Of The Pine
09. Warm Foothills
10. The Gospel Of John Hurt
11. Pusher
12. Bloodflood pt.II
13. Leaving Nara
14. Lovely Day (Bonus Track)


Tour dates (many of which are already sold out!):

Europe
September 18 - Glasgow - Academy
September 19 - Manchester - Apollo
September 22 - Wolverhampton - Civic Hall
September 23 - Brighton - Centre
September 24 - London - Alexandra Palace
September 27 - Dublin - The O2 Arena
September 29 - Paris - Casino de Paris

North America
October 14 - Vancouver, BC - Orpheum Theater
October 15 - Seattle, WA - Paramount Theater
October 16 - Portland, OR - Roseland Ballroom
October 20 - Los Angeles, CA - Greek Theater
October 21 - Pomona, CA - Fox Theater
October 24 - San Diego, CA - Soma
October 27 - Salt Lake City, UT - The Complex
October 28 - Denver, CO - Fillmore Auditorium
October 31 - Minneapolis, MN - Myth
November 02 - Chicago, IL - Riviera Theatre
November 04 - Tulsa, OK - Cain's Ballroom
November 05 - Dallas, TX - Southside Ballroom
November 06 - Houston, TX - Bayou Music Center
November 07-09 - Austin, TX - Fun Fun Fun Fest
November 10 - Detroit, MI - The Filllmore
November 11 - Toronto, ON - Kool Haus
November 12 - Montreal, QB - Metropolis
November 14 - Philadelphia, PA - Tower Theater
November 16 - New York, NY - Beacon Theater
November 18 - Boston, MA - Orpheum Theater
November 19 - Washington, DC - Echostage