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An Awesome Wave

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Released: May 2012
Label: Canvasback/ATL
Managing to evoke both pastoral landscapes and urban blight, hippy-dippy wistfulness and disciplined musicality, hipster chic and burnout naïveté, An Awesome Wave is a badass study in bricolage, not to mention radical jams. Though the psychedelia can be heavy-handed at first (harmonized a cappella bleating? On track two?), the songs save the day. See: the dizzying arrangements on "Breezeblocks"; the unexpected jauntiness of "Something Good"; the warm glow of "Ms." With melodies buried like lice in hippy hair, the record continues to unfold with each successive listen. Positive vibes, man.
- Garrett Kamps
Alt-J - An Awesome Wave 2013-06-28
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    Tessellate
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    Breezeblocks
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    Something Good
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    Dissolve Me
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    Matilda
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    Ms
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