Album Info

An Awesome Wave

Alternative - 2012

The beauty of alt-J's wacky debut album is its complete unpredictability—it is avant-garde pop built on geometric terms, funky grooves,... more

Tracklist

1

Intro

2:37 min
2

Interlude 1

1:12 min
3

Tessellate

3:02 min
4

Breezeblocks

3:47 min
5

Interlude 2

1:17 min
6

Something Good

3:38 min
7

Dissolve Me

3:59 min
8

Matilda

3:48 min
9

Ms

3:58 min
10

Fitzpleasure

3:39 min
11

Interlude 3

0:53 min
12

Bloodflood

4:09 min
13

Taro

5:14 min
14

Hand-Made

2:37 min

About An Awesome Wave

The beauty of alt-J's wacky debut album is its complete unpredictability—it is avant-garde pop built on geometric terms, funky grooves, and a cappella harmonies. Every song is completely different from the next: The clicking rhythms of atmospheric pop gem "Tessellate" give way to a tinkling toy piano on the urgent rock jam "Breezeblocks," while "Something Good" bounces along folk-pop riffs and "Fitzpleasure" sizzles atop an ominous bass buzz. It all weaves together masterfully, guided by Joe Newman's vocals, which vacillate between guttural and glorious.