alt-J today release Hunger Of The Pine, the first single to be lifted from their forthcoming second album, This Is All Yours. Listen to Hunger Of The Pine: https://soundcloud.com/alt-j/hunger-of-the-pine/
Hunger Of The Pine is available to download and stream now, and is also available as an instant grat to those that pre-order the new album, the highly anticipated follow-up to their million-selling Mercury Prize-winning debut record, An Awesome Wave. This Is All Yours will be released in the UK on 22 September via Infectious Music in CD, digital and double-vinyl editions.
alt-J - This Is All Yours tracklisting
- Intro
- Arrival In Nara
- Nara
- Every Other Freckle
- Left Hand Free
- ❦ Garden Of England
- Choice Kingdom
- Hunger Of The Pine
- Warm Foothills
- The Gospel Of John Hurt
- Pusher
- Bloodflood pt.II
- Leaving Nara
alt-J will embark on a UK tour the week of the album’s release, including their biggest London show to date at the 10,000-capacity Alexandra Palace which sold out in ten minutes. A second Manchester show has been added due to overwhelming demand; tickets via www.altjband.com.
alt-J UK tour - September 2014
- 18 September - Glasgow, Academy
- 19 September - Manchester, Apollo - SOLD OUT
- 20 September - Manchester, Apollo - NEW DATE ADDED
- 22 September - Wolverhampton, Civic Hall
- 23 September - Brighton, Centre
- 24 September - London, Alexandra Palace - SOLD OUT
alt-J are Joe Newman, Gus Unger-Hamilton and Thom Green. They released their debut album An Awesome Wave to critical acclaim in May 2012 (September 2012 in North America). The album won the Mercury Music Prize in November 2012 and was nominated for British Album of the Year at the Brit Awards in February 2013, one of three nominations the band received. In May that year An Awesome Wave received the Ivor Novello Album Award. It has now sold over one million copies and has been streamed more than 200 million times on Spotify.