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alt-J (Ft. Conor Oberst, Lianne La Havas, Marika Hackman & Sivu) – Warm Foothills
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The studio version of this song is sung by Joe Newman (alt-J) spliced with words sung by Conor Oberst (Bright Eyes), Lianne La Havas, Sivu, and Marika Hackman.
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Rock Genius – Rock Genius Most Viewed Cleanup
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New cleanup project!
This is designed to make all of Rock Genius’ most viewed pages clean and perfect. The following are about 50 of the most viewed pages from the past few months
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Lianne La Havas – Warm Foothills (Live from Spotify, London)
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[Verse 1] / Dry dunes cater for jumping boys / From the nape of her neck he made his descent / They watched men hurl from rock to sea / Like sternum to button, lined lip pinches in
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alt-J – Lovely Day
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This song is a hidden track on ∆ (Alt-J)’s second album This Is All Yours.
It is a cover of “Lovely Day” by Bill Withers.
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alt-J – ❦ (Garden of England)
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This interlude features sounds of birds, nature, and cheerful sounding recorders.
The fleuron character (❦) in the title is the same that they used for the three interludes: “❦ (
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alt-J – Hunger of the Pine
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“Hunger of the Pine” is the first single from their 2014 album, This Is All Yours.
Keyboardist Gus Unger-Hamilton had this to say on the songwriting process after the departure of
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alt-J – Choice Kingdom
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“Choice Kingdom” is an ode to their home country of England, with a typical ∆ spin on it of course.
This is evidenced by the title of the interlude before this track, “❦ (Garden
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alt-J – Pusher
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“Pusher” is a stripped-down acoustic number about love, loss and loneliness. Its central idea is that people are either pushers or pullers, and a successful relationship needs both
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alt-J – Arrival in Nara
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The quiet, acoustic guitar-driven second track on This Is All Yours, “Arrival in Nara” is about a girl who is drowning, who eventually starts singing to die doing what she loved.
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alt-J – Leaving Nara
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The final track on This Is All Yours, excluding the hidden track after it, this song is a short continuation of Nara, talking about the same themes and referring back to the
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alt-J – Every Other Freckle
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This is the third single off of alt-J (∆)’s 2014 album This Is All Yours.
The song’s lustful theme and metaphors are reminiscent of “I Wanna Be Yours” by John Cooper Clarke.
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alt-J – Bloodflood Pt. II
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Pt. II is a follow-up to the song “Bloodflood” featured on their first studio album, An Awesome Wave.
Though the original “Bloodflood” is about the adrenaline-filled “feeling you
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alt-J – Left Hand Free
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The second single off of This Is All Yours is described by the band members as the “least Alt-J song ever”. It was rumoured to have been made in large part to appease the label
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alt-J – Nara
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The third track on This Is All Yours, Nara is the second song in the three-part named after the Japanese city. The song is about a gay man wanting to marry. It was written around
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alt-J – The Gospel of John Hurt
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Warning: annotations contain spoilers for the film Alien, and content that some readers may find disturbing (graphic violence, gore)
Like “Matilda”, “The Gospel of John Hurt” was
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alt-J – Intro (This Is All Yours)
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The first song on This Is All Yours, “Intro” immediately starts the album with a bang. The track begins with vocal samples, after which the guitars come in and Joe Newman sings
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