Genius Meanings
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alt-J – Get Better
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The sixth track and second single off of alt-J’s 2022 album “The Dream,” Get Better was first teased on a new Instagram account “getbetter_altj” with pixelated-game style posts.
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alt-J – Things Will Get Better
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[Verse] / Steal my heart / And then I go / [?] / And I will do / Whatever I'll do / And I don't wanna let you go / Steal my heart / And then I go / I hope you found a way / And I
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alt-J – Hiroshima
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[Intro] / We must be ready / Every day, all the time / To do the right thing / If the atomic bomb explodes / Duck and cover! / This family knows what to do, just as your own family
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alt-J – U&ME
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“U&ME” tells a euphoric love story that devolves into a drug trip but nevertheless remains a cherished memory. The song arrived with the announcement of the band’s fourth LP, The
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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 – Happier When You’re Gone
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[Verse 1] / "Joe, Joe, Joe / Only fuck-ups need clean starts" / I scream as you come my way / (I'm happier when you're gone) / [Verse 2] / Joe, Joe, Joe / The chime of loves
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alt-J – Breezeblocks
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This is song from ∆’s (pronounced: Alt-J) debut album, An Awesome Wave.
“Breezeblocks” tells the story of a desperate man’s attempts to win over his love’s affections again as she
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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 – Bane
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“Bane” is an intense, moody trip which features a classical choir lamenting about selling one’s soul and quoting Jesus during his crucifixion. Naturally, its subject matter is… a
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alt-J – The Actor
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What would it be like to have been John Belushi’s coke dealer? “The Actor” imagines an answer to that question, imagining him as an inexperienced actor trying to realise his Dream
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alt-J – Ms
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Ms is almost hymnal – smells like Benedictine spirit – as though Alt-J have taken refuge from reality and the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune in that Cambridge basement of
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alt-J – Philadelphia
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“Philadelphia is a story about the demise of a person. They’re so discombobulated, they don’t know that they’re dying; but, they’re sort of having flashbacks to their life before
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alt-J – Adeline
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alt-J introduced this song on Twitter as
a Tasmanian devil falls in love with a woman as he watches her swim.
The song describes his feelings toward her as well as his
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alt-J – Fitzpleasure
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“Fitzpleasure,” the album’s most frenetic and even schizophrenic composition, jumps between Gregorian chant to Afropop-tinged dubstep to ethereal electronica yet never feels
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alt-J – The Actor
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What would it be like to have been John Belushi’s coke dealer? “The Actor” imagines an answer to that question, imagining him as an inexperienced actor trying to realise his Dream
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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 – Hand-Made
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One of the many possible interpretations is that this song could be about is a drug addiction: In the beginning of the song (or rather the chorus) he talks about his body going
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alt-J – Bloodflood
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Bloodflood, about being flooded with fear, is the source for the name of the album (An Awesome Wave). This lyric is an embodiment of the record, evoking the concept of being
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alt-J – 3WW
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3WW is the first single, and opening track, off of Alt-J’s third full length LP, Relaxer. The title ‘3WW’ stands for “3 worn words”. This song’s teaser uses imagery and scenery
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alt-J – Adeline
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alt-J introduced this song on Twitter as
a Tasmanian devil falls in love with a woman as he watches her swim.
The song describes his feelings toward her as well as his
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alt-J – Hard Drive Gold
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“Hard Drive Gold” is a teenager’s juvenile fantasy of becoming an overnight millionaire by trading cryptocurrency. alt-J describe the song as “tongue-in-cheek”.
The track dropped
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alt-J – Taro
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There are so many things rolled into Taro – mournful Dispensary Girl-esque post-rock strings and bells plus vocal tone, Indian pop straddling the bridge and a history lesson.
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alt-J – Tessellate
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In which the ultimate Shorty Said soundalikes roll on with Tessellate, the most Devendra Banhart of all Alt-J songs. Doesn’t matter though, because its piano lollop is as
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alt-J – Chicago
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“Chicago” is a brew of equal parts menacing and spectral energies that seamlessly blends euphoric Chicago House beats with surprising shifts in tone. The song captivates the
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alt-J – In Cold Blood
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In Cold Blood is the second single off of Alt-J’s third full length LP, “Relaxer”. It premiered on March 29th, 2017 live on Mistajam’s show on BBC Radio One. The band introduced
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alt-J – ❦ (Ripe & Ruin)
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❦
This song is also known as “Interlude 1” or “Interlude I”.
The fleuron character or “printer’s flower” (❦) used in the title of this song is used in book printing to divide
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