
alt-J
Nationaliteit: Verenigd Koninkrijk
Alt-J (alt-J, Δ, eerder bekend als Films) is een Britse indierockband uit Leeds, gevormd door frontman Joe Newman, Gwil Sainsbury, Gus Unger-Hamilton en Thom Green. De vier leden ontmoetten elkaar op de Universiteit van Leeds, en in 2008 werd de band opgericht. Met hun debuutalbum An Awesome Wave wonnen ze de Mercury Prize. Op 22 september 2014 kwam het tweede album This Is All Yours uit. In juni 2017 brachten ze hun derde album Relaxer uit.
Alt-J (stylised as alt-J, real name Δ) are an English indie rock band formed in 2007 in Leeds. Their lineup includes Joe Newman (guitar/lead vocals), Thom Sonny Green (drums), Gus Unger-Hamilton (keyboards/vocals), and formerly Gwil Sainsbury (guitar/bass).
Their debut album An Awesome Wave was released in May 2012 in Europe, and in September 2012 in the United States, and won the 2012 British Mercury Prize. Sainsbury left the band in early 2014. Their second album, This Is All Yours, was released on 22 September 2014 and went straight to number one in the United Kingdom. In June 2017 the band released their third studio album Relaxer, followed in February 2022 by their fourth studio album The Dream.