The combination of the fact that temperatures have been dropping consistently for the last few weeks and we all need warming up, and that Alt-J are pretty hot right now, and have just won the Mercury would allow me, if I were that way inclined, to make an elaborate thermometer pun. But to be honest, I got cold feet, never really knowing to what degree people appreciate themed word play.
That rambling intro, and that fact that ‘Buffalo’ was written exclusively for up-coming and questionable looking feature film Silver Lining, aside, it’s great to have a new cut from the alternative music world’s darlings of the moment. Similarly idiosyncratic and similarly infectious, this new release is by now, somewhat typical, but equally by no means unaccomplished. The sounds are all familiar, and ‘Buffalo’ would have slotted easily into their debut’s tracklisting, but rather from detracting from its charm, that simply confirms that An Awesome Wave was no fluke, and that there is much more to come.
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By Alex Throssell
Dance Yrself Clean
