Alt-J (sometimes stylised ?) was formed when Gwil Sainsbury (guitar, bass), Joe Newman (guitar, vocals), Gus Unger-Hamilton (keyboards), and Thom Sonny Green (drums) met at Leeds, UK University in 2007. The band currently resides in Cambridge.
Unger-Hamilton studied English Literature; the other three Fine Art. In their second year of studies, Newman showed Sainsbury a handful of his own songs inspired by his guitar-playing dad and hallucinogens
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
FAm She may contain the urge to run away DmDm But hold her down with soggy clothes and breezeblocks FAm Cetirizine your fever's gripped me again Dm Never kisses all you ever send are fullstops FAm Do you know where the wilds things go DmDm They go along to take your honey FAm Break down now weep build up breakfast Dm Now let's eat my love my love love love
FAm Muscle to muscle and toe to toe DmDm The fear has gripped me but here I go FAm My heart sinks as I jump up DmDm Your hand grips hand as my eyes shut