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Gwil Sainsbury Alt-J (stylised as alt-J) are an English band formed in 2007 in, by Gwil Sainsbury (guitar/bass), Joe Newman (guitar/lead vocals), (drums) and Gus Unger-Hamilton (keyboards/vocals). The band's debut album was released in May 2012 in Europe, and in September 2012 in the United States, and won the 2012 British. Gwil Sainsbury amicably departed the band in early 2014. Their second album,, was released on 22 September 2014 and went straight to UK number one. As a replacement for Sainsbury, Cameron Knight became a supporting member for alt-J's live shows, playing guitar, bass and sampler. In 2017, the band released their third studio album,, and are currently playing as a trio.
Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • Name [ ] The band's symbol is the, Δ, which is traditionally used in scientific study to indicate. The symbol can be typed on an Apple with the key sequence ⌥ Option+ J.
The cover art of the band's debut album shows an overhead view of the largest in the world, the. Alt-J were previously known as ' and then 'Films', but were later forced to change to 'alt-J' because an American band called ' already existed. History [ ] 2007–10: Formation and Early Years [ ] alt-J (∆) were formed when Gwil Sainsbury (guitar/bass), Joe Newman (guitar/lead vocals), Gus Unger-Hamilton (keyboards/vocals) and Thom Sonny Green (drums) met at in 2007. Unger-Hamilton (younger brother of Ferdy, head of A&R for ) studied, the other three. According to Newman 'I basically went to art school to start a band.' In their second year of studies, Newman showed Sainsbury a handful of his own songs and, inspired by his guitar-playing dad, the pair began recording on in their hall rooms with Sainsbury acting as producer.
The band's unusual sound stems from the fact that due to living in student halls, where noise had to be kept to a minimum, they were unable to use bass guitars or bass drums [ ]. Thom Sonny Green suffers from, a rare genetic disease which causes hearing and kidney failure. As a result, he is about 80 percent deaf. 2011–12: An Awesome Wave and Touring [ ]. Close-up of Joe Newman at, Chicago, in October 2012 After graduating, the band moved to where they spent a number of months working on their music before signing a deal with in December 2011. Juicy J Chronicles Of The Juiceman Raritan here. Their self-titled 4-track demo EP, ∆, was recorded with producer in and featured the tracks ', 'Hand-Made', 'Matilda', and '.