Dangerous Addiction

Alt-J, since 2007 in the music industry at home, have created with their debut album a true gem. But what kind of music they play at all? Now, a clear answer to this question is not so simple. Folkpop? Indie Elktro? Alternative music?

But why resort to a drawer, if you can offer on a single CD of Acapella about folk and pop and partly almost Prog everything? And the whole thing like on a golden thread still pressed in exactly the right order on the CD? It is precisely therein lies the value of a CD. The fact that from the first note to the last sitting handcuffed remains pressed the replay button again before his conditioning and the end. That just individual songs to be played in that order and not with the Random button.

Alt-J have just the right blend of harmony and composition. Whether it acapella intone polyphonic, or reduce to a song on bare necessities, it sounds great. Some readers may synthesizer sound occur partly dowdy, but the attraction is not just the fact that one mixes the new with? OK, with many sounds that certainly terrible. But these are then most old bands who are trying desperately to look modern. Alt-J but are new, try to sound modern, and operate here from the big musical pot the 70s and 80s. And that succeeds perfectly, has charm, depth and opens up to the listener with each playing more. One thing is clear: "An awesome wave" is after all partly bulky and nothing for people muster the patience not to admit to something new.

Strong buy recommendation for the curious and music lovers who want to hear what "other" times.