I know I've already posted about Alt-J twice before and I don't want to be one of those people who just regurgitate how great they think a band is, so I pinky promise that I won't post about them again. They've already propelled themselves into one of my favourite bands of 2012 and for many others too. Even Harry Styles of One Direction fame caused much of an uproar over Twitter from a hoard of music snobs when he tweeted how great an album 'An Awesome Wave' is. I got to see Alt-J at Liverpool Sound City this year and I just came away even more in awe of them than I already was.
For me, Tesselate is one of the highlights off their debut, along with Something Good.
Directed by Alex Southam, the video for Tesselate was released last week and is very much an ode to The School of Athens with a very modernised spin to it. The inspiration for this was the work of an Italian Renassiance artist named Raphael and is dated at approximately 1509.
In the opening frames, The School of Athens can be seen on a t-shirt which then pans away and we're exposed to pockets of activity. Rather than depicting a gathering of philosophers and great minds alike, such as Aristotle and Plato, we're exposed to a meeting of individuals through dance, gambling and disagreements that reflect a portrait of youth subcultures that are regular sights on the rough side of any town.
I think the video is a great concept and I hope you love it as much as I do!
Tickets for Alt-J's headline tour throughout October and November are already on sale with tickets selling quickly so make sure you get yours now - or if you were planning on going to their Manchester show it's already sold out along with a Matinee show!
October
27 RNCM, Manchester
28 Leeds Cockpit
29 Oran Mor, Glasgow
30 Waterfront, Norwich
31 Academy 2, Birmingham
November
02 Oxford O2 Academy
03 Bristol Trinity
04 Brighton Concorde 2
05 London Electric Ballroom
My other Alt-J posts are, Ones To Watch and Warning! Death By Breezeblock!
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