Alt-J - ‘Hunger Of The Pine'

STOP THE PRESS.

This is the first we’ve heard from Alt-J since they won 2012 in every conceivable sense. Their debut An Awesome Wave was a critical and commercial success as well as wooing fans across the globe, and ‘Breezeblocks’ was easily the biggest song since ‘Little Lion Man’, sailing proudly through that year as king of the airwaves. But no matter. It’s now 2014, and Alt-J are back.

The band recently announced new album This Is All Yours, slated for a 22 September release. And today, they let loose our ravenous little ears upon first single ‘Hunger Of The Pine’. It’s accessible, atmospheric, and samples Miley Cyrus. As first singles go, it’s pretty great. Apparently, it’s about how the feeling of pining for someone or something can build up inside you like a physical pain, like a hunger - kind of like how we feel about this album.

September can’t come soon enough.