The prestigious Mercury Prize in 2012 was won by Alt-J, a young band from Leeds University. Their debut album An Awesome Wave was by the British and Irish professional jury chosen over plates of Ben Howard, Plan B and The Maccabees. Also on the other side of the North Sea was the music press pretty clear: An Awesome Wave came in virtually every eindejaarslijstje. For the Quartet it must have been a particularly exciting year with all sold out shows and high chart positions at home and abroad.
All kinds of British folk and rock bands from the past were allowed to provide inspiration, but Alt-J had decided a private sound; catchy, atmospheric and sensitive. The pinched soul voice of singer Joe Newman, the band even more striking. The excellent song material did the rest. The titles of Breezeblocks, Tessel late and sounded aware Fitzpleasure obscure, but these songs became audience favorites. An Awesome Wave was thus the most promising rock debut from 2012.
After reading some reviews saying the quality of this pressing was poor I was very skeptical of buying it. I'll note the packaging is gorgeous however after putting this on my turntable for first time I also noticed the bad quality of the pressing. I thought, damn, poor purchase. After spending the night fiddling with my turntable I realized there wasn't enough weight on my stylus.
I changed it to the appropriate weight and put on this record. Man, did my opinion change of this pressing. Sure it's a little bass heavy however, I don't notice any compression or distortion. I just changed the amount of bass on my Amplifier and it's great!
I recommend this album, doesn't sound spectacular however it is much better than these reviews suggest.
Artist: Alt-JAlbum: An Awesome WaveReleased: 2012Style: Indie RockFormat: MP3 320Kbps / FLACSize: 111 MbTracklist:01 – Intro02 –? (Ripe & Ruin)03 – Tessellate04 – Breezeblocks05 –? (Guitar)06 – Something Good07 – Dissolve Me08 – Matilda09 – Ms10 – Fitzpleasure11 –? (Piano)12 – Bloodflood13 – Taro (includes hidden track ‘Hand-Made’)DOWNLOAD LINKS:RAPIDGATOR:FLAC (237 Mb):RAPIDGATOR:BUY 0.05 USD PER TRACKPreviously on NewAlbumReleases.net:. January 13, 2019 -.
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30 Responses. bobbysu Said,thank you very muchPosted on. Delta Said,Amazing album. Fresh, Quirky and tight.
Sound splendour!The Mercury Music Nomination/Prize beckons.Posted on. Delta Said,You have to hear BreezeblocksPosted on. Andy Said,Links are broken ðŸ™x81Posted on.
Giulio Said,The links are deadPosted on. kant Said,The links are still dead.Posted on. X Said,Rapidgator link is dead, could you put up a new one? Thanks!Posted on. Rodrigo Said,My God! I read the in the Amazon.co.uk website and decide to try this bandThey mix so many different sounds that every time a listen to the album I find something new in the backgroundThey are simply amazing!
The best band I found this year! I just hope they last for many years and keep producing this high quality materialPosted on. Benjamin Said,Flac files are down:/ Please can you re-up them on rapidgator please? Thx guys.Posted on. Trieste Martin Said,all files down.Posted on. Rodrigo Said,all files down Please can you re-up Please?
Tnx 🙂Posted on. smugoe Said,all links are down, can you re upload please, just previewed this album, so thought id d.l it. Some nice soundsPosted on. Delta Said,How right was I?
(see earlier response No. Just announced Mercury Music Prize winners! Shame I didn’t have a little flutter back in May. Odds would have been good.Posted on. Raspberry Pi Said,Hi, can anyone re-upload links to this please?Thanks in advance.Posted on.
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