Alt-J - An Awesome Wave (Vinyl) Format:Vinyl LP or aesthetically significant

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Slow One's Bothered

Mick El Borado thickens the atmosphere with his improvisational keyboard playing

Reb Fountain released her self-titled album via New Zealand label Flying Nun Records to much critical acclaim

the band has accumulated acclaim from critics and musicians

Alt-J - An Awesome Wave (Vinyl) Format:Vinyl LP or aesthetically significantCambridge based quartet Alt J might be a little bit too clever for their own good. Produced by Charlie Andrew (the Laurel Collective), their debut album, An Awesome Wave, is occasionally guilty of pretentiousness, particularly the irritating a cappella vocal warmup of the interlude "(The Ripe & Ruin)." But for the most part, its 13 tracks do for nu folk what Everything Everything's equally ambitious debut did for indie rock, breathing new life into