Alt-J is back, with a dreamy reimagining of their 2017 project, RELAXER, charged with hip-hop, R&B, and escapism. Lomepal, Paigey Cakey, and Rejjie Snow are among an expansive list of features, which showcases different facets of rap, and different languages. This varied, passionate 11-track span succeeds more than it fails, but is equally intriguing and […]
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In This Modern Land: An Interview with City Calm Down’s Jack Bourke
Melbourne four-piece City Calm Down are preparing to release their 2018 sophomore record, two years since their debut album launched them into the musical spotlight. Fronting a group whose sonic is refreshing in the current alternative scene yet has hints of Joy Division, The National and New Order, Jack Bourke took a break from the […]
Exeposé Music’s Best Albums of 2017: #50-41
50. Sam Smith The Thrill of It All Sam Smith’s The Thrill Of It All is a powerful demonstration of emotion. His second album, the 14 tracks also work as a semi-successful exploration of mode; the artist’s intention to explore range and style is apparent, but the ecclectic mix of sounds does somewhat detract from […]
The 2017 Mercury Prize Result Response
Following last year and the shock of Skepta’s beating Bowie, grabbing grime’s second Mercury and shaking the British music scene, this years award appeared anyone’s for the taking. Kate Tempest’s genre bending Let Them Eat Chaos was packed with sharp bars and social commentary. Indie behemoths and previous winners alt-J and The xx seemed poised […]
Album Review: alt-J – RELAXER
Imitation is the highest form of praise, so when a video came out in 2015 of two guys eating rice cakes titled “How to write an alt-J song” I’m sure alt-J were extremely humbled (they even changed their Twitter profile picture to a rice cake). I am only bringing up this throwback because I feel […]
Gaining ground and shedding skin: An interview with Ghostpoet
It took me about thirty seconds of speaking to Ghostpoet to decide he was intimidatingly cool. Throughout the interview – which took place the day after his headline tour finished, before setting out to support alt-J in Exeter – I got the impression that this is an artist for which music is everything. Not that […]
Music for nothing: An interview with alt-J (∆)
Exeter Westpoint is slowly distancing itself from an antiquity of antique shows and car boot sales. Driving safety classes have subsided to start catering for its potential as a serious music venue. Yet, it still appears to be a glamourised cow shed with little experience of hosting a gig that’s surely sold an excess of six thousand tickets. Merchandise […]
Gengahr and Friends present… a Collection of Artworks
As we walk through the depths of the dodgier end of Hackney, beats, chatter and laughter are the sounds of a one-off art exhibition hosted by newbies to the indie music scene, Gengahr, with some friends at Bombay Bicycle Club, Alt-J and Slaves. About a hundred people mill around outside in a chilled vibe of […]