 alt-J - "U&ME," from the 2022 album The Dream on Atlantic.

After a surprisingly sunny weekend, a cheery indie pop single about hanging with your friends at a music festival seems most appropriate. Alt-J, Mercury Prize winners and one of the early 2010’s leading festival headliners, are back after four years to provide that ebulliant and light-hearted feeling with their latest single “U&ME.”

Their first release since 2017’s Relaxer (if you don’t count the following year’s remix album Reduxer) and the lead single off their forthcoming album The Dream, “U&ME” hits all the notes that Alt-J fans search for. Groovy percussion - check. Blissed out guitar riffs - you know it. A woozy melody - gotta have it. A nostalgic repeating chorus with slightly esoteric verses - wouldn’t be alt-J without em. 

“It’s about being at a festival with your best friends, having a good time, togetherness, and the feeling in life that nothing could be any better than it is right now,” explains keyboardist/vocalist Gus Unger-Hamilton. The video, directed Unger-Hamilton’s brother, Prosper, captures that sort of bonding-with-the-buds feeling by featuring the band ripping at the skatepark. Kicks are flipped, blood is shed, and - wait - concrete is floating? Just a typical day with the guys! 

The Dream is out February 11th via Canvasback/Infectious Music. Alt-J will be in Seattle on Tuesday, March 29th to play WaMu Theatre with Portugal. The Man. 

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&nbsp;alt-J - "U&amp;ME," from the 2022 album The Dream on Atlantic.
After a surprisingly sunny weekend, a cheery indie pop single about hanging with your friends at a music festival seems most appropriate. Alt-J, Mercury Prize winners and one of the early 2010&rsquo;s leading festival headliners, are back after four years to provide that ebulliant and light-hearted feeling with their latest single &ldquo;U&amp;ME.&rdquo;
Their first release since 2017&rsquo;s Relaxer (if you don&rsquo;t count the following year&rsquo;s remix album Reduxer) and the lead single off their forthcoming album The Dream, &ldquo;U&amp;ME&rdquo; hits all the notes that Alt-J fans search for. Groovy percussion - check. Blissed out guitar riffs - you know it. A woozy melody - gotta have it. A nostalgic repeating chorus with slightly esoteric verses - wouldn&rsquo;t be alt-J without em.&nbsp;
&ldquo;It&rsquo;s about being at a festival with your best friends, having a good time, togetherness, and the feeling in life that nothing could be any better than it is right now,&rdquo; explains keyboardist/vocalist Gus Unger-Hamilton. The video, directed Unger-Hamilton&rsquo;s brother, Prosper, captures that sort of bonding-with-the-buds feeling by featuring the band ripping at the skatepark. Kicks are flipped, blood is shed, and - wait - concrete is floating? Just a typical day with the guys!&nbsp;
The Dream is out February 11th via Canvasback/Infectious Music. Alt-J will be in Seattle on Tuesday, March 29th to play WaMu Theatre with Portugal. The Man.&nbsp;
<a href="https://kexp.org/podcasts/song-of-the-day/2021/11/2/alt-j-ume/">Read the full post on KEXP.org</a>

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