Saturday, 16 February 2013

Alt-J feat. Mountain Man - Buffalo

Over the last three months I have fallen in love with Alt-J. Initially the only song of theirs that I was a big fan of was Breezeblocks which I thought was phenomenal. Their other stuff smelt a bit whiffy to me at first but something about the album intrigued me and after a couple more listens I was superbly hooked. It's hard to pinpoint what's so great about these boys but their music has a definite mesmerising effect and I really haven't heard anything quite like it before.

Well anyway, I went to watch Silver Linings Playbook last night and found it thoroughly excellent. Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence both put in sterling performances and I was pretty much crying by the end. Half way through though there's a glorious moment when I recognised Joe Newman's unique vocals and realised I was listening to an Alt-J number while watching those two do their thing. It was a great combination and I can't recommend either this band or this film highly enough. Do both.



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