Alt-J’s debut album ‘An Awesome Wave’ was released at the end of May 2012, crash landing into the Top 20 whilst peaking at #3 on iTunes, making it one of the biggest debuts of the year. An amazing feat for a debut album by an indie act with little marketing, it caused a shockwave in the pop and r’n’b dominated charts. The release came with a plethora of amazing reactions that saw it touted as the “hottest debut album” by NME, hailed as “strong, addictive and enthralling’ by the BBC and chosen as album of the week on Radio 1 and album of the day on 6music. The singles have been Record of the Week for Greg James, Huw Stephens and Fearne Cotton. DJs across Radio 1, 6music and Radio 2 are united in their praise of the album. Online the album continues to spread, with over 1million plays on their soundcloud to date.
CREDITS
Production : Cosa
Producer : Julien Pasquier
Director : Guillaume Cagniard
Dop : Michel Taburiaux
Make Up : Cathyanne Mac Allister & Melanie Queryel
Stylisme : Laure Guerrard
Post Production : Nightshift
Editor : Maxime Gillier
Post Producer : Charlotte Raffi
Artwork : Wim Delvoye Courtesy Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin
