alt-J - The Dream

The Dream is the fourth studio album by British indie rock band alt-J, released in February 2022 via Infectious Music.

alt-J was formed in 2007 by Gwil Sainsbury (guitar, bass), Joe Newman (guitar, lead vocals), Thom Sonny Green (drums) and Gus Unger-Hamilton (keyboards, vocals). They have become one of the most successful British bands of the millennium. Gwil Sainsbury left the band in early 2014 and they have continued as a three piece outfit.

Alt-J has released four singles in the lead up to this latest album; ‘Get Better’, ‘U&ME’, ‘Hard Drive Gold’ were released to rave reviews and have received widespread radio coverage. The band released a further taster of the album, ‘The Actor‘, with an accompanying visualizer video.

alt-J are one of the most successful British bands of the millennium. Joe Newman, Gus Unger-Hamilton, and Thom Sonny Green have released three studio albums that, between them, have sold more than two million copies and their songs have been streamed over two and a half billion times.

Their 2012 Mercury Prize and Ivor Novello Award-winning debut An Awesome Wave, was followed two years later by their Number One, Grammy- and BRIT Award-nominated album This Is All Yours. Released in 2017, Relaxer flew straight into the Top 10 of the UK Albums chart and became their second album to be nominated for the Mercury Prize.

Having firmly carved out their niche in the electro-pop sphere, The Dream sees the group broaden their musical palette with further explorations into folk, blues, and twinges of gospel.

Rolling Stone has described the album as “a striking reinvention for alt-J.”

This album is limited edition on clear coloured vinyl housed in a gatefold sleeve with a printed inner sleeve, pressed in Europe via Infectious.