Unexpected success for Alt-J brings good and bad
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This Nov 1, 2012 file photo shows members of Alt-J (from left), Joe Newman, Thom Green, Gus Unger-Hamilton and Gwil Sainsbury at the Barclaycard Mercury Prize Albums of the Year awards 2012 at the Camden Roundhouse in London. Their debut album, An Awesome Wave, went on to win the prestigious Mercury Prize given to the top album of the year in the United Kingdom and Ireland. -- FILE PHOTO: JOHN MARSHALL JME/INVISION/AP
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (AP) - Twelve months ago the guys in British rock back Alt-J had a very simple goal: To release an album.
Just something you could hold in your hands, maybe listen to every so often.
"And at least feel that when we died we could legitimately say we released an album on a label," keyboards player Gus Unger-Hamilton said. "And we could look at it and say, 'Look, we made an album once."'
"Kind of like you can show it to your kids," guitarist-bassist Gwil Sainsbury said.
