alt-J's 'Relaxer,' Track By Track
alt-J's new album, Relaxer, is thick with literary allusions and steeped in folk traditions. To get deeper into these inspirations and influences, the trio walks us through the album, song by song.
alt-J's art-rock weaves dark, seductive and otherworldly tales that lean heavily on folk traditions — their version of "House of the Rising Sun," their inclusion of lines from the Irish tune "The Auld Triangle" in "Adeline" and the Shakespearean references in "3WW" come first to mind.
"Oh, these three worn words
Oh, that we whisperLike the rubbing hands
Of tourists in Verona
I just want to love you in my own language"
