There aren't enough mind-wobbling indie bands that are named after keyboard shortcuts, are there? And barely any bands of any sort named after scientifically useful symbols that also hint at what the music is like—alt + J on certain computers gives ∆, or delta, which is used by scientists to denote change or difference—but then, as the triangle suggests, alt-J are not like other bands.
The band are no strangers to the Big Weekend either, having appeared at the Derry~Londonderry Big Weekend in 2013. That was the same year their debut album An Awesome Wave won album of the year at the prestigious Ivor Novello Awards, having already nabbed the Mercury Prize the year before. Now they're back to headline the In New Music We Trust stage. Expect change, and difference.
There aren't enough mind-wobbling indie bands that are named after keyboard shortcuts, are there? And barely any bands of any sort named after scientifically useful symbols that also hint at what the music is like—alt + J on certain computers gives ∆, or delta, which is used by scientists to denote change or difference—but then, as the triangle suggests, alt-J are not like other bands.
The band are no strangers to the Big Weekend either, having appeared at the Derry~Londonderry Big Weekend in 2013. That was the same year their debut album An Awesome Wave won album of the year at the prestigious Ivor Novello Awards, having already nabbed the Mercury Prize the year before. Now they're back to headline the In New Music We Trust stage. Expect change, and difference.
