alt-J Share Electrifying New Single “In Cold Blood,” Move Up Album Release
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Earlier this month, alt-J marked their return with the new song “3WW” and the announcement of their forthcoming new album, Relaxer.
Now they’re back with a hard-hitting single in the form of “In Cold Blood.” The song serves as the perfect counterbalance to the moody slow-burn of “3WW,” bursting out of the gate with angular, overdriven guitars, a menacing keyboard, and singer Joe Newman reciting binary code like some sort of indie-rock robot. That’s before things shift into a swinging groove dominated by a triumphant horn section that the band notes was recorded at Abbey Road.