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abundant success and prestigious accolades: 2012
debut An Awesome Wave went platinum in the UK, won
the Mercury Prize that year and was named Album of the
Year at the 2013 Ivor Novello Awards, making the self-described
“art school band” critical darlings in the process. 2014 follow-
up This is All Yours, however, took things to the next level: second
single “Breezeblocks” cracked the lucrative US market and went
platinum, leading to a Grammy Award nomination for Best Alter-
native Music Album.How alt-J Learned To
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After recuperating from hit album ‘This is All Yours’,
the art rockers unveil “weird” follow-up ‘Relaxer’BY JAMES JENNINGS