An Awesome Waveby
An Awesome Wave is the debut album by English indie rock band alt-J, released on 25 May 2012 through Infectious. The album includes the singles "Matilda"/"Fitzpleasure", "Breezeblocks" and "Tessellate". It peaked at number thirteen on the UK Albums Chart, and also charted in Belgium, France, Netherlands and Switzerland. An Awesome Wave won the 2012 British Barclaycard Mercury Prize, and in 2013 wa…
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Release details
- Released
- May 28th, 2012
- Type
- Album
- Genres
- Labels
- Atlantic[PIAS] UKLiberator Music[PIAS] RecordingsInfectious Music
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| Source | Rating |
|---|---|
| AllMusic (Jon O'Brien) | |
| The A.V. Club (Marah Eakin – 20 November 2012) | |
| The Irish Times (Jim Carroll – 1 June 2012) | |
| MSN Music (Robert Christgau – 26 February 2013) | |
| The New Zealand Herald (Graham Reid – 3 August 2012) | |
| NME (Jenny Stevens – 25 May 2012) | |
| Pitchfork (Laura Snapes – 28 September 2012) | |
| PopMatters (Geoff Nelson – 27 September 2012) |