Alt-J: Live At Red Rocks (2015) [Blu-ray]

As far as live performances go, there is a fine line between sounding like a studio band forced to play on stage, and an outfit capable of delivering total live magic. British indie band alt-J have constituted to blur that line, creating a live performance of incredible worth and pulsing rhythm. If the signature back and forth other-worldly vocal harmonies between Joe Newman and Gus Unger-Hamilton haven’t already won you over, the level of chemistry immersed in the precise live instrumentation surely will. Alongside Cameron Knight on guitar and bass and Thom Green on drums, alt-J excellently carve their place in stone, figuratively and literally with the band’s first live album and DVD – Live At Red Rocks.

Most of the band’s singles and album standouts since 2012 have proven to reach anthemic heights, globally winning them a respectable large fan base. This release is the band’s first live album and DVD, with the tantalising performance recorded in Colorado only adding to their admirable reputation. Hunger of the Pine gets the ball rolling, as a pulsing analog monotone synth note repeats, engaging the audience while Newman lays down the first vocal cries in his signature alt-J sound. A cloud of folk driven indie-rock is formed around a dreamy mist of onstage confidence as Newman and Unger-Hamilton’s amicable vocals howl dynamically, finely pairing with one another before summoning a crescendo of singing cries and creating space for a distorted synth and guitar breakdown.

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Recorded at Red Rocks Amphitheatre, City and County of Denver, 27th July 2015
01. Hunger of the Pine
02. Fitzpleasure
03. Something Good
04. Left Hand Free
05. Dissolve Me
06. Matilda/Interlude 2
07. Bloodflood
08. Bloodflood Pt. II
09. Interlude
10. Tessellate
11. Every Other Freckle
12. Taro
13. Warm Foothills
14. The Gospel of John Hurt
15. Lovely Day
16. Nara
17. Leaving Nara
18. Breeze Blocks