Alt-J on The Dream, Chauvinistic Classic Rock, and Writing Songs About Death

<p><a href="https://consequence.net/artist/alt-j/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Alt-J</a>’s Gus Unger-Hamilton catches up with Kyle Meredith to talk about <a href="https://consequence.net/2022/02/the-dream-alt-j-album-review/" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><em>The Dream</em></a>, the band’s fourth album. The English artist discusses how using more voices in their songs adds deeper dimensions, and why the tracks' characters seem to thrive on dramatic monologues.</p> <p>Unger-Hamilton also touches on the <a href="https://consequence.net/2021/11/beatles-get-back-review-disney-plus/4/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">recent Beatles documentary</a> lent some inspiration and made him a bigger fan of the band. Elsewhere, he&nbsp;ponders about the band making a film one day, their penchant to sing about death and fandom of true crime, and the upcoming 10th anniversary of their debut LP.</p> <p>Listen to the episode now, or watch the full conversation via <a href="https://consequence.net/2022/04/alt-j-the-dream-kyle-meredith-with/" target="_blank"><em>Consequence</em></a>. Also, make sure to like and subscribe to <a href="https://consequence.net/category/kyle-meredith-with/" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><em>Kyle Meredith With…</em></a>&nbsp;wherever you get your podcasts, and follow the&nbsp;<a href="https://consequence.net/category/consequence-podcast-network/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Consequence Podcast Network</a>&nbsp;for updates on all our shows.</p> <p>Alt-J are currently on their US tour with Portugal. The Man. Revisit their Two for the Road conversation <a href="https://consequence.net/video/alt-j-portugal-the-man-two-for-the-road-video/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">here</a>, and pick up tickets for the tour <a href="https://ticketmaster.evyy.net/c/1882189/264167/4272?subId1=alt-j&amp;subId2=2022-tour-kmw&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.com%2Faltj-tickets%2Fartist%2F1684909" rel="noopener" target="_blank">here</a>.</p> --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to