12/17/2022 0 Comments An Awesome Wave Zip![]() So we thought perhaps we could use one of these images for the artwork, creating a visual pun on the idea of a delta.”Fitting the artwork to the band's sound, Gus said, “The image is quite psychedelic, which is a term we definitely don’t mind having applied to our songs. ![]() The band has been nominated for three ‘Brit Awards’ (Best UK Band, Best UK Album and Best Newcomer), and has now sold 450 000 copies of their album worldwide.Explaining how the band chose their album artwork, they said they were up against a deadline so they resorted to googling ‘delta’ for inspiration around the symbol of their name.The band’s keyboard player Gus Unger-Hamilton said, “Instead of the delta symbol, it was coming up with satellite images of geographical deltas, which looked kind of amazing. They won the British Mercury music prize in November, and their album was also announced as the BBC Radio 6 Album of the Year. ![]() This ESA image of the Ganges Delta is becoming one of the most iconic views of Earth from space, due in no small part to it appearing as the cover of British band Alt-J’s award-winning debut album An Awesome Wave.Formed in 2007, the indie rock band Alt-J (‘Alt-J’ is the keyboard shortcut on computers for the delta symbol) released their first album last May in Europe. ![]()
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