began teasing third album

On 3 March 2017 Alt-J began teasing their third studio album on their social media accounts with an audio clip captioned “00110011 01110111 01110111” (Binary code for “3ww”). Stereogum reported later that day that the band’s third album would be titled Relaxer and was scheduled for release on 2 June 2017. On 6 March 2017 Alt-J released ” 3WW “, which features lead singer Ellie Rowsell of Wolf Alice , as a digital single and announced dates for the Relaxer Tour in support of the album. Three weeks later, on 29 March, they released ” In Cold Blood “, the second single from Relaxer . In anticipation of their third album, the band released an online video game, whose soundtrack was their single “3WW,” as well as announcing in May 2017 that they would be playing a five-date UK tour at seaside venues, starting on 4 September 2017.