and announced dates for the Relaxer Tour in support of the 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 2 March, Martin’s birthday, Coldplay released a new track from the EP, ” Hypnotised “.
In March 2017, the band entered the studio to begin the recording process, with support from long time producer Tom Allom , along with former Sabbat guitarist and producer Andy Sneap and engineer Mike Exeter, who worked with the band on the previous album. This marked the first time since…
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On 20 February 2017 the band announced they would be releasing their first studio album for 16 years later in the year and would be touring throughout December 2017 in support of Instant Pleasures . Cast would be supporting them on the tour. Flick of the Finger gave the album…
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Matt Barranti substituted on guitar for Bryan Bassett for a gig at Palace Theater in Greensburg, Pennsylvania on 11 February 2017.
On 10 February 2017, the band released And There Will be a Next Time … Live from Detroit , a double live album and concert video.
On 10 February 2017, Little Fictions reached number 1 on the UK Albums Chart, making the record their second to top the chart.
The official video was published a week later, on 9 February.