New Music Pick of the Day - ∆

or Alt-J (you get the symbol when holding down Alt-J on a mac, apparently. Macs are evil.) have been peeking just over my New Music Horizon since they released four tracks on their Soundcloud page back in May, and I have just discovered their BBC Introducing Maida Vale Sessions on Youtube which has set me off over them all over again.



BloodFlood

The Leeds four-piece have a really intriguing set of tracks (free to download) that hint of a shining future to come. Odd folksy vocals over skittering percussion on first track 'Tesselate' offer a richly detailed visual canvas, bringing to mind King of Limbs and In Rainbows Radiohead. Then the quietly beautiful Matilda creeps in and things change up, reminsicent of Wild Beasts, albeit lost in some deep, dark, Northern Woods. 'Hand-Made' and 'Breezeblocks', alternatively fragile and funky, round out this free-helping of outstanding new music nicely. Head over to the their Soundcloud (linked above) and grab yourself some delectable aural morsels.

The new track above comes courtesy of the BBC, and sounds great. Intricate, achingly beautiful interwoven sounds, with detailing that isn't as visible in their Soundcloud songs, its instantly my favourite ∆ track. And it gets even better! Their first single has just been announced, a double AA release of Floodblood (the twice-differently labelled track in the video above, I assume) and Tesselate, and you can preorder yourself a copy here. I predict a bright future for these lads - lets kick start if for them.