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alt-J. Formed in Leeds in 2007, won the 2012 Mercury Prize with their debut, An Awesome Wave. Folk harmonies, glitchy electronics and art-rock, folded into something unmistakably their own. 'Hunger Of The Pine' was the lead single (released 19 June 2014) from their second album, This Is All Yours, and one of the songs the trio wrote after bassist Gwil Sainsbury left in January 2014. It samples Miley Cyrus's line 'I'm a female rebel' from her 2013 track '4x4'. Keyboardist Gus Unger-Hamilton has said it's about how missing someone, pining, can be a physical pain much like hunger. This Is All Yours debuted at No. 1 in the UK and was Grammy-nominated for Best Alternative Music Album. Frontman Joe Newman's debut solo album as JJerome87, The Canyon, got its wide release in June 2026.
From the notes for Episode 11 · fact-checked Oct 4, 2026.