alt-J share new track ‘Get Better’, schedule UK & Ireland shows for 2022

alt-J have shared another cut from their forthcoming new album, and have confirmed plans for a series of UK and Ireland shows next year.

The band, who are gearing up to release their new album ‘The Dream’ early next year, have shared a second track from the record, ‘Get Better’.

Speaking of the track in a press release, the band’s Joe Newman has said: “‘Get Better’ is the union of two songs. The first was an improvised song I sang in 2018 to my partner who was suffering from period pain. To her I sang ‘Get better my Darcy, I know you can’. She filmed it and I kept revisiting the fragment with a plan to write more. The second was a chord structure I worked on in lockdown that focused on someone living through a bereavement. I felt a nervous heat when writing ‘Get Better’. The context of the Coronavirus pandemic lent my words a chilling weight and gave me a new sense of responsibility as a lyricist. Whilst the direct events described are fictional, I believe - or I hope - that it’s emotionally the most honest song I’ve written.”

The track follows on from ‘U&ME’, which was shared back in September. ‘The Dream’ is set for release on 11th February via Infectious Music/BMG.

The band’s newly-announced 2022 shows are as follows - tickets will go on general sale on 12th November at 9am.

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07 Glasgow, Scotland - Barrowland Ballroom
09 Leeds, England - O2 Academy Leeds
13 Manchester, England - O2 Apollo
18 London, England - O2 Academy Brixton
22 Dublin, Republic of Ireland - Olympia Theatre
25 Belfast, Northern Ireland - The Telegraph Building
27 Birmingham, England - O2 Academy Birmingham

Watch the animated video for ‘Get Better’ - as made by Hamburg-based award-winning pixel artist Stefanie Grunwald - below.