alt-J have released their latest preview of their forthcoming album, ‘The Dream’.
Titled ‘The Actor’, it’s the final song to arrive ahead of the album’s release this Friday (11th February).
Speaking about the track, the band explain: “Hollywood, 1982. Another hopeful young movie star arrives in search of The Dream. What follows is a tale of desperation, drugs and death in LA’s most famous hotel. It’s ‘The Actor’.”
It follows up on the already revealed ‘U&ME’, ‘Get Better’ and ‘Hard Drive Gold’.
alt-J have also announced a run of intimate shows in association with Independent Record Stores throughout May, as well as an extra date at London’s O2 Brixton Academy as part of a forthcoming tour. The dates read:
MAY
5 Edinburgh, Scotland – The Liquid Rooms – IN ASSOCIATION WITH ASSAI RECORDS
6 Glasgow, Scotland – Barrowland Ballroom – EXTRA DATE
7 May 2022 – Glasgow, Scotland – Barrowland Ballroom – SOLD OUT
9 Leeds, England – O2 Academy Leeds
13 Manchester, England – O2 Apollo
14 Liverpool, England – Jacaranda Records – IN ASSOCIATION WITH JACARANDA RECORDS
16 Oxford, England – O2 Academy – IN ASSOCIATION WITH TRUCK RECORDS
18 London, England – O2 Academy Brixton- SOLD OUT
19 London, England – O2 Academy Brixton -EXTRA DATE
20 London, England – EXTRA DATE
22 Dublin, Republic of Ireland – Olympia Theatre – SOLD OUT
23 Dublin, Republic of Ireland – Olympia Theatre – EXTRA DATE
25 Belfast, Northern Ireland – The Telegraph Building
27 Birmingham, England – O2 Academy Birmingham
28 Brighton, England – Chalk -IN ASSOCIATION WITH RESIDENT RECORDS
JUNE
7 Kingston, England – Pryzm – IN ASSOCIATION WITH BANQUET RECORDS