The Mercury Prize-winning group alt-J today released “Hard Drive Gold”, the third song from their upcoming album The Dream. The Dream will be released on February 11, 2022, via Canvasback / Atlantic.

Joe Newman, the band’s singer / guitarist / songwriter, said that “‘Hard Drive Gold” is a slightly ironic song written at what we thought was the height of the cryptocurrency gold rush. . It’s the story of the ultimate childhood fantasy, of the schoolboy who becomes a millionaire overnight, and the different interactions he has with the people in his life, from teachers to neighbors. How ironically you interpret his message is entirely up to you … “

The song is accompanied by a video which is Newman’s first director. Throughout the band’s career, Newman has been involved in developing ideas for a number of alt-J videos, and now with “Hard Drive Gold” he’s taken the leap into directing. His partner, Darcy Wallace, who has choreographed both films and music videos, co-directed the video. Newman said of the video: “Growing up enjoying cinema a lot, I saw our music videos as opportune moments for directors to create stories purely and therefore we, the band did not appear in our videos. . ‘audiences could focus on film rather than the tropes of independent bands’ music videos. “

“I had ideas for videos that I passed on to the directors to develop, watching these directors execute some of these ideas inspired me and now I want to understand and experience the process on a deeper level.”

“Hard Drive Gold” follows “Get Better,” the moving centerpiece from upcoming album The Dream, and “U&ME,” a snapshot inspired by the band’s experiences at summer festivals in Australia. Along with the song news, alt-J has previously announced a North American arena tour, starting February 25 in Pittsburgh and ending April 17 in Toronto.

For the full itinerary, see below and click here for tickets.

Joe Newman, Gus Unger-Hamilton and Thom Green have released three studio albums that have sold over two million copies and their songs have been released over two and a half billion times. Their debut album An Awesome Wave won them the 2012 Mercury Prize and the Ivor Novello Award and was followed by the GRAMMY and BRIT Award nominated album This Is All Yours. The 2017 album RELAXER debuted at No. 5 on the Billboard Albums chart.

Tour dates

February 25, 2022 – Pittsburgh PA – Petersen Events Center
February 26, 2022 – Washington DC – The Anthem
March 1, 2022 – Nashville TN – Nashville Municipal Auditorium
March 2, 2022 – Atlanta GA – State Farm Arena
March 4, 2022 – Tampa FL – Yuengling Center
March 5, 2022 – Hollywood FL – Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood
March 6, 2022 – Orlando FL – Orlando Amphitheater
March 9, 2022 – Dallas TX – The Deep Ellum Factory
March 12, 2022 – Austin TX – Germania Insurance Amphitheater
March 13, 2022 – Houston TX – White Oak Music Hall
March 15, 2022 – St Louis MO – Chaifetz Arena
March 16, 2022 – Detroit MI – Detroit Masonic Temple
March 19, 2022 – Chicago IL – Credit Union 1 Arena
March 20, 2022 – Minneapolis MN – The Armory
March 23, 2022 – Denver CO – 1STBANK Center
March 25, 2022 – San Diego CA – Pechanga Arena San Diego
March 26, 2022 – Santa Barbara CA – Santa Barbara Bowl
March 27, 2022 – Los Angeles CA – STAPLES Center
March 29, 2022 – Seattle WA – WAMU Theater
March 30, 2022 – Vancouver BC – Pacific Coliseum
April 1, 2022 – San Francisco CA – Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
April 3, 2022 – Las Vegas NV – The Theater at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas
April 5, 2022 – Salt Lake City UT – UCCU Center
April 7, 2022 – Kansas City MO – Cable Dahmer Arena
April 8, 2022 – Cincinnati OH – PromoWest Pavilion at Ovation
April 9, 2022 – Columbus OH – Schottenstein Center
April 11, 2022 – New York NY – Madison Square Garden
April 13, 2022 – Philadelphia PA – TD Pavilion at Mann
April 14, 2022 – Boston MA – Agganis Arena
April 15, 2022 – Montreal QC – Place Bell
April 17, 2022 – Toronto ON – Coca-Cola Coliseum

Watch the new clip here: