2017Released
6:06

Did You Know?

Interesting facts and trivia about Last Year. By Songfacts®.

This tranquil track is split into two parts. The first half, sung by Alt-J's Joe Newman, deals with the last year of a person's life, as they descend into depression before committing suicide. The second half sung by guest vocalist Marika Hackman, is the song sang at his funeral. Keyboardist Gas Unger-Smith explained to Indie Shuffle: "The first part, where Joe is singing, is someone reading sort of literally of this decline and depression and death over the course of a year. And the final line is 'to be sang at my funeral,' which leads into this person singing at his funeral."

English folk-rock singer-songwriter Marika Hackman was previously one of four guest vocalists that contributed sung words to the This Is All Yours track "Warm Foothills."

Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of Last Year.
DKey
MajorMode
4/4Time Signature
117BPM

Album

The album Last Year is released on.

Released By

The record label that has released Last Year.
Infectious
2017 alt-J under exclusive licence to Infectious Music Ltd., a BMG Company
2017 alt-J under exclusive licence to Infectious Music Ltd., a BMG Company

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