According to Alt-J frontman Joe Newman, this minimal, ominous track was written about "the lingering of an old flame and the physical intimacy shared with that particular individual."
The song's music video is a modern take on Renaissance painter Raphael's School of Athens. Asked by NME why the clip features a rottweiller, keyboardist Gus Unger-Hamilton replied: "It was meant to be some sort of 'status dog' I think. You'll notice others in a scene are taking pop. It's an edgy video."
An Awesome Wave won the 2012 Mercury Prize, which is awarded to the best album from the United Kingdom and Ireland.
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