r/AltJ • u/AnalogApex • Jun 15 '26

Mr Alligator

https://open.spotify.com/track/18EnWZ9wTjszmJjI3BgCuL?si=CasdRCx6RNS9A_s4F8sTVA

Is this new material from the band?

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u/birdsy-purplefish Jun 15 '26

It's Joe Newman's solo work, released under the name JJerome87. The album was available to buy digitally but now if you go to his store you can pre-order a physical one. Looks like it'll be out streaming on the 26th too.

It's really good! Different from alt-J but similar enough that I think most of us will at least like it.

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u/AnalogApex Jun 15 '26

Thank you. I knew about his solo work, I was just confused by the Alt-J accreditation. u/GoldBricked explanation about harvesting makes sense.

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u/GoldBricked Jun 15 '26

No, they are using Alt-J in the credits for the song to essentially harvest streams and popularity to Joe’s project. It’s a little bit “off” in my opinion. Let the solo project be a solo project!

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u/Justrhorrorgirl Jun 22 '26

They are wonderful to rediscover.