--- ---  # Alt-J Releases New Single: 'Hunger of the Pine' by [Abby Abrams](https://time.com/author/abby-abrams/) ## Abby Abrams Jun 18, 2014 9:10 PM UTC  Joe Newman, Thom Green and Gus Unger-Hamilton of Alt-J attend the annual NME Awards on February 26, 2014 in London, England. Joe Newman, Thom Green and Gus Unger-Hamilton of Alt-J attend the annual NME Awards on February 26, 2014 in London, England.Dave J Hogan—Getty Images by [Abby Abrams](https://time.com/author/abby-abrams/) ## Abby Abrams Jun 18, 2014 9:10 PM UTC Alt-J released a new single, “Hunger of the Pine,” on Wednesday, which will be included in its upcoming sophomore album, _This Is All Yours_. The group has been relatively quiet since 2012 when it released its first album, _An Awesome Wave._ Their debut album was met with high praise and featured singles like “Tessellate” that were enjoyed radio airtime for months. The new single comes as somewhat of a departure from alt-J’s previous music, as the group is now a trio after bassist Gwil Sainsbury left. It also features a sample of Miley Cyrus singing “I’m a female rebel” from her song “4×4,” and was composed of spontaneous ideas the group came up with while writing their upcoming album, Keyboardist Gus Unger-Hamilton told [NPR](http://www.npr.org/blogs/allsongs/2014/06/18/323213658/song-premiere-alt-j-hunger-of-the-pine?utm%5Fsource=twitter.com&utm%5Fmedium=social&utm%5Fcampaign=nprmusic&utm%5Fterm=music&utm%5Fcontent=20140618). “It was written very quickly using some guitar chords and sounds being layered on Ableton, and seemed to signal a bit of a new sound for us. The lyrics mainly suggest the idea that missing someone — pining — can be a physical pain much like hunger,” Unger-Hamilton said. _This Is Yours_ comes out Sept. 22, but for now, listen to “Hunger of the Pine” above. Alt-J Releases New Single: 'Hunger of the Pine' ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2896895/alt-j-new-single/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2896895/alt-j-new-single/"},"headline":"Alt-J Releases New Single: 'Hunger of the Pine'","datePublished":"2014-06-18T21:10:12.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T08:29:48.634Z","description":"The new song samples Miley Cyrus","url":"https://time.com/2896895/alt-j-new-single/","keywords":["Music","entertainment"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0ad416af46e2a754/69869833d0b6f2c69e304ea5/alt-j-nme-awards.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Abby Abrams","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/abby-abrams/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0ad416af46e2a754/69869833d0b6f2c69e304ea5/alt-j-nme-awards.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Alt-J NME Awards","caption":"Alt-J NME Awards","creditText":"Dave J Hogan—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2896895/alt-j-new-single/","name":"Alt-J Releases New Single: 'Hunger of the Pine'"}}]}] ```