Tessellate (song)

"Tessellate"
Single by alt-J
from the album An Awesome Wave
Released 13 July 2012
Format Digital download
Recorded 2011
Genre
Length 3:02
Label
Writer(s)
  • Joe Newman
  • Gus Unger-Hamilton
  • Gwilym Sainsbury
  • Thom Green
Producer(s) Charlie Andrew
alt-J singles chronology
"Breezeblocks"
(2012)		 "Tessellate"
(2012)		 "Something Good"
(2012)

"Tessellate" is a song by British alternative indie rock quartet alt-J from their debut studio album An Awesome Wave (2012). The song was released on 13 July 2012 as the album's third single. The song was written by Joe Newman, Gus Unger-Hamilton, Gwilym Sainsbury, Thom Green and produced by Charlie Andrew. It was covered by English dream pop recording artist Ellie Goulding and released on the deluxe edition of Halcyon Days (the re-issue of her second album Halcyon, released in 2013). Mumford & Sons also covered the song on BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge 2013 album[1] of live performances. "Tessellate" was featured on the show Longmire during a sequence of a Native American man riding a horse facing backwards, wearing a mask and crying about his sister's death. The song was also featured at the beginning of Sons of Anarchy season 6 episode 5.

Music video

A music video to accompany the release of "Tessellate" was first released on YouTube on 9 July 2012 at a total length of three minutes and eight seconds.[2] The video was directed by Ben Newbury[3] and is an artistic reworking of the famous painting The School of Athens by Raphael, using 21st century characters in a room similar to the painting's background (Panthéon, in Paris).

Track listing

Digital download[4]
No. Title Length
1. "Tessellate"   3:02
2. "Tessellate" (Live At the Africa Centre) 4:26
3. "Tessellate" (Dam Mantle Remix) 6:17
4. "Tessellate" (Marlais Remix) 3:53

Credits and personnel

Chart performance

Chart (2012–13) Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratip Flanders)[5] 74
Canada Rock (Billboard)[6] 46
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[7] 120
UK Indie (Official Charts Company)[8] 6
US Hot Rock Songs (Billboard)[9] 43
US Rock Airplay (Billboard)[10] 33
US Alternative Songs (Billboard)[11] 19

Radio and release history

Region Date Format Label
United Kingdom July 13, 2012[4] Digital download Infectious Music

References

  1. ↑ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/products/33293 BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge 2013 BBC
  2. ↑ alt-J - Tessellate [OFFICIAL VIDEO. YouTube
  3. ↑ Agent's website director file on blackdogfilms.com
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 iTunes - Music - Tessellate (Remixes) - EP by Alt-J (∆)
  5. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Alt-J – Tessellate" (in Dutch). Ultratip. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
  6. ↑ "alt-J Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Canada Rock for alt-J. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
  7. ↑ Zywietz, Tobias. "CHART: CLUK Update 28.07.2012 (wk29)". Zobbel.de. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
  8. ↑ "Archive Chart: 2012-07-28" UK Indie Chart. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
  9. ↑ "alt-J Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Hot Rock Songs for alt-J. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
  10. ↑ "alt-J Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Rock Airplay for alt-J. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  11. ↑ "alt-J Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Alternative Songs for alt-J. Retrieved 3 July 2014.