Warm Foothills

Album: This Is All Yours (2014)
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Songfacts®:

  • The song's imagery about an idyllic swimming trip are from John Bayley's memoir of his wife Iris Murdoch, Elegy for Iris. The passage recounts a happy time together before the late author's sad slide into dementia.

    Iris Murdoch (1909-1999) was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 1997 and died two years later in Oxford.
  • The sunrise ballad came from the writing sessions Alt-J did for British indie film Leave To Remain.
  • Bright Eyes' Conor Oberst, Lianne La Havas, Marika Hackman and Sivu were recruited to add vocals and whistling which were then spliced to fit between those sung by Joe Newman.

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  • AnonymousThis is an incredible song that I have used on my annual Black Friday radio show in Chattanooga 2 or 3 times. I absolutely love the harmonies and had no idea what the lyrics were about. Now I know; f--king incredible!
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