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Alt-J have been nominated in three different categories for this year's Brit awards, but the band have said they didn't expect any of them.
Despite being nominated for Best British Group, Best British Album and Best Breakthrough, the band were convinced that they weren't the type of artist to get selected for the Brits.
Keyboardist Gus Unger-Hamilton told NME, "It's mad, really. I mean, the Brit Awards: we thought this this wouldn't be for the likes of us, but it's incredible."
He also compared the Brit awards to the Mercury Prize, which the band won last year for their debut album An Awesome Wave. Unger-Hamilton said, "Ah, they're different, very different.
"In a way, they're at very different ends of the British music spectrum and that's what's cool about it, it's democratic and it's everyone's tastes."
He added, "Best British Group is a bit crazy, because it's such a big thing. It's not just your album or your single, or whatever - it's Alt-J, or whoever, in every way. That's really nice to be up for."
Alt-J won the 2012 Mercury Music Prize
Unger-Hamilton also responded to comments made by Roxy Music's Bryan Ferry, who said that the band look like they're 'one step away from the dole queue'.
"I saw the video and he wasn't really slagging us off," he said. "It was just taken grossly out of context. I would say to Bryan Ferry, listen to the album and I hope you like it."
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