There are “hipsters” and there are hipsters. The former are the ones you see around campus wearing beanies in 100-degree weather, sipping Americanos and listening to Sigur Rós through boutique headphones while walking to their philosophy courses.

The latter are the types of people who go so far out of hipster culture to include pop-star and infamous twerker, Miley Cyrus, in their latest album.

British alternative-rock band alt-J — as you could probably guess, falls in the latter category.

Coming off a huge wave of success from debut album, “An Awesome Wave,” the band comes to their sophomore album with less to prove. And it shows.

The first album — a five-year effort — felt overdone with the unique syncopated feel the band is now well-known for. Backed by swells of synthesized bass hits and fronted by the sometimes inebriated-sounding Joe Newman, it’s no wonder the band drew comparisons to alt-rock legend, Radiohead.

While alt-J is by no means the new Radiohead, the newest album shows much more potential for career longevity with a diverse range of sounds.

The first three tracks are relatively mild yet musical, showing the band has less to prove and more to say.

When the fifth track and single, “Left Hand Free,” comes on, the band says they have more to prove by going into a straight-up blues — far outside their previously defined style.

The back half of the album lies a little flat as the almost Gregorian chorus’s get a little old. With the exception of the Miley Cyrus cameo in “Hunger Of The Pine,” the last tracks are hardly worth a listen.

Sophomore albums are difficult to judge as they are usually when a band attempts to truly define their sound without getting redundant and boring.

It would have been easy for alt-J to create the same album again, likely with commercial success, but they took the hard way and tried something new.

If only it would’ve worked a little better.