The Avalanches

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/apr/13/avalanches-confirm-first-live-shows-in-15-years-as-splendour-in-the-grass-announces-lineup

"There is no new information on whether the Avalanches’ tour will be accompanied by the long-awaited second album..."

"Over the years the Avalanches has lost four members – including founding member Darren Seltmann, turntablists Dexter Fabay and James De La Cruz and keyboardist Gordon McQuilten – leaving only Robbie Chater and Tony DiBlasi in the band, although this line-up has not been confirmed since 2014."

de la Cruz is a great party DJ but was a keyboard player in the Avalanches

@TheAvalanches 1h ago
9 June - @OvalSpace, London

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CizQ8WTUUAAwF_q.jpg

Supposedly, a music video was being shot just over a week ago for the single "Frankie Sinatra", which has been rumored to be the Danny Brown collab. Some members of a New Orleans brass band were involved and one of them posted some pics on Instagram, but either removed most of them or at least removed any mention or the Avalanches. One of the removed pictures was this patch which seems to go along with the whole Butterfly motif of the logo on their page. Also, a few days before the music video, the song "Frankie Sinatra" had been added to the APRA database with additional credits going to Rodgers and Hammerstein and Houdini, which has been assumed to refer to Wilmoth Houdini and is likely sampling his song Bobby Sox Idol.

Well, something is going on...
http://www.theavalanches.com

https://youtu.be/NAMPOAfdH8U

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAMPOAfdH8U

See, all this potential interest and goodwill and they piss it away with the inclusion of Ariel Pink and Father John Misty.

They said (years ago) that the new stuff was v hip-hop, offputting guest appearances included I guess.

You'd hope that this would precede a second album but to be honest I don't think I care anymore

At least they're taking the piss well enough. New audio bits in the video seem interesting!

http://pitchfork.com/news/65753-the-avalanches-tease-new-song-subways-via-hotline/?mbid=social_facebook

New music. Dial (855) 953-3597 to hear it.

or +44 800 098 8938

i.e. IT'S HAPPENING etc

sounds avalanchey

http://pitchfork.com/news/65769-the-avalanches-releasing-new-music-today/

the hype surrounding these guys is real weird to me. i feel like ppl see this group as some sort of genius artistic studio production team rather than just turntablist bros. like the one huge hit song was just a dude's competition entry.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vHEFwjr8dk

Frontier Psychiatrist is a total outlier on Since I Left You Though

i feel like ppl see this group as some sort of genius artistic studio production team rather than just turntablist bros. like the one huge hit song was just a dude's competition entry.

everything is "just" something

Frontier Psychiatrist is a total outlier on Since I Left You Though

― Number None, Wednesday, June 1, 2016 11:12 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yup, i love this album but that song sucks hard. always skip it.

i don't really impart any ideas of "genius" or whatever on the guys who made the album, i just think it's a dope album. i guess ppl who write about music for $$ have to make up shit like that, though.

i could see how that could apply if i wrote about music for money.

15 years too late but I'll take it.

New song premiering in ~5 mins on Australian radio

features Danny Brown and MF Doom

Very much in the "Frontier Psychiatrist" vein. It's very good on that level, but I'm eagerly awaiting the more ethereal stuff which the snippet of "Subways" portends.

So fucking garbage.

Yeah I...don't like this song at all but the telephone song sounds good

new album: 'Wildflower'

The whole time it was playing I was thinking "This is a throwaway Gorillaz song that Albarn wouldn't touch with a ten foot pole."

'throwaway Gorillaz song' is otm, this has basically nothing to do with anything I liked about Since I Left You

a lot like the live/breezeblock van dyke parks parts; want to hear the whole thing. afraid for the 'guest stars'

21 songs on the album

listening to the Beats 1 interview now.

'guest stars' mentioned:

Camp Lo
Jonathan Donohue (Mercury Rev, Flaming Lips)

Camp Lo = "...got the bubbly, pumpin' through me - sparkly"

http://image.prntscr.com/image/180c1eda74754f438bd3e173529c9121.png

(P.S. "Just kidding, here's our shitty song.")

Father John Misty does not contribute any lyrics.

Toro y Moi

I honestly don't think I've been this viscerally angry about hearing something I've been wanting to hear since the Aeroplane album leaked in 2010.

just relistened to the Talking To A Stranger remix, had forgotten the huge Relight My Fire section early on

no fucking release date gtfo

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cj6w1GyUgAAibTa.jpg

ah, expected july 8 per itunes

the more ethereal stuff which the snippet of "Subways" portends.

Yes, that was nice(r), but after Frankie Sinatra and the list of guest contributors revealed, my lack of enthusiasm feels fully justified.

from that interview a track with august darnell didnt make it >:[

I honestly don't think I've been this viscerally angry about hearing something I've been wanting to hear since the Aeroplane album leaked in 2010.

Johnny, what out of all the bits and pieces "they"'ve (before and after Dazzler left) released in the last five-ten years, made you get your expectations high?

it's not like Darnell's last collaboration with an Australian dance group from the late '90s was anything worth writing home about

Tracklisting:
1. The Leaves Were Falling
2. Because I’m Me
3. Frankie Sinatra
4. Subways
5. Going Home
6. If I Was A Folkstar
7. Colours
8. Zap!
9. The Noisy Eater
10. Wildflower
11. Harmony
12. Live A Lifetime Love
13. Park Music
14. Livin' Underwater (Is Somethin' Wild)
15. The Wozard of Iz
16. Over The Turnstiles
17. Sunshine
18. Light Up
19. Kaleidoscopic Lovers
20. Stepkids
21. Saturday Night Inside Out

Johnny, what out of all the bits and pieces "they"'ve (before and after Dazzler left) released in the last five-ten years, made you get your expectations high?

I never listened to any of it!