The Avalanches

I'm as leery of getting excited about clips as I was dismissing new Avalanches off of one song, tbh. Everyone chill

no

haha those clips did sound good tho... apart from the biz markie track

haha I kinda liked that Biz Markie was just rapping about, like, eating cereal

haha I kinda liked that Biz Markie was just rapping about, like, eating cereal

not for the first time he has done this !

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Su7B6syeMxw

http://soundcloud.com/theavalanches/primavera-desk-tape

lol at "visa issues" derailing their live show plans "an hour before showtime" in another hemisphere

should have had MasterCard in case.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=799I89T4OjE

Lovely.

Also, if you're familiar with the Avalanches Breezeblock and other DJ sets, then "Frankie Sinatra" isn't all that surprising (-ly bad or good)

I must have listened to "Colours" a dozen times now in 24 hours. Keeps on giving. Approximates a Ghost Box sort of vibe in places. Really curious what some of those borrowed elements are.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tpy400TrIjE subways offical audio

Full version is a little lazy. Still, that a hook!

*what

I don't know if any of you have heard some of the other tracks from this album but it's pretty clear that "Frankie Sinatra" is the dud on this thing and it's actually the album of the summer. In fact Frankie now elevated when considered as part of the whole. The opening song "Because I'm Me" just starts this whole thing off as one giant celebration and it never stops.

The Noisy Eater is the other dud on the album for me. Like Frankie Sinatra it's too close to an annoying Gorillaz outtake. The rest of it is pretty nice but it's missing something. It doesn't quite flow as brilliantly as Since I Left You did.

did this leak

as far as i can tell people have pieced together nearly all of it in terrible quality from russian radio station rips

I'm not sure if it leaked. I got a copy for review yesterday.

according to has it leaked dot com it has not leaked

streaming on Apple Music in Australia apparently

leaked

'pretty nice but doesn't quite flow as brilliantly as Since I Left You' otm

Not even sure what I was expecting but this is pretty much a dud for me. Countless other things I'd rather listen to atm

Loving this album.

more definitive pronouncements after one listen, please

pro-tip: you can delete Frankie Sinatra and it doesn't even really mess the transition up

some of this def works but yea frankie sinatra is unlistenable

saturday night inside out is my jam

If I Was a Folkstar is the one I keep going back to. It's giving me early Basement Jaxx feelings. The album has grown on me a lot over the last week. Frankie and The Noisy Eater are the only duds. It's a shame they've made the hip-hop influenced songs sound so goofy and clumsy.

There are some jarring transitions and I'd love a version without the full raps, but there is amazing magical music all over this thing.

Definitely. Some of it is ridiculously beautiful. Bit of a Saint Etienne vibe to some of the songs which is never a bad thing.

good grief this is woeful

listening to it is like going to an party with people you don't like and have no taste, and all of them are fighting over who gets control over Youtube to play music, so you try to escape in the kitchen but you can still hear the terrible sounds from the other side of the house

prefer their earlier stuff eh?

ha, isn't everything that's not this album now their "earlier stuff"?

I must have listened to "Colours" a dozen times now in 24 hours. Keeps on giving. Approximates a Ghost Box sort of vibe in places. Really curious what some of those borrowed elements are.

Pretty sure part of it is this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QjfFWfdrvE

love this!

Stepkids sounds like broken social scene

http://vimeo.com/173438485

need to listen to w/e the 'we be driving drunk smokin blunts runnin red lights" is from

my weekend iirc

Saturday Night Inside Out is the standout track for me so far.

Reviews for this record are all over the place. People either embracing the summer party/chill themes or underwhelmed by the formula not evolving enough. This is especially true when you read opinions on "The Noisy Eater" - it's either a rollicking great time or a big shit in the punchbowl.

Saturday Night seconded

underwhelmed by the formula not evolving enough

what is even the point of reviewing records if it just becomes some lab report or something? if it's a stepping stone to a bigger point in some piece of critical analysis, fine i guess, but people don't buy music based on this stuff.

lab report not exactly the right analogy there. just write about the music and not what it all means.. it's just an electronica album.

"The Was" video is breathtaking

There are things here that sound like they're directly from an extended version of SILY - which is perfect.

I love "The Noisy Eater"!