https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUhVBufwQQY
― ufo, Thursday, 20 February 2020 11:21 (four years ago) link
kinda nothingy, weird choice for a single but at least it's not "frankie sinatra"
― ufo, Thursday, 20 February 2020 11:24 (four years ago) link
Nice Roches sample!
― J. Sam, Thursday, 20 February 2020 12:18 (four years ago) link
oh wow, didn't think THAT would be the source of the title
― bold caucasian eroticism (Simon H.), Thursday, 20 February 2020 13:35 (four years ago) link
i like this
― nxd, Friday, 21 February 2020 12:03 (four years ago) link
Hammond Song! cool
― frogbs, Friday, 21 February 2020 14:57 (four years ago) link
Fucking amazing. And I’ve been jamming Wildflower a lot lately. That album gets better the more I listen to it. Shame it was a bit of a commercial dud. “Subway” or “If I Was a Folkstar” should’ve been the lead single instead of “Frankie Sinatra”
― Mr. Snrub, Thursday, 27 February 2020 12:49 (four years ago) link
I like it a lot more than Since I Left You
― frogbs, Thursday, 27 February 2020 14:51 (four years ago) link
I do too, it was way underrated
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Thursday, 27 February 2020 16:18 (four years ago) link
Frankie Sinatra ruins the flow of Wildflower a lot for me, take that off the album and now you have something, but Since I Left You is kinda up there at "album perfection" levels for me. They'll never top it because they'll always be hamstrung with the BS sampling limitations
― octobeard, Thursday, 27 February 2020 20:28 (four years ago) link
New single is pretty, but understated. Look forward to hearing whatever they put out because even with the more limited palette and frequent use of guest vocalists (something I am not a fan of with them), there's a joie de vivre to their music that is truly magical.
― octobeard, Thursday, 27 February 2020 20:31 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsjQ3Gblzys
this one is kinda baffling, rivers does not work with the backing at all
― ufo, Thursday, 19 March 2020 00:21 (four years ago) link
Really? His performance was so sincere to my ears that I briefly forgot this was the guy most recently on the charts for covering “Africa” on a dare
― really looking forward to wearily scrolling past all your posts (Champiness), Thursday, 19 March 2020 03:22 (four years ago) link
Yikes, I hated this even more than I expected to.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 19 March 2020 04:00 (four years ago) link
rivers in this sort of mode is one of the least sincere-sounding singers there is
― ufo, Thursday, 19 March 2020 04:11 (four years ago) link
I have a new appreciation for Frankie Sinatra after watching that
― octobeard, Thursday, 19 March 2020 08:10 (four years ago) link
It's better than I expected. A Rivers Cuomo feature (guest spots in general) is not what I need from Avalanches.
― cooldix, Thursday, 19 March 2020 08:27 (four years ago) link
Aah, so this is clearly the one with the David Berman writing credit that was foretold elsewhere!Have they actually sampled anything here though? Not sure I have much use for an Avalanches without a conspicuous plunderphonic element.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Thursday, 19 March 2020 08:54 (four years ago) link
It's nice!
― lukas, Thursday, 19 March 2020 17:24 (four years ago) link
Stumbled on the answer to my own question re the principal sample.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Friday, 27 March 2020 09:22 (four years ago) link
California life is alright with me !
― calstars, Sunday, 12 April 2020 21:25 (four years ago) link
I've been hearing "We Will Always Love You" on the radio a lot. Every time I do I think "another great song... ruined by bozos who can't write their own".
― a slice of greater pastry (ledge), Wednesday, 15 April 2020 17:57 (four years ago) link
the avalanches debut alongside the go! teams debut are up on tim burgess's listening party on saturday april 25th.i totally get the pairing as both were sample heavy, feel good albums.perfect for a saturday night.
― mark e, Wednesday, 15 April 2020 18:18 (four years ago) link
SILY one starts in just over half hour
― groovypanda, Saturday, 25 April 2020 20:23 (three years ago) link
We're very happy to share withyou the cover for our new album, "We Will Always Love You". Designed by our dear friend Jonathan Zawada, the sleeve features Ann Druyan, (Creative Director of the Voyager Golden Record Project) , who’s cosmic love story inspired this music.— The Avalanches (@TheAvalanches) September 9, 2020
― nashwan, Wednesday, 9 September 2020 22:59 (three years ago) link
i don't even remember their follow up at all
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Wednesday, 9 September 2020 23:01 (three years ago) link
Not a fan of the concept and definitely not a fan of the aesthetic.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 9 September 2020 23:11 (three years ago) link
I haven't heard any of the new songs yet but that cover art has me curious. like there's no way I'd hit play on that thing and hear something like Frankie Sinatra, right?
― josh az (2011nostalgia), Wednesday, 9 September 2020 23:14 (three years ago) link
gee, tough crowd. running red lights is excellent, and wildflower exceeded expectations set by frankie sinatra / colors / subways (which i also love).
SILY was lovingly looking at a postcard from a trip.wildflower was lovingly looking at a bunch of hazy summer photos from your childhood, BoC without creepiness.i’m afraid this album will be lovingly looking at a photograph of somebody who’s gone, and i hope i’m wrong.
― scanner darkly, Thursday, 10 September 2020 01:29 (three years ago) link
I remember when I first heard SILY, I was so bowled over by the sheer quantity of awesome samples/hooks/breakbeats... just being relentlessly slammed with killer cut after killer cut, good times. Minus frontier psychiatrist, fuck that shit
― brimstead, Thursday, 10 September 2020 03:09 (three years ago) link
I’m not speaking about the music, just the album cover which looks unpleasant to me. I lliked the previous album covers a lot, it seems like they’re not interested in having a visual aesthetic of their own, and that’s fine, but this one is a downgrade for me. I guess the spectograph thing is cool if a bit of an outdated novelty but I find it ugly as the main album cover. Maybe the back-cover or a single release idk.
I didn’t care much for Red Lights but I like it miles better than Frankie Sinatra which is the only song I despised from Wildflower. I actually think the album will be good,
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 10 September 2020 03:29 (three years ago) link
Wildflower sucked. Everything since then has also sucked.
I like this cover and concept, but I expect it to also suck.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 10 September 2020 04:06 (three years ago) link
I did like Wildflower. Well, most of it... probably a 3/5 for me. There’s probably a better album somewhere in there if they edit themselves and focus some of their ideas better but I think the lack of focus is sort of the appeal with them.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 10 September 2020 04:41 (three years ago) link
Yeah it was OK, agree with 3/5. Never feel an urge to listen to it. Just realizing the "hit" singles from both it and SILY are horrendous.
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 10 September 2020 04:44 (three years ago) link
yeah not feeling the cover (and the concept is a bit too whimsical but not in a good way, and already used by richard d james). even the initial art for "we will always love you" would've been better.
still going to reserve judgement on the new album though, they do have a tendency to release singles not indicative of the album. i would most definitely not recommend judging SILY by SILY and frontier psychiatrist. same for wildflower, frankie sinatra and colours don't really represent it. because i'm me / if i was a folkstar would've been more obvious choices.
frankie is fine, a concept track that works, unlike noisy eater, which is too much, and completely breaks the flow.
― scanner darkly, Thursday, 10 September 2020 17:14 (three years ago) link
I really like Wildflower and "Noisy Eater" is one of my favorite tracks from it
― frogbs, Thursday, 10 September 2020 17:20 (three years ago) link
Cover is lovely
― calstars, Thursday, 10 September 2020 17:24 (three years ago) link
Agree that because I’m me/folkstar would’ve been more adequate as singles.
Not sure what I’d choose for SILY singles instead. Maybe Electricity or Two Hearts. Tbh Frontier Psychiatrist works as a single if only for the music video. The song itself is not good, but when paired with the video it’s great. If Frontier Psychiatrist wasn’t a single with a music video I’d rather it was removed from the album.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 10 September 2020 17:25 (three years ago) link
I like the cover but I'm not expecting much from the album
― unpaid intern at the darvo institute (Simon H.), Thursday, 10 September 2020 17:27 (three years ago) link
"We Will Always Love You" really just makes me want to turn it off a minute in and throw on "Hammond Song" instead
― unpaid intern at the darvo institute (Simon H.), Thursday, 10 September 2020 17:28 (three years ago) link
Ann Druyan was Sagan's wife when he passed. Been rewatching Cosmos in lockdown and she and Sagan have been sources of positivity and inspiration.
Re: the new album, the singles have done absolutely nothing for me here and I'm actually not looking forward to it. Running Red Lights was by far and away the worst thing they've done, and makes Frankie Sinatra sound nostalgic and amazing. If the rest of the album is as generic, boring and annoying as that song, I'm writing these guys off.
Ultimately, I feel they're a sample driven band, and the fewer they use the more they lose the excitement and atmosphere that made them unique.
Copyright and the modern expense of sample clearing has seriously ruined wholesale subgenres of music.
― octobeard, Thursday, 10 September 2020 17:41 (three years ago) link
* runs usual macro that posts "except they were better before they became a sample driven band" *
― erratic wolf angular guitarist (sic), Thursday, 10 September 2020 18:28 (three years ago) link
i donno, avalanches work best for me when i’m not listening to individual samples and thinking how well they used them. that’s why frontier and noise eater are more obvious concept tracks, and i can appreciate them as such, but i just don’t like them as tracks proper. i’m sure frontier was a “lol a dexter sample” taken to conclusion. frankie works because it works as an actual track.
― scanner darkly, Thursday, 10 September 2020 18:58 (three years ago) link
surprised by such a strong reaction to running red lights tbh. it’s a nice track even if it doesn’t touch you. too constructed? seems showin? or something else?
― scanner darkly, Thursday, 10 September 2020 19:00 (three years ago) link
It doesn't sound like Avalanches. It sounds like generic indie pop. The chorus is grating. It has no personality? The band has always had an amazing blissed out nostalgic vibe that simultaneously sounded fresh, present and energetic. Obviously the sampling is a source of this nostalgia.
Yes, it's nice but I don't listen to this band for nice. At their peak they are emotionally transcendent. I can listen to nice in an elevator.
― octobeard, Thursday, 10 September 2020 19:18 (three years ago) link
all very fair points! i'd just sooner apply them to something like harmony.
i don't think the sampling is the only source for the nostalgic vibe (and i don't think you're saying it?). some of their best tracks transcend that too, or maybe just make samples part of the whole better. take away samples that aren't part of the arrangement itself, and frontier will sound silly. do it to stepkids and it'll still sound great. (and i keep thinking about how BoC use samples for that hazy childhood memories vibe vs how the avalanches do it).
― scanner darkly, Thursday, 10 September 2020 19:41 (three years ago) link
The band has always had an amazing blissed out nostalgic vibe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iY3Mfbwupvg
― erratic wolf angular guitarist (sic), Thursday, 10 September 2020 20:27 (three years ago) link
Running Red Lights isn't that bad, surely. Way better than the execrable Frankie Sinatra.
Having said that, I'm not expecting another Since I Left You or anything remotely comparable to it from these guys. Subways was by far the best thing on the last album.
― does it look like i'm here (jon123), Thursday, 10 September 2020 21:34 (three years ago) link
Wildflower was fucking great, so I’m stoked for the new album. “Subways,” “If I Was a Folkstar,” “Harmony,” all great druggy trippy out-there stuff.
― Mr. Snrub, Friday, 11 September 2020 11:28 (three years ago) link
They put this up a couple of days ago. I think the operative word is . . . pleasant.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdvxzc7FLow&ab_channel=TheAvalanches
― does it look like i'm here (jon123), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 18:37 (three years ago) link