The Avalanches

Not sold on most songs released so far but “take care in your dreaming” really works for me.

the perry farrell track is on the album actually

Looks like either half of it is (I'm assuming the Avs album is a continuous segued mix), or a different version?

Anyway now that Melbourne's allowed to go outside, here's Robbie and Tony live at the planetarium:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Evju5Sa-NPk

(with Leon Bridges live in a studio in Texas)

ah, i hadn't seen the track times for the album yet

(I had to check a bunch of sites to get details, but Apple Music has it at 2:18 vs 3:44 for the Farrell-uploaded version)

Looks like this is out in Australia? Getting good reviews

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/the-avalanches-review-we-will-always-love-you-b1768055.html

https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/reviews/albums/the-avalanches-we-will-always-love-you-album-review

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/avalanches-we-will-always-love-you-1099906/

halfway through my first listen and i'm really pleasantly surprised how good it is. much better than wildflower

i was not expecting kurt vile kinda rapping?

Less interesting than Wildflower, IMHO. Hard to compare really, as it's so much more floaty and smooooth, pretty much exactly as preview tracks have hinted.

Has anyone grumbled about their guest appearance being so fleeting? lol. eg. Karen O's 30-second recitation of the same David Berman verse as Pink Siifu's.

it's a much more cohesive whole than wildflower was and i definitely prefer the spacey soul/disco sound pallet of this one to wildflower's psych-pop/hip hop.

It's growing on me!

Also totally approve of their use of the Arecibo message. Even raised it with some fellow [though oblivious-to-the-Avalanches] nerds this morning. :)

the real highlight here is "the divine chord"

I feel like ...did they really need Johnny Marr for "The Divine Chord? There's almost no guitar on it and it's super basic.

Listened to this once through. Got bored halfway. There's some parts I like, some parts I don't (choir, possibly of the child variety; Kurt Bile; Rivers Cuomo). I'd read ufo's post beforehand, was liking a track and was hoping it wasn't "Divine Chord" because if that was the highlight I figured I'd be in for an underwhelming listen. Turned out to be the case. I can't see wanting to listen to it much again. Don't think there's any other conclusion for me personally other than SILY was lightning in a bottle and I'm glad it exists and if I ever want to listen to The Avalanches, that'll be the one. Maybe a stray track from the other albums too.

Lol auto correct to Kurt Bile

I've had "Reflecting Light" echoing around head overnight. Which I'm taking as a positive.

One thing I wish they'd worked on is the segues from track to track. I suspect I'd be digging it more with the relatively seamless transitions of a SILY. Some of the more inconsequential-on-their-own interludes risk interrupting the flow rather than building cohesion when they fade to (near-) silence each time. (Admittedly I say this about a LOT of LPs. LOL. And some of this might even be an artifact of Spotify listening, but certainly not all of it.)

this is a wonderful background record for playing cards

the segues are a lot better than on wildflower. it's not entirely a seamless sily-style mix but it doesn't seem like they're ever going to do something like that again

I'm not ready to say I hate this record, but there are too many generic electronica moments. I like Wildflower much more, for sure.

Title track just seems like an awkward childish pastiche of sounds. Distasteful

It makes me just want to listen to The Roches.

I was watching a fantano video a few weeks ago in which his followers sent him their favorite albums of all time and found it surprising that Wildflower was in several lists. I knew it was well regarded, but saying it’s a “best of all time” album seems excessive. It’s not even the best album of 2016.

To each their own.

I still agree that Dj Koze’s Amygdala and Knock Knock are comparable and possibly better albums.

Most of it is ok for background music, and has a dreamlike flow which I like, but I agree that it has many distasteful decisions thrown in there.

listening now, finally. this is basically a gorillaz album.

a tasteful one, though, with a more interesting array of collaborators.

I'm not feeling it... yet.

makes me wish they did a proper disco album and an ambient album

man this record is awesome

listening now, finally. this is basically a gorillaz album.

― la table sur la table (voodoo chili),

Yeah, I came here to post that this is basically my favourite Gorillaz album.

i remain suspicious of jamie xx but "wherever you go" -> "music makes me high" is my favorite part of this record, total euphoria

i also really enjoyed wildflower though, the avalanches are good

Wildflower had some really amazing songs. I don’t hate this one but nothing in it shines for me in the same way that Colours, If I was a folkstar, subways, because I’m me, stepkids... all did.

Maybe I need to listen to it in a different frame of mind. This year I’m not feeling this one.

this one feels more like a DJ mix of original music than an album of songs

i was hoping to hear something on the album that would top the tracks released pre-album, the experience i had with both SILO and wildflower.
not the case with WWALY, "red lights" and "music makes me high" remain the highlights, the latter grew on me a lot.
such pure joy. i want a full album of that.

There had better be an extended 12” mix of “Music Gets Me High,” criminal if not.

Interview mainly on the technical details of making the new album: https://www.musictech.net/features/interviews/the-avalanches-we-will-always-love-you/

They've finally moved to working in Pro Tools, and Andy from Midnight Juggies made the band (back) into a trio for this entire LP.

Just been listening to this the last few days, it's real nice. The back half especially is a nice continual flow, with some good hooks. Like, from "We Go On" onward. The front is good too, but more song-by-song variability.

For folks who preferred Gimix to Since I Left You, here's a radio promo mix for We Will Always Love You, featuring about 1/3 of the album's songs mixed with inspirations, collaborators and sample sources.

yknow I think the only thing I don’t approve of on gimmix is when they play more of the kid creole song. that sample rocks, tho

used to think “turning the drum upside down” was slang for like a really awesome dance party

From 1997, an interview and live footage from just after Dexter joined the band.

(Skip to 16.40 if timed link doesn't work.)

This album is wayyyyyy better than I was expecting. Since I Left You 2020. They really capitalized on the guest spots relative to the last one, which had some great songs but never gelled for me as an album.

A 1999 mini-documentary, from a series produced for high school art students, about the making of Since I Left You. Some baby faces and good laughs in here, like Pav urging them to turn down a film soundtrack commission that Darren argues "would only take us a week."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8V0Rby9jL0A

World tour on sale now!

Interview with Tony:

During the making of Wildflower we kind of got bogged down in an over-processed way of making music. We had so many samples that’d we’d catalogue into different folders and it became almost like some type of administrative way of making music. We’d have to cross reference numbers with the samples we’d catalogued, it was so time consuming and really just took away from the pure creativity of making music.

However, without the ability to use guests live:

This time we’re thinking it’ll be just a two man show just with Robbie and myself, and take it back to the art of sampling and how the music is made. We want to deconstruct the songs and build them back up, revealing the layers that make the song. Of course, our main objective is to always try and bring and party. After such a hard year for humanity as a whole, it’ll be so exciting just to go out there and try and make the fans — and ourselves — have the best time ever!

Some sort of 20th Anniversary release?

Making Since I Left You: Our debut album was a labour of love and we remain very proud of its legacy. It was a pure expression of heartache and joy.

Tune in tomorrow for some Since I Left You news .. 🌊 🚣‍♀️

Photograph by Gen Kay pic.twitter.com/Mi0GvCbpjq

— The Avalanches (@TheAvalanches) April 7, 2021

lol is the deluxe remaster finally going to come out after all this time

announced 10 years ago for its 10th anniversary and maybe finally here for the 20th...?

lol that's what it is!

the LP version has the same tracklist as the 2017 pressing of it that leaked out last year but the CD version has more tracks on its second disc. wonder what the hold-up was all this time?

1. Tonight May Have To Last Me All My Life (MF DOOM Remix)
2. Summer Crane (Black Dice Remix)
3. Frontier Psychiatrist (Mario Caldato Jr's 85% Remix)
4. Electricity (Dr. Rockit's Dirty Kiss Remix)
5. Electricity (Original Avalanches Demo Tape)
6. Thank You Caroline (Original Avalanches Demo Tape)
7. Thank You Caroline (Andy Votel Remix)
8. So Why So Sad (The Avalanches Sean Penn Mix)
9. The Shining (The Avalanches Good Word For The Weekend Mix)
10. Pablo's Cruise (Original Avalanches Demo Tape)
11. I'm A Cuckoo (The Avalanches Remix)
12. Chico (The Avalanches Wernham Hogg Mix)
13. Fade Together (The Avalanches Remix)
14. Since I Left You (Stereolab Remix)
15. Flight Tonight (Canyons Travel Agent Dub)
16. Radio (Sinkane Remix)
17. A Different Feeling (Ernest Saint Laurent Remix)
18. A Different Feeling (Carl Craig's Paperclip People Remix)
19. Two Hearts In 3/4 Time (Jackson & His Computer Band Remix)
20. Tonight May Have To Last Me All My Life (Dragged By Leon Vynehall)
21. Tonight May Have To Last Me All My Life (Edan Remix)

the 2nd CD tracklist is different because it's a dj mix, from the email:

For fans of the CD format, it comes with a bonus mix CD that we made especially for you, a journey through the flotsam and jetsam that has been floating around in the vaults for years.

and in the description:

A 21 TRACK EXCLUSIVE MIX, INCLUDING 8 UNRELEASED TRACKS + AVALANCHES REMIXES OF THE MANIC STREET PREACHERS, BADLY DRAWN BOY, BELLE & SEBASTIAN AND FRANZ FERDINAND

weird that the digital version says "US customers" only, it didn't say anything when i paid, even though i'm in canada.
regardless, holy shit!! i think i only heard 3 of the remixes. can't wait.