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The Avalanches Announce New Album Honoring ‘Commercial Jingles, Proprietary Start-Up Sounds & Long Forgotten Audio Logos’
The Avalanches have announced their fourth studio album, No Bad Memories, due out on 16 October, marking their first full-length release since 2020's We Will Always Love You. The Australian electronic group say the record explores the "magical and insidious ways" advertising and branded technology embed themselves in memory, describing it as an "ambivalent ode" to commercial jingles, start-up sounds and forgotten audio logos.
The announcement coincides with the release of a new single, "Can't Get Over Losing You", featuring vocals from Louisiana artist-producer Portraits of Tracy, following earlier tracks "Together" (with Nikki Nair, Jessy Lanza and Prentiss), "Every Single Weekend" (with Jamie xx) and "Blue Shadows" (with Karen O). The album, released via Modular Recordings, will run to 31 tracks in total, though the remaining 27 song titles have yet to be revealed.
In short
- The Avalanches' new album No Bad Memories lands 16 October
- Themed around jingles, start-up sounds and old audio logos
- New single features Portraits of Tracy; album will hold 31 tracks
Explained simply
The Avalanches are an Australian electronic music group known for building songs from samples: short pieces of recorded sound combined into new tracks. Their 2000 debut album, Since I Left You, helped bring this collage-like approach to a wide audience.
Advertising jingles and technology start-up sounds are brief audio cues designed to be recognised and remembered. The group’s description points to the tension in those sounds: they can become part of personal memories, while also serving the commercial aims of brands and companies.
The new album follows We Will Always Love You, released in 2020, and brings together guest musicians including Jamie xx, Karen O and Portraits of Tracy. Its 31 tracks make it a large-scale release for the group, whose work often draws on a broad mix of musical sources.
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