It’s maybe no surprise that there’s a new album from The Avalanches on the way, given how prolific they’ve been this summer when it comes to releasing new singles that clearly share a common ideology of exploratory dance music, bright colors, lyrical optimism centered on nostalgia for bygone technologies, and a reliance on collaboration. Today they’re formally announcing that their fourth album is titled No Bad Memories, and it will land on October 26. Despite the name, the band remains wary of what’s behind this nostalgia for floppy disks and iPod wheels: “It’s been interesting as adults to reflect on this often stunning period of marketing—the creativity, filmmaking, photography, and music—but which was also, you know, selling a completely unobtainable dream,” they shared in a press statement. “The way we value devices and products; the way we reflect and represent ‘a life lived’; the wonder of memory and deep power of nostalgia, especially in sound.”
The Avalanches have yet to reveal the full track list, but today they’ve also shared another new single called “Can’t Get Over Losing You” featuring newly established alt-R&B phenom Portraits of Tracy that explores the blog-era sounds of chillwave and nu-disco. Regarding the collaboration, the group’s Robbie Chater shared: “Tracy is an hilarious, brave, and tender human being who Tony and I have become very close to over the years we’ve been making music together. Almost weekly another song arrives: ‘I made something new, what do you guys think!?‘ And they’re always so good. Every single song! Tracy’s production and mixing is insane, but it’s her voice and songwriting that break my heart time after time—truly a generational talent! We feel very fortunate to make music together.”
Check out the new single below, and pre-order No Bad Memories here.
