The Avalanches return from 16-year hiatus with new album, single “Frankie Sinatra”
Ah, the early ’00s. When “turntablism” was a hot buzzword, bands headed by cartoons and robots were all the rage, and sample-based sound collages were the future of music. Into this fertile landscape fell The Avalanches, whose 2000 debut album Since I Left You intrigued DJs and casual listeners alike with its kaleidoscopic “plunderphonics” sound, composed entirely of samples compiled from thousands of dusty musical and spoken-word LPs.
Now, 16 years after “Frontier Psychiatrist,” the group has returned with a new album, Wildflower, due out on July 8. A press release announcing the album describes Wildflower as “The Beach Boys’ Smile re-imagined in the Daisy Age: a mind-bending cartoon road movie that’s best viewed with closed eyes and an open mind.”