Listen To The Avalanches’ New Tracks, ‘Wherever You Go’ And ‘Reflecting Light’
The tracks feature contributions from Neneh Cherry, Jamie XX, Vashti Bunyan and The Clash’s Mick Jones.
The Avalanches have shared two new songs, “Wherever You Go” and “Reflecting Light”. Both tracks are set to feature on the band’s upcoming album and are accompanied by memorable visualizers which you can check out below.
“Wherever You Go”, featuring Jamie XX, Neneh Cherry and CLYPSO premiered in the UK earlier today on the BBC 6 Music’s breakfast show. The Avalanches, with co-production from acclaimed UK musician/producer Jamie XX, have created an epic track that begins with greetings from planet Earth – sampled from The Voyager Golden Record, a gold-plated copper disk launched into space by Voyager 1 and 2 in 1977 – and erupts in a frenzy. Vocals from the iconic Neneh Cherry and Sydney-based troptronica producer CLYPSO capture this moment in time, when love and music still offer hope in the face of “the whole damn world incinerating.” Mick Jones (Big Audio Dynamite, The Clash) also plays piano on the track.
“Reflecting Light” feat. Sananda Maitreya and Vashti Bunyan examines the sounds that haunt our lives and reverberate through space. Sananda Maritreya’s deeply soulful vocals evoke transformation amid a cosmic audio swirl that incorporates a sample of “Glow Worms,” which originally appeared on influential English singer-songwriter Vashti Bunyan’s 1970 debut album, Just Another Diamond Day.
In February, The Avalanches unveiled their first new music since 2016’s Wildflower – the track “We Will Always Love You” feat. Blood Orange, which was praised as “a plush compendium of longing” by the New York Times.
“Running Red Lights” feat. Rivers Cuomo & Pink Siifu followed in March, earning attention from Rolling Stone, Pitchfork, NME, Billboard and The FADER, among others. The accompanying video was created in loving memory of the late Silver Jews frontman David Berman, and stars dancer/choreographer Erik Cavanaugh with a cameo by Hollywood billboard queen Angelyne.
The Avalanches’ much-acclaimed 2000 debut, Since I Left You is now regarded as a modern classic, but it was followed by a 16-year radio silence, which was broken with the release of the band’s sophomore album, Wildflower, which debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s Vinyl Albums chart and atop the Australian Albums chart in 2016. Wildflower earned six ARIA Award nominations and international acclaim, with The Guardian hailing it as “a joyous journey” and Pitchfork proclaiming it “better than just about any music ever made.”
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