The Avalanches highly anticipated fourth album, 'No Bad Memories’.
The new album is inspired by the simultaneously magical and insidious ways that advertising and name-brand technology wraps itself around our memories.
It’s an ambivalent ode to the nostalgic pull of commercial jingles and proprietary start-up sounds. The best things in life may be free, but childhood and corporate entertainment products are completely intertwined.
The obsession with advertising and consumer technology informs the sonic make-up of the music as a source of raw material out of which the foundations of the tracks were built.
Speaking on this impetus for the album Robbie Chater says ““It seems to be bound up with the nature of sampling itself. Once we start digging through forgotten sounds and uncovering their meaning, almost inevitably you get sent down a path of discovery. Every forgotten sound opens another door. And that’s what I love - feeling like a kid again. Diving into this whole world of advertising, looking at how jingles get made, it’s the kind of thing that keeps me interested in sampling as a process, an art form.”
No Bad Memories includes features from Jamie xx, Karen O, Nikki Nair, Jessy Lanza, Prentiss + many more
Tracklisting
SIDE A:
01. Bd-R
02. Together (feat. Nikki Nair, Jessy Lanza & Prentiss)
03. Xerox Altalink B8055 (feat. Ryoji Ikeda)
04. I Give Everything I Have 2 U (feat. Loaded Honey)
05. Every Single Weekend (feat. Jamie xx)
06. Friends Forever
07. Blue Shadows (feat. Karen O)
08. Logoland
SIDE B:
09. Like Clockwork / Hit By Traffic (feat. Khadija Al Hanafi)
10. All The Time In The World (feat. Rivers Cuomo, Vegyn & Baby Marlboro)
11. 3D Glasses Not Included
12. Vida (feat. Erick the Architect)
13. Paradise Island (feat. Khadija Al Hanafi & Mike Patton)
14. Unicorn Quest™ (feat. Ryoji Ikeda)
15. Far Away (feat. John Glacier & Khadija Al Hanafi)
SIDE C:
16. Our Love Is Alive (feat. Suzanne Ciani & Barry Can't Swim)
17. Evergreen Altar (feat. Vegyn) * EXCLUSIVE TO VINYL, CD, CASSETTE
18. Can't Get Over Losing You (feat. Portraits of Tracy)
19. Watch Out! It's Cloudy (feat. Khadija Al Hanafi)
20. Highfield (feat. Panda Bear)
SIDE D:
21. Under Yr Power
22. SUV Heaven (feat. Khadija Al Hanafi)
23. One More Fantasy (feat. Carly Simon)
24. Break Out Corporate Tag (feat. Ryoji Ikeda & Portraits Of Tracy)
25. Magic Wand (feat. Barry Can't Swim)
26. Superfun!™ TV Spot (feat. Mike Patton)
27. No Bad Memories
28. The Pavements Light (feat. Haruomi Hosono)
