The Avalanches have opened a new era of music.
The iconic Australian electronic group today released “Together”, which features Nikki Nair, Jessy Lanza, and Prentiss. Watch the accompanying music video for the glitchy, mesmerising song below.
A cryptic press release teased the vision behind the single, but not much else.
“As long as we’re together, Together, forever and ever and ever…” it reads.
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In other words, The Avalanches look to be ramping up for the release of their hotly anticipated fourth album.
As reported first by Stereogum, they recently teased their first record since 2020’s We Will Always Love You with a photo posted on Instagram showing a stack of hard drives with the caption “LP #4”.
Today’s release comes after Rolling Stone AU/NZ spoke to The Avalanches last month in support of a joint campaign with Telstra, where they gave an update in which they confirmed they are working on new music.
“We probably can’t say too much at the moment though — it’s still likely a few years away,” they said at the time.
Meanwhile last year, we named The Avalanches the greatest Australian electronic act of all time.
“When Since I Left You arrived in 2000, there was nothing else like it,” we wrote last July.
“A quarter century later, there’s still nothing else like it. The debut album from the Melbourne collective is both art and science. The art, a meticulous sewing of samples into a music quilt of timeless, original music. The process can be copied, but results, which can be heard with the title track, “Frontier Psychiatrist”, and others, not so much. The science? Open the album credits and study the source of its samples, and the attribution.
“It really was a great honour to be named among so many wonderful and talented electronic artists,” The Avalanches said of the honour.
“The scene is flourishing at the moment — there are so many new artists making incredible music and keeping us inspired year after year.”
The Avalanches’ “Together” (ft. Nikki Nair, Jessy Lanza & Prentiss) is out now.
