Rejoice, The Avalanches are releasing a new album this year.
The iconic Australian electronic group today announced No Bad Memories, their fourth album, set for release on October 16th.
According to a press release, No Bad Memories is “inspired by the simultaneously magical and insidious ways that advertising and name-brand technology wraps itself around our memories. An ambivalent ode to the nostalgic pull of commercial ingles, proprietary start-up sounds, and long-forgotten audio logos.”
The Avalanches share: “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.
“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.
“Revisiting imagery and jingles from childhood and realising how profoundly they have stuck… Taking these sound sources from within the heart of this kinda corporate framework and flipping the fragments into our own kind of joyous pop music… Eventually we arrived at this world of ‘No Bad Memories’.”
Typical of an Avalanches album, No Bad Memories features a whole host of incredible collaborators, including Louisiana producer and artist Portraits of Tracy, who guests on new single “Can’t Get Over Losing You”, out today.
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Their collaborator is a “hilarious, brave, and tender human being,” says Robbie Chater, who’s in The Avalanches alongside Tony Di Blasi and Andy Szekeres.
“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.”
Portraits of Tracy adds: “Working with The Avalanches was such an awesome experience! I don’t find myself collaborating too often with peeps, but as soon as we connected it felt just right. We started the song in 2024 and re-recorded it/finished it in 2025, and now she just sounds lovely!
“Can’t Get Over Losing You” is the fourth taste of The Avalanches’ forthcoming album.
It follows “Blue Shadows”, their second collaboration with Karen O; “Every Single Weekend”, a new collaboration with English producer Jamie xx; and “Together”, which featured Nikki Nair, Jessy Lanza, and Prentiss.
The Avalanches’ “Can’t Get Over Losing You” (ft. Portraits of Tracy) is out now. No Bad Memories is out October 16th.
