The Avalanches Release First Single in 6 Years, Teasing 4th Album
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Updated · Pitchfork · May 15
The Avalanches Release First Single in 6 Years, Teasing 4th Album
12 articles · Updated · Pitchfork · May 15
“Together” marks the Australian trio’s first new single in six years and arrives with a visualizer starring an anthropomorphic iPod and floppy disk.
Jonathan Zawada directed and animated the clip, while the track features Nikki Nair, Jessy Lanza and Prentiss, an 18-year-old artist-producer from Jackson, Missouri.
The release extends a months-long album rollout: the group posted “LP #4” over a stack of hard drives last fall and later launched the faux archive company site takumiarchives.com.
The Avalanches have not formally announced a fourth LP; their last album, “We Will Always Love You,” came out in 2020 after a guest-heavy campaign they have echoed again.
What secrets might takumiarchives.com be hiding about The Avalanches' next album, and how does this strategy shape fan expectations?
Could The Avalanches' cryptic marketing and rare releases push music fans to engage more deeply, or does it risk losing casual listeners?
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