The release of a new Avalanches album is never a trifling matter.
With their debut 2000 album Since I Left You, the Australian electronic act let loose into the world a masterpiece. A peerless, timeless work, its creators meticulously sewed thousands of vinyl samples from the likes of Françoise Hardy, Sérgio Mendes, Raekwon, Wayne and Shuster, and even Madonna.
Fast-forward a quarter century, Since I Left You sits in a class of all-time classics. Fresh as a field of daisies.
Then, the “difficult second album.” The Avalanches recorded and rejected the followup. Years went by without a peep, save…
