THE AVALANCHES Announce Fourth Album NO BAD MEMORIES

THE AVALANCHES have announced their fourth studio album, NO BAD MEMORIES, set for release alongside a new single, CAN'T GET OVER LOSING YOU, featuring PORTRAITS OF TRACY. The album draws on the pull of advertising and name-brand technology on personal memory, taking inspiration from commercial jingles, proprietary start-up sounds and forgotten audio logos.

'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 realizing 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'.' - The Avalanches

NO BAD MEMORIES is built on an extraordinary constellation of collaborators, in a similar vein to previous Avalanches LPs WILDFLOWER and WE WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU. The new single, CAN'T GET OVER LOSING YOU, the fourth taste of the album, showcases Louisiana self taught producer and artist Portraits of Tracy. The single combines driving, garage rock drums with The Avalanches' signature nostalgic samples and euphoric melodies and vocals from Portraits of Tracy.

CAN'T GET OVER LOSING YOU follows the intimate, haunting BLUE SHADOWS featuring Karen O, the euphoria & bounce of EVERY SINGLE WEEKEND with Jamie xx and glitch-laden, statement-of-intent TOGETHER with Nikki Nair, Jessy Lanza and Prentiss.

The Avalanches recently performed at Primavera Sound Barcelona, played their first ever live show in Mexico, and announced a Terminal 5 NYC show (October) and a run of headline shows at London's The Roundhouse as part of Pitchfork Music Festival (November). Upcoming DJ sets include The Dare's Freakquencies party (France), Poplar and C2C (Italy), and Les Nuits Weekender (Belgium), with more dates to be announced.

About The Avalanches

The Avalanches are Robbie Chater, Tony Di Blasi and Andy Szekeres. Their debut album SINCE I LEFT YOU laid a global footprint for collaborative sampology in the 21st century. With over 1 million album sales and 700 million streams, the group's mark on popular culture has expanded across two more acclaimed LPs, WILDFLOWER and WE WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU, coveted collectables and a legion of fans spanning the globe. In 2024 the band featured on Jamie xx's acclaimed IN WAVES album with collaboration ALL YOU CHILDREN. Their fourth album, NO BAD MEMORIES, will be released October 16, 2026.

About Portraits of Tracy

Self-taught producer and multi-instrumentalist from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Portraits of Tracy has been lauded for her audacious, genre-sprawling projects since emerging in 2023 with the 18 track debut concept record DRIVE HOME. Her latest project, Q: WHERE DO OUR PRIMAL INSTINCTS ORIGINATE? A: MTV!, is described as 'a loud and playful glimpse into who I am as a person and a musician,' drawing on indelible memories: a childhood spent locked into DC hardcore, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater and when MTV reigned supreme.

Artwork for NO BAD MEMORIES was created by Jonathan Zawada.

Photo Credit: - Dean Podmore

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