The Avalanches’ three songs from forthcoming album WildFlower have improved upon each other which is a relief.
If ‘Frankie Sinatra’ is a novelty rap song with decent guests, ‘Colours’ is effective moody psychedelia then ‘Subways’ is a magical callback to the sample tapestry of Since I Left You. It’s coincidentally the first song we’ve heard without a guest vocal. Samples include the Bar-Kays’ ‘Sang And Dance’, Chandra’s ‘Subways‘ and Bee Gees’ Warm Ride’.
Wildflower will be released on July 8 via Modular/Astralwerks/XL/EMI.
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The Avalanches – Wildflower Tracklisting
- The Leaves Were Falling
- Because I’m Me
- Frankie Sinatra
- Subways
- Going Home
- If I Was a Folkstar
- Colours
- Zap!
- The Noisy Eater
- Wildflower
- Harmony
- Live a Lifetime love
- Park Music
- Livin’ Underwater (Is Something’ Wild)
- The Wozard of Iz
- Over the Turnstiles
- Sunshine
- Light Up
- Kaleidoscopic Lovers
- Stepkids
- Saturday Night Inside Out
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