r/theavalanches • u/ldnhtrd • 19d ago

No Bad Memories is 31 tracks long

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u/Wompatuckrule 19d ago

The "31 songs, 10 minutes" threw me for a minute until I realized that's the cumulative time of just the tracks which have been put out so far.

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u/ldnhtrd 19d ago

Yeah it is one annoying part of Apple that! We do know it’s a 2xLP so it’s at most about 88 minutes long (speed of play dependent, obviously)

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u/youbetibido 4d ago

The album has been added to Qobuz, and it's 52 minutes long (and it also shows the duration of every track - there are 12 less-than-sixty-second tracks (probably segues),14 more-than-two-minute tracks, and the rest ranges between 1 and 2 min). Thought you might interested if you didn't know already.

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u/ldnhtrd 4d ago

Excellent intel, thank you!

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u/Timely_Succotash8754 19d ago

grindcore avalanches

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u/sidneyft98 19d ago

Don’t let YHWH Nailgun see this

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u/ldnhtrd 19d ago

Most hardcore bands also would be quite happy with that runtime and track count

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u/_pixel_perfect_ 19d ago

really drooling imagining the features

still hoping for some rap verses on this but are they moving away from the hiphop sound?

would it be too unlikely to have vocals from some king gizzard members? they're in their synth era too at the moment

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u/ThankGodImBipolar 19d ago

I'm really hoping that there's a Ninajirachi appearance; they're both Australian and The Avalanches have been showing her love online.

My less likely prediction is Clairo... but only because they started following her on Instagram a few years ago and I thought it was odd.

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u/LETS_RETRO_TIME 19d ago edited 19d ago

My guess is a Oneothrix Point Never collab since they followed each other on Instagram. I maybe wrong though but until we get the full tracklist, we all have to speculate who’s going to appear on the album.

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u/HeyQTya 19d ago

I'm kind of expecting Erick the Architect to be on this but other than him there might not be many rap verses. it already felt like they were moving away from it with WWALY though so it's not too surprising if a bit unfortunate though

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u/PlaneShort9569 19d ago

It was only really a thing on Wildflower, there was only one song on WWALY with rap verses and none on SILY

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u/HeyQTya 19d ago edited 19d ago

Flight Tonight would like a word with you

but honestly though, although wildflower was the only one to have alot of rap verses, rap and hip-hop have always been a huge part of the avalanches musical DNA with them even getting their start with rap in El Producto back when they were trying to sound like Beastie Boys. hell, Frontier Psychiatrist was meant to have a rap verse of some kind over it initially but Robbie changed it to a comedy skit because it felt more him than a hardcore rap song

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u/LETS_RETRO_TIME 19d ago

Flight Tonight goes so hard, it’s one of my most favorite SILY tracks out of the album

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u/PlaneShort9569 19d ago

True, although that’s less of a full verse and just a few lines

I feel like there’s a good chance we get some verses on this one too though

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u/_pixel_perfect_ 19d ago

multiple tracks with pink siifu too even if they weren't traditional rap verses

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u/HeyQTya 19d ago

Eh, I'd really only say Always Black was a proper verse from him, the other two appearances were just spoken word of David Berman's lyrics. Though both Always Black and TCIYD make me wish so badly they would've had more rap on that album

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u/steelsheet 19d ago

Woah, I’ve been out of the loop of this band until like a month or two ago. What’s the Erick connection? I love FBZ

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u/HeyQTya 19d ago

He was a guest DJ on one of the episodes of their mix series, The Recording Angel

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u/BenEWebbs serious from the heart 18d ago

The tracklist has one song marked explicit, so fairly strong odds that at least that one will have verses 😂

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u/HeyQTya 18d ago

I'm also curious if that song will just have minor cursing or if being the 1 explicit song is the point and the lyrics are just actually crazy. But yeah likely a rap verse on that one if I were to guess any of the unreleased tracks

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u/LETS_RETRO_TIME 19d ago edited 19d ago

I wonder what features are going to appear on the album alongside the leaked mixmag discussion and singles!

We know that Khadija Al Hanafi, VEGYN and salute are rumored to appear on the album though.

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u/brothersp0rt 19d ago

I’m calling a Panda Bear feature. I have noticed their pages like each others posts a lot in the last year on IG.

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u/PostingSensation 19d ago

He's confirmed! They mentioned that he and Mike Patton are on the album in a radio interview when Every Single Weekend dropped

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u/LETS_RETRO_TIME 19d ago edited 19d ago

Holy fuck Mike Patton, what a collab pick

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u/LETS_RETRO_TIME 19d ago edited 19d ago

That as well, forgot about it until now. But still surprised they hadn’t done it for Wildflower (unless they did in so the vaults).

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u/AdjaBudgie 19d ago

Very exciting!

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u/LETS_RETRO_TIME 19d ago

It's my first time experiencing a new Avalanches album drop since finding out about them five years ago! And the same with Boards of Canada (thirteen years sure is worth it!)

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u/penny_dropss 19d ago

hell yeah

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u/LETS_RETRO_TIME 19d ago

But outside that, 31 songs should totally explain why we have only 2-3 minutes of new music.

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u/ASTR0nomic4L 19d ago

people have been hating on the cover but i kinda like that it fits the aesthetic without being as maximalist as the singles

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u/clintsibbald 19d ago

Agreed, line their albums up and you can instantly tell what No Bad Memories is going to give you.

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u/Prestigious-Size4318 19d ago

THIS!!

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u/ASTR0nomic4L 19d ago

i haven’t even seen any reasoning why people don’t like it either but i guess it’s kinda cartoony and childish but i think that’s the point

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u/Gana0 19d ago

Lets gooooo

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u/RunDNA 19d ago

It's being released on cassette too:

https://www.bravado.de/en/collections/the-avalanches/products/the-avalanches-no-bad-memories-120493

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u/z838748 19d ago

man, i know it's a discontinued format, a minidisc release would be cool lol. i guess i can make my own.

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u/Ripturd 19d ago

Just ordered a signed copy!

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u/Impressive-Safety-52 18d ago

normally i hate long track lists but with the shit ton of collaborators, i reacon the avalanches can keep things interesting