Steve Lamacq Album Club - The Avalanches' Since I Left You

STEVE LAMACQ ALBUM CLUB - THE AVALANCHES' SINCE I LEFT YOU (320kbs-m4a/148mb/64mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 18th August 2021

Steve Lamacq plays The Avalanches' masterful debut album in full, as part of a week-long celebration of the art of sampling.

Released in the UK on XL Recordings in 2001, The Avalanches were an Australian noise-punk group before changing direction for their first record. It was initially a concept album called Pablo's Cruise, about a man chasing a woman he loved from port to port around the world - and remnants of that original idea still remain. Estimates of exactly how many samples there are on the album range from around 900 to over 3,000 - mostly recorded from vinyl records. It features the title track and the bonkers surprise hit Frontier Psychiatrist. The album was a top ten hit here in the UK but after its success the group went very quiet, not following up the record until 2016's Wildflower.

The Avalanches - Since I Left You [XL Recordings]
The Avalanches - Stay Another Season [XL Recordings]
The Avalanches - Radio [XL Recordings]
The Avalanches - Two Hearts In 3/4 Time [XL Recordings]
The Avalanches - Avalanche Rock [XL Recordings]
The Avalanches - Flight Tonight [XL Recordings]
The Avalanches - Close To You [XL Recordings]
The Avalanches - Diners Only [XL Recordings]
The Avalanches - A Different Feeling [XL Recordings]
The Avalanches - Electricity [XL Recordings]
The Avalanches - Tonight May Have To Last Me All My Life [XL Recordings]
The Avalanches - Pablo's Cruise [XL Recordings]
The Avalanches - Frontier Psychiatrist [XL Recordings]
The Avalanches - Etoh [XL Recordings]
The Avalanches - Summer Crane [XL Recordings]
The Avalanches - Little Journey [XL Recordings]
The Avalanches - Live At Dominoes [XL Recordings]
The Avalanches - Extra Kings [XL Recordings]