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The Avalanches Announce 31-Track Album 'No Bad Memories', Share New Single

Kiran MachadoPublished 2d ago3 min readBased on 3 sources
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The Avalanches Announce 31-Track Album 'No Bad Memories', Share New Single
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The Avalanches have announced their first album in six years. Titled No Bad Memories, it arrives on October 16 via Modular and spans 31 tracks, according to a press release reported by Pitchfork.

The Australian group — known for dense, sample-based productions built from thousands of sourced fragments — described the record as a deep dive into jingles, commercials, and the age of marketing. It follows 2020's We Will Always Love You, their third full-length.

Alongside the album announcement, the Avalanches released a new single on August 6: "Can't Get Over Losing You," featuring Portraits of Tracy, the project of Tracy Geneviève Amare. The track sits at number 17 on the album's tracklist, and its music video was directed by Jonathan Zawada.

In a press release, the Avalanches praised Amare as "a hilarious, brave and tender human being," singling out her production, mixing, voice, and songwriting. The collaboration places Amare's work alongside a guest list that spans several scenes.

The tracklist reveals further collaborations. Track 2, "Together," features Nikki Nair, Jessy Lanza, and Prentiss. Track 5, "Every Single Weekend," pairs the group with Jamie xx — the solo project of the xx's Jamie Smith. Track 7, "Blue Shadows," features Karen O, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs frontwoman.

Thirty-one tracks is a substantial count by any measure, though for the Avalanches it fits a pattern: their 2000 debut Since I Left You famously assembled roughly 3,500 samples across 18 tracks, and each subsequent release has carried that same collagist approach forward. The marketing-and-jingles theme suggests a record squarely in their wheelhouse — found sound, commercial detritus, and fragments of pop history reassembled into something new.

The album lands in a release calendar that has felt increasingly crowded through 2026's second half. October 16 places it squarely in the autumn release window that labels favour for year-end chart positioning and holiday retail. Whether the track count and guest roster translate into streaming impact or chart presence is a question for October.

For now, the single is out, the video is live, and the full record is ten weeks away.