During my daily peruse of the ever reliable NME.com (I just read it for Tabloid Hell really), I came across an article claiming that The Avalanches are nearly finished their second LP. Wanting a substantial source I checked out The Av’s myspace page and it looks like NME was right (for once). If you check out their current status it says “putting the finishing touches on album 2 !!!!!!!!!”, but there doesn’t seem to be any indication as to when it will be released. Rest assured the Panic Manual will keep you posted as events warrant…Yeah!

What are The Avalanches* up to these days? Other than a compilation and the occasional remix, mum has been the word on a follow-up to 2001’s groundbreaking ‘Since I Left You’.

I decided to check out their website yesterday, there was little in terms of news but I did come across a tasty clip that I had to share. Have you ever wondered where the 3500 samples they used came from? Well I don’t, but I can at least share a few they used for the albums title track. I’ve posted the album version first, then the ‘The Recipe’.

*For those of you that don’t know about this sample crazy Aussie DJ collective, wake up and smell the Vegemite and wiki their bio, because I’m too lazy to write one.

 

 The Avalanches - Since I Left You (Album Version): Play Now

 

 The Avalanches - Since I Left You (The Recipe): Play Now