Watch an iPod and a Floppy Disk Dance in the Avalanches’ New Video
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Key Points:
- The Avalanches have released their first new single in six years, titled “Together,” featuring Nikki Nair, Jessy Lanza, and 18-year-old artist Prentiss.
- The song’s visualizer, directed and animated by Jonathan Zawada, features an anthropomorphic iPod and floppy disk as its main characters.
- The band has been hinting at their fourth studio album since last fall, including posting a teaser of hard drives labeled “LP #4” and launching a website for a fictional company called Takumi.
- Takumi’s website presents a mission statement about digital preservation, adding a mysterious narrative element to the album’s promotion.
- The Avalanches’ previous album, We Will Always Love You (2020), featured collaborations with notable artists, and since then they have reissued their classic Since I Left You and released various remixes and collaborations.