RW: October Avalanche – Since I Left You (Part 2)

Last week I wrote about the debut album from The Avalanches, “Since I Left You”.

This post is just a continuation of where I stopped. So it’s going to feel shorter. So to make up for it, I’m doing 4 songs instead of three.

On a personal note, my Vinyl copy of this album arrived last week. It has a different version of “Frontier Psychiatrist”. Trust me, the version I’ll be uploading is the superior version. If anyone is truly interested, I can record the vinyl to get that different version. (email: demands [at] codybrom.com)

10. Electricity (removed 2/13/09)
This is one of the best tracks of the album right here. It’s so perfectly elegant. It rolls up multiple styles in one big burrito of musical love. The sounds are so different that this song just feels out of place compared to other tracks on the album. The sounds are perfect and the flow is great. Definitely a great candidate for any great study-rock playlist.

13. Frontier Psychiatrist (removed 2/13/09)
Great song, or Greatest song? Opening with some crazy lines from a film, the drums immediately kick in setting a nice beat behind a very dramatic setting. The haunting choir and horns suck you in instantly. The comedy styling of Wayne & Shuster get turned into a chilling vocalization of a nightmare visit to the psychiatrist. Most of the song makes zero sense, but the sound of it all is breathtaking. At the halfway point, the drums with the delay effects sound brilliant, and then we return to the lyrics. “Ranagazoo let’s have a tune!”. The end is quite odd, “some birds are funny when they talk”. This is my favorite song on the album and embodies everything The Avalanches are.

16. Little Journey (removed 2/13/09)
This really is just a warm-up track, but it’s nice and sweet and enjoyable, and sets up one of the best songs on the album.

17. Live At Dominoes (removed 2/13/09)
Second to last track, and it’s a wonderful infusion of retro sound and electronic. I especially enjoy the end when things begin to shift more to a sound full of strings. This is just a wonderful mash of samples and is a fun little romp.

There it is. A wonderful album. If you want it? GO BUY IT! It’s worth every penny. Maybe even a few more than that. I bought my vinyl copy from Tower.com, but they also sell that album as a compact disc.

Alright friends, just two weeks left. Next week is a really cool EP, “At Last Alone”. Be sure to tune in, pretty much all those mp3′s are impossible to find.

Enjoy the sweet avalanche. Ω

Related posts:

1. RW: October Avalanche – Since I Left You (Part 1)
2. RW: October Avalanche – At Last Alone
3. RW: October Avalanche – “El Producto”