Wildflower (The Avalanches album)
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Released | 1 July 2016 | |||
Recorded | 2000 ("Saturday Night Inside Out"), 2011 – March 2016 | |||
Studio | Sing Sing Studios (Melbourne, Victoria) | |||
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Length | 59:31 | |||
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Producer | Robbie Chater | |||
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Singles from Wildflower | ||||
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Wildflower is the second
Wildflower was stuck in development hell for many years. Following the release of Since I Left You, the Avalanches toured and continued to produce music, and worked on a wide variety of projects for over a decade, producing new tracks while also collaborating with multiple artists. The album was described in 2005 as "ambient world music", and by early 2007, the group were considering over forty tracks for an album which had become mostly hip hop-oriented. Production was restarted in 2011, led by Robbie Chater with assistance from Tony Di Blasi, but soon stalled due to the former being ill for three years. The group members had also become more involved in separate projects, which pulled them away from the album. Some of their most time-consuming work included the score to King Kong, and an animated musical film described as a "hip hop version of Yellow Submarine" which lost funding and was never completed. Wildflower features several remnants from these projects, and was compiled in a fashion similar to producing a mixtape.
Teasing of the album began in April 2016, and it was formally announced in June alongside the release of its first single, an extended mix of "Frankie Sinatra" (2016). Upon its release, Wildflower received widespread acclaim from critics, who praised its production, although most compared it less favourably to Since I Left You. The album was a commercial success, reaching number one in the band's native Australia and the top ten in the United Kingdom.
Background
After the release of their debut album, Since I Left You, the Avalanches continued to produce music and were touring until 2003.[7][8][9] At least one track from the album's final cut had begun taking shape in 2000.[10] One of the group's earliest collaborations was with Luke Steele in 2003, creating "tripped out rock 'n' roll" with both Steele and Di Blasi singing. Remnants of this project are reflected in the track "Colours" (2016).[8][11] Until the mid-2000s, the group continued producing new music, although there was no coherent theme between the tracks nor any plans for a studio record.[7] Robbie Chater was ill for three years during this time with two auto-immune diseases which left him unable to produce music.[11][12] He underwent a treatment using ibogaine, a potent hallucinogenic drug.[11] In February 2005, Darren Seltmann said the album was a work-in-progress and described it as "ambient world music". He also stated the album would include both sampling and live music.[9] In August 2006, Modular Recordings issued a press release stating "it's sounding like everything we dared not hope for, and so much more. They've made the record of their lives basically".[13] This was in response to a joke email which had reached the music press, in which Modular claimed it had rejected the group's new album.[14] In January 2007, the band stated via its website that roughly 40 tracks were being considered for the record, but no estimated arrival date could be provided.[15] Subsequent announcements and rumours were circulated for the next few years promising release dates and blaming sample clearance for the album's delay; however, no new material was released during this time.[16]
It's so fuckin' party you will die, much more hip hop than you might expect...ended up sounding like the next logical step to [Since I Left You], we just had to go around in a big circle to get back to where we belong. and one day when you least expect it you'll wake up and the sample fairy will have left it under your pillow.
Post on the Avalanches' official site, January 2007[15]
Between 2010 and 2012,
All former Avalanches members, with the exception of Chater and Di Blasi, had left the group by 2014.[23] Darren Seltmann, one of the co-founders and co-producers on Since I Left You, had left the group around 2006 to focus on raising a family.[24] In regard to the band's second album, Modular stated in February 2014, "Album sounds awesome, but there's no dates or anything planned. The official line is 'stay tuned.'"[23] In June 2014, Jennifer Herrema mentioned Chater had written to her stating "their album was gonna be done in three weeks".[25] The band's official Facebook page was later updated in 2015, listing James Dela Cruz as a member of the band once again.[26]
Production and composition
Wildflower was produced over the course of 16 years. The track "Saturday Night Inside Out" was originally from a mixtape in 2000 and was the first song Chater made after Since I Left You. Production for the album was not completed until March 2016.
The band worked with multiple guest vocalists and musicians, many of which were not included on the album's final cut.
Wildflower is a
The album was not finished until the night before
Styles and themes
It starts in a kind of
hyperrealistic urban environment, then goes on a road trip to the sea or the desert or the countryside, while you're on acid. So you start in the city and over the course of the record you end up somewhere far away from there, high as a kite.
Robbie Chater in an interview with The Guardian[11]
The Avalanches have described the album as a "road trip" in a "big, wide, expansive country like Australia." For inspiration, the group looked back on their teenage years of driving around the country and suburbia listening to music. The record is supposed to "capture that feeling of growing up...jumping in the car and hitting the road with a six-pack and heading out to the bush."[8] The album attempts to capture the "halfway between happy and sad" feeling similar to old Beach Boys records which are a constant inspiration for the group. Chater felt that this feeling is what made Since I Left You a success, and they have continuously strived to create that feeling. Di Blasi thinks of Wildflower as a free-spirited person who does what they wish regardless of conventionality. The album features many samples from 1960s psychedelic music and relates to the era through counterculture and anti-establishment themes.[12]
Chater has noted that "Sunshine" was included in the album at the last minute but is one of his favorite tracks on Wildflower. "It starts off appearing like it's a very happy, joyous song," says Chater, "but there's a twist in the tale when the sample reveals that it's actually about someone having their sunshine taken away – the blue skies turn grey. It's really a song for everybody out there who's ever lost love, who's ever been broken-hearted."
Release
On 12 April 2016, the Avalanches added new images of a gold butterfly on black cloth to their social media accounts and official website.[32] At the time, some speculated this was a sign of new music forthcoming.[33] The following day, the group was announced for three festival lineups: Splendour In The Grass, Primavera Sound, and Field Day.[34] On 24 May, the band posted a video poking fun at their long hiatus since their last album and the continuous speculation of a follow-up release.[35][36] On 2 June, the first single from the album, "Frankie Sinatra", was premiered on Australian radio station Triple J.[37] The decision for "Frankie Sinatra" to be the lead single was not made by the group, but rather based on feedback from friends and management.[29] In a radio interview aired immediately after the track's debut, the title of the album was revealed and a release date was provided of 8 July 2016, nearly 16 years after the release of Since I Left You.[38] On 15 June, Zane Lowe's Beats1 show premiered a second track from the album, "Colours".[39]
On 1 July, Wildflower was made available for streaming through music streaming service Apple Music.[40] Apple Music had negotiated a deal to stream the album exclusively a week before its worldwide release. It was promoted through a heavy advertising campaign in Australia with television, online, and print advertising.[41] Near the album's release, a 15-minute video titled The World of Wildflower/The Was was temporarily posted online. The video, made by Sodajerk, featured a compilation of visuals taken from films and cartoons set to music from the album.[41]
Reception
Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AnyDecentMusic? | 7.9/10[42] |
Metacritic | 83/100[43] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [44] |
The A.V. Club | B+[45] |
The Guardian | [46] |
The Independent | [47] |
Mojo | [48] |
NME | 2/5[49] |
Pitchfork | 8.5/10[28] |
Q | [50] |
Rolling Stone | [51] |
Spin | 8/10[52] |
Wildflower received widespread critical acclaim. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, it received an average score of 83, based on 33 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".[43] Prior to the album's release, radio disc jockey Zane Lowe called Wildflower a "triumph" with "incredible, tasteful collaborations."[8] In a rave review, Andy Gill of The Independent hailed the album as "a cause for celebration, its Zappa/Beasties-style collage of voices, samples, beats, sounds, and especially laughter offering a joyous affirmation of life."[47] Jonathan Wroble of Slant Magazine wrote that its "foggy sound [...] reveals its splendor and shape over time".[53] Brad Shoup of Spin noted that while "the terrain is familiar, the subjects have changed," and the album as a whole "feels as though it was made for the Avalanches rather than a patient public."[52] Pitchfork critic Mark Richardson remarked that the group's work "continues to mine a deceptively narrow emotional world—new love, childhood playfulness, wistful sadness, happy feelings of connection—but renders it better than just about any music ever made."[28] The Guardian's Tim Jonze called Wildflower "a joyous journey" and concluded, "It's testament to the power of their original vision that it all still sounds so fresh."[46]
Rolling Stone's Will Hermes called Wildflower "a welcome return" and wrote that "what still sets the Avalanches apart, besides their careful groove pacing, attention to detail, and uncanny ability to move you from inside a track to outside looking in, is their sweet sense of nostalgia."[51] Writing for Exclaim!, Daryl Keating called the album "a real testament to the tenacity of the Avalanches, and one we're truly grateful for."[54] Tim Sendra of AllMusic felt that Wildflower "falls short of expectations, but still ends up being a pretty good album anyway" and considered the abundance of guest performers, with the exception of Jonathan Donahue, to be unnecessary, concluding that the group "ended up making the best psychedelic Chemical Brothers album ever instead of making another classic Avalanches album."[44] Emily MacKay of NME was less favourable, asking how "something that took so long [could] sound so, well, meh," and ultimately called the album "a faded snapshot of a cosier, very distant-seeming past."[49] The album was nominated for Australian Album of the Year at the J Awards of 2016.[55]
Accolades
Publication | Accolade | Year | Rank | Ref. |
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Paste | The 50 Best Albums of 2016 | 2016 | 25
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Pitchfork | The 20 Best Electronic Albums of 2016 | — | ||
Rough Trade | Albums of the Year | 77
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PopMatters | The 70 Best Albums of 2016 | 15
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The New Zealand Herald | 20 Best Albums of 2016 | 11
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Q | 50 Best Albums of the Year | 18
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Spin | The 50 Best Albums of 2016 | 36
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Mixmag | The 50 Best Albums of 2016 | 4
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The Guardian | The Best Albums of 2016 | 15
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Loud and Quiet | Top 40 Albums of 2016 | 6
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FasterLouder | The 50 Best Albums of 2016 | 21
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Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Sample(s) The Five Stairsteps 1:34 | |
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19. | "Kaleidoscopic Lovers" |
| 3:55 | |
20. | "Stepkids" |
| "Raise the Bells", written and composed by Lou Barlow, and performed by The Folk Implosion | 4:32 |
21. | "Saturday Night Inside Out" |
| 5:07 | |
Total length: | 59:31 |
No. | Title | Length |
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22. | "Frankie Sinatra" (extended mix) | 4:28 |
Personnel
Credits are adapted from the liner notes of Wildflower.[67]
The Avalanches
- Robbie Chater – production, writing, mixing, art direction
- Tony Di Blasi – writing, additional production
- James Dela Cruz
- The Avalanches – keyboards (tracks 3, 5, 9, 11, 12 and 20), melodeon(tracks 12 and 14), orchestration (track 15), FM radio (track 21)
Additional musicians
- Camp Lo – vocals on "Because I'm Me"
- Sonny Cheeba
- Geechi Suede
- Danny Brown– vocals on "Frankie Sinatra" and "The Wozard of Iz"
- DOOM – vocals on "Frankie Sinatra"
- Wilmoth Houdini – vocals on "Frankie Sinatra"
- Jean-Michel Bernard – orchestration on "Frankie Sinatra", "The Noisy Eater" and "Wildflower", guitar on "Wildflower"
- Rye Rye – additional vocals on "Going Home"
- Kevin Parker – additional drums on "Going Home"
- Chaz Bundick – vocals and guitar on "If I Was a Folkstar"
- Jonti Danilewitz– vocals on "If I Was a Folkstar" and "Harmony"
- A.Dd+ – vocals on "If I Was a Folkstar" and "Live a Lifetime Love"
- Dionte "Slim Gravy" Rembert
- Arrias "Paris Pershun" Walls
- Jonathan Donahue – vocals on "Colours", "Harmony" and "Kaleidoscopic Lovers", bowed saw on "Wildflower" and "Harmony"
- Biz Markie – vocals and munching on "The Noisy Eater"
- Leslie Ritter – vocals on "Harmony"
- Beth Chapin Reineke – vocals on "Harmony"
- Alise Marie – vocals on "Harmony"
- Shags Chamberlain – bass on "Harmony"
- Dominique Young Unique – vocals on "Live a Lifetime Love" and "The Wozard of Iz"
- Jennifer Herrema – vocals on "Stepkids"
- Kurt Midness – vocals on "Stepkids"
- Warren Ellis – violin on "Stepkids"
- David Berman – vocals on "Saturday Night Inside Out"
- Josh Tillman – vocals on "Saturday Night Inside Out"
Technical personnel
- Tony Espie – mixing
- Aaron Dobos – assistant engineering
- Michael O'Connell – assistant engineering
- Matthew Neighbour – assistant engineering
- Joe LaPorta – mastering
- Scott Petiito – recording on "Colours" and "Kaleidoscopic Lovers"
- Nadav Eisenman – recording on "Stepkids"
- Warren Ellis – recording on "Stepkids"
- Loney John Hutchins – recording on "Saturday Night Inside Out"
Artwork
- Chris Hopkins – art direction, design, illustration
- Emi Ueoka – illustration
- Fergadelic – butterfly logo
- Gen Kay – cover and inlay photography
- David Corio – Biz Markie photograph
- Kris Vierra – quilting and textiles
Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Certifications
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA)[86] | Platinum | 70,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
Release history
Country | Date | Format | Label |
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Various | 1 July 2016[40] | Streaming (Apple Music) |
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8 July 2016[40] |
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Notes
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