Crimson is the colour that my heart pours out to you

Well, last night I had ( the wrongest drink in the world )

That boy needs therapy!

On Fridays this year, we ask...

( What's in the Box? )

Today in The Box we have:

Avalanches - Since I Left You

Take thousands of samples, bake at Gas 5 for a few hours, and you'll have made an Avalanches album. They did, around a decade ago, and it's still happily spinning round in my car stereo.

Actually, the main problem with this album is that many of tracks feature the characteristic "eeeeeuuuuuw" noise of someone fiddling with playback speed. Every time I hear it I think my tape deck's finally given up, before I remember that it's meant to sound like that.

If you've never heard the Avalanches before, think layer upon layer of samples, lots of violins, and almost always a neighing horse.

I think the best known Avalanches tracks are Since I Left You and Frontier Psychiatrist[*] - the former is also one of my favourites.

Avalanches - Since I Left You

(Owing to a combination of segue, inattention and lack of editing software you actually get about 10 seconds of the next track in that as well. Sorry.)

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[*] The only other track to feature the word "psychosomatic".