The Avalanches - Since I Left You

[plunderphonics, nu disco]

The best kinds of records to smoke to seem to be one’s which already inherently feel like a trip: Darkside of the Moon, Music Has The Right To Children, Or Endtroducing...The Avalanches debut Since I left You is, if anything, an archetype of that idea and while generally isn’t regarded as a “stoner” album, it reveals layers of psychedelic wonder just as much as anything sprung from the creative minds of the 60’s and 70’s. It’s a study in the album format existing both as a collection of songs, while also feeling like a technicolor DJ set as a portal to some iridescent exotic location. If that’s not a cheap vacation, we’re not sure what is. [Chris M]