The Avalanches’ long-awaited second album, Wildflower, is out on Friday (7/8) featuring more of their nostalgic “what’s that sample?” collage/tapestry magic. For a visual companion to what they do, check out The Was, a 14-minute short that ingeniously intercuts clips of over 100 films, TV shows, as well as concert footage and original animation — all to music from Wildflower. (Is that Tina Weymouth dancing on a subway platform with Tony Manero and The Warriors?) It’s pretty magical. While not an official video it does seem to be a collaboration between The Avalanches and Australian video collective Soda_Jerk, and seems like it was probably worked on long before The Avalanches announced the new LP. It also seems like something that is probably not legal, but you can download it here, or watch it (for now) below.
We still wanna know: are The Avalanches playing NYC’s The Meadows fest or what?