The Avalanches to Release No Bad Memories on October 16

Robbie Chater, Tony Di Blasi, and Darren Seltmann formed The Avalanches in 1997, and the group released their first album, Since I Left You, in 2000. The band will release No Bad Memories on October 16. Named after a slogan from a 5-inch floppy disk, it is their first album recorded with new member Andy Szekeres.

Guest artists on the album include John Glacier, Khadija Al Hanafi, Panda Bear, Haruomi Hosono, Karen O, Rivers Cuomo, Jamie xx, and electronic music composer Suzanne Ciani. The track Our Love Is Alive uses a sample from a 1980 episode of the children's television show 3-2-1 Contact.

A 35-minute film project accompanies No Bad Memories. In the short film of the same name, Haley Joel Osment plays Ken, a character who works at a digital archiving company called Takumi.