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The Avalanches: Since I Left You

Simon Reynolds, Uncut, May 2001

YOU SHOULD HEAR the things people say about The Avalanches: "Basement Jaxx meets The Beta Band," "Stardust crossed with Stereolab," sample-based music with the freshness of Saint Etienne's Foxbase Alpha and the playful wit of De La Soul's 3 Feet High and Rising.

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