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The Avalanches<\/a> have returned with their first new single in six years. \u201cTogether<\/a>\u201d features Nikki Nair<\/a>, Jessy Lanza<\/a>, and Prentiss, an 18-year-old artist and producer based in Jackson, Missouri. An anthropomorphic iPod and floppy disk are the stars of the song\u2019s accompanying visualizer, which was directed and animated by frequent collaborator Jonathan Zawada<\/a>. Check it out below.<\/p>\n Though they\u2019ve made no official announcement to date, the Avalanches have been teasing<\/a> their fourth studio album since the fall, when they posted an Instagram story of a stack of hard drives with the caption \u201cLP #4.\u201d More recently, the Australian trio launched a website<\/a> for a fake company called Takumi<\/a>, whose mascot is a purple cartoon cat that wears a witch hat and flies on a broomstick.<\/p>\n \u201cAt Takumi, we understand that digital archives are more than data repositories – they are institutional memory, intellectual property, and cultural heritage,\u201d reads the \u201cmission statement\u201d on takumiarchives.com. \u201cOur platform combines enterprise-grade security, scalable infrastructure, and intelligent indexing to deliver a secure, future-ready foundation for digital preservation.\u201d<\/p>\n The last Avalanches album to date, We Will Always Love You<\/em><\/a>, came out in 2020. That record\u2019s expansive guest list<\/a> brought together Blood Orange, Karen O, MGMT, Vashti Bunyan, and Rivers Cuomo, among others. Since its release, the Avalanches reissued<\/a> their Y2K classic Since I Left You<\/em><\/a> for its 20th anniversary, dropped an MF Doom remix<\/a> of that album\u2019s \u201cTonight May Have to Last Me All My Life,\u201d and released collaborations with Jamie xx<\/a> and the late Cola Boyy<\/a>.<\/p>\n Read about Since I Left You<\/em> at No. 10 in The 200 Best Albums of the 2000s<\/a>.<\/p>\n