Episode 174: My Friend Tony Di Blasi (The Avalanches)

All My Friends Are in Bar Bands

You all know the story by now. Formed in 1997, megastars by 2000, whatever-happened-tos by 2004, has-beens by 2006, comeback kids by 2016 - and, finally, comeback kids again in 2020. Of course, those are just the touchstones - in truth, there's way more to The Avalanches' story than you might expect. It starts in a fruit shop, it heads up to country Victoria, through to the suburban sharehouses of Melbourne and onto a festival stage in Barcelona. Keyboardist, producer and founding member Tony Di Blasi has seen it all - and he's ready to get into the gory details of how The Avalanches went to hell and back to secure their status as all-time greats.

The Avalanches' new album We Will Always Love You is out now.

Stream, download and purchase the album here: https://theavalanches.lnk.to/wewillalwaysloveyou

Special thanks to Mariam Dib, EMI Australia, Karl Chandler and The Little Dum Dum Club.
Recorded by David James Young and Tony Di Blasi.
Mixed and edited by David James Young.
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