The Avalanches reunite with Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ Karen O for “achingly forlorn” single ‘Blue Shadows’: “Some people just have access to a higher plane”

The Avalanches have reunited with Karen O on the collaborative new single ‘Blue Shadows’ – you can listen to it below. The Melbourne electronic outfit’s latest team-up with the Yeah Yeah Yeahs frontwoman comes after she featured on the song ‘Dial D For Devotion’ from their third and latest studio album, 2020’s ‘We Will Always Love You’. ‘Blue Shadows’ is a haunting yet soulful cut built around a sample of ‘Shadows From Nowhere’ from early-’80s Italo act Blue Gas. “Long go nowhere that far/ Nowhere that far/ Arms I want to/ Long go holding that star/ Holding that star/ Close as you want to/ For you,” O sings. The Avalanches Robbie Chater explained: “‘Blue Shadows’ was an idea of Andy’s [Szekeres] that was almost lost to time until Tony [Di Blasi] stumbled across it in an old folder and began championing it as a potential album song. “It’s since become one of my favourite Avalanches tunes. Many moons later and thanks to the kindness of Claudio Casalini and the estate of [Blue Gas’] Celso Valli, it looked like Tony’s dream for ‘Blue Shadows’ might come true.” He continued: “I included it in a selection of song ideas for Karen. We wanted her to hear it although I never imagined a vocal...