Blood Orange features on new Avalanches track We Will Always Love You

“Tonight Dev Hynes duets with Smokey Robinson and The Roches.”

The Avalanches have shared a new track We Will Always Love You featuring Blood Orange. The release marks their first original new music since 2016’s Wildflower. In a statement released through their YouTube channel, the band claim the track is “about life after (all kinds of) death” and “the transcendent nature of music itself”, and pay tribute to their fans, continuing “sometimes we receive a message telling us our music has been there; through dark times, loneliness, loss. There are no words to express how moving or profound this connection with you is”.

The band had been teasing the record for a few weeks prior to its release, by posting photos of artwork put up around London and a video of the song being broadcast from Capitol Records in LA on social media.

As well as featuring Blood Orange’s vocals, the track samples Smokey Robinson and The Roches. Listen in the player above.