Avalanche is the third album by the American band Some Velvet Sidewalk, released in 1992.
Critical reception
Trouser Press noted, "Although [Al] Larsen's nasal delivery can be one of the band's greater charms—especially when he's struggling, à la [Jonathan] Richman, to fit in as many words per bar as possible—his ineptitude as a 'singer' reveals itself again when the band turns down on 'Little Wishes'." The Rocket countered, "Larsen always seems to be singing a tad off key, but when he's fully screaming and you can almost see his face turn red and his glasses fog up it doesn't matter if he's a lot off key 'cause it sounds so damn good." Jersey Beat said that the band revels "in a kind of studied amateurishness".
Track listing "Avalanche" "Loch Ness" "Curiosity" "Froggy" "Peaches" "Little Wishes" "Deep Sea Green" "No Real Home" "Alien" "Right/Wrong" "Ice Cream Overdrive"
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