Avalanche Party: Der Traum Uber Alles

By Jon Milton

This album will be up there as one of the best, if not the best of 2025. 

It's taken me a while to write this review, but let's face it, it's taken Avalanche Party a while to get this record out, so my tardiness is very much in keeping.

The band released their wonderful debut album '24 Carat Diamond Trephine' at the end of 2019 and seemed to have all the momentum in the world behind them. Then lockdown hit, the music press moved onto their next flavour of the month, seemingly leaving this lot well behind.

2021 saw them release the excellent 'Dream Johnny Dream' single and then they went quiet again. 'Serious Dance Music snuck out pretty much unannounced in early 2023, but took 15 months before 'Collateral Damage' followed it, and only then did they start the drip feed process of tracks every couple of months or so.

Lucky then that the album is worth the wait. The album starts at a canter with the incendiary 'John Coltrane's Moscow Skyscraper' and doesn't really slow down over the next three crackers until the anthemic 'Ecstasy' kicks in. 'Serious Dance Music' and 'The Noise Between Us' pick up the pace again before the glammy stomp of 'Slinky' and the dramatic tones of 'Chainz' kick in, sandwiched between the equally pacy album closers 'Target' and 'Collateral Damage'. 

'Der Traum Uber Alles' is an energetic and exciting album throughout, propelled by its spongy drums, driving basslines, shimmering guitars and charismatic vocals, the latter veering into Radiohead and Muse territory at times. It's best enjoyed in a single sitting and turned up loud, when you're looking for some music to wake you up and get you going. They may have taken their time, but 'Der Traum Uber Alles' is all the better for it. Class.