Our New Life Above The Ground

The story of Avalanche City begins with David Baxter in a house, alone, for hours and hours each day for months, slowly learning how to sing by process of scales, recording, and self critique. Six months later Dave played his first solo show as Avalanche City. A year later, the first tracks were laid for Avalanche City's debut album Our New Life Above The Ground.

In a little community hall just north of Auckland, Dave spent the week recording and playing all the instruments himself - with only the cows and the milk trucks as company. Dave also recorded, mixed and produced the album himself. The album includes the first single ‘Love Love Love’, which was picked up by New Zealand radio and used in a synch for Channel TV2 NZ. It then went on to become the fastest selling single to debut at #1 for a New Zealand group. The single is now certified platinum in New Zealand, and the video is the #1 video on Music TV in the country.