The Avalanche is the tenth studio album by American musician Mike Kinsella, under the solo project Owen.

It was released on June 19, 2020 under Polyvinyl Record Co.[8] On May 7, 2020, Kinsella announced the release of the album, alongside the first track "A New Muse".

[1] The Avalanche was met with "universal acclaim" reviews from critics.

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 83, based on 7 reviews.

[2] Aggregator Album of the Year gave the album 79 out of 100 based on a critical consensus of 7 reviews.