The story of Avalanche City began 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 after taking the first steps towards singing, Dave Baxter played his first solo show as Avalanche City. Six months after the first show, one year after beginning the process of teaching himself how to sing, the first tracks were laid for Avalanche City's debut album Our New Life Above The Ground.
Avalanche City first debuted in the Official New Zealand Top 40 Albums on 31 January 2011 with the album Our New Life On The Ground. There are six entries by Avalanche City in the charts with two reaching Number One.