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Alvvays
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Alvvays never intended to take five years to finish their third album, the nervy joyride that is the compulsively lovable Blue Rev. the band began writing and cutting its first bits soon after releasing 2017’s Antisocialites, that stunning sophomore record that confirmed the Toronto quintet’s status atop a new generation of winning and whip-smart indie rock.
Global lockdowns notwithstanding, circumstances both ordinary and entirely unpredictable stunted those sessions. Alvvays toured more than expected, which was a surefire interruption for a band that doesn’t write on the road. A watchful thief broke into singer Molly Rankin’s apartment and swiped a recorder full of demos one day before a basement flood nearly ruined all the band’s gear. Due to border closures, They lost a rhythm section and couldn’t rehearse for months with their masterful new one, drummer Sheridan Riley and bassist Abbey Blackwell.
At least the five-year wait was worthwhile: Blue Rev doesn’t simply reassert what’s always been great about Alvvays but reimagines it. They have, in part and sum, never been better. There are 14 songs on Blue Rev, making it the longest Alvvays album and the most harmonically rich and lyrically provocative.