The manipulated vocals over lo-fi production makes it a clever opus that brings you back to the wry humour that Alvvays are very good at- offsetting the other heartbreaking themes. Alvvays are fans of fastidious demos, making maps of new tunes so complete they might as well have topographical contour lines. At least the five-year wait was worthwhile: Blue Rev doesn’t simply reassert what’s always been great about Alvvays but instead reimagines it. The Canadian band worked with the custom vinyl manufacturer Romanus Records to produce just 50 copies of the reissue, piping vodka-based cola into the vinyl to create a trippy, translucent mixture that moves throughout.

It’s that first visit to your hometown after moving away and noticing the club you first got knocked back from as a preteen is now a bank, or something. This perfectly dovetailed sound stems from an unorthodox—and, for Alvvays, wholly surprising—recording process, unlike anything they’ve ever done.In the edit page, go to the 'Metadata' tab and add your Juno artist, label or release page for listeners to purchase your release / releases. Depending on where you live, the time it may take for your exchanged product to reach you, may vary. Every Bandbox includes the album of your choice (from over 100 options) and an issue of our full-color 16-page fanzine, centered around your selected artist. com and send your item to: Last Night From Glasgow Limited , Glasgow Street, 23, Glasgow, G128JW, United Kingdom. Classic indie pop dynamics meet sweetly dark lyrical turns for an album that improves listen on listen.

In fact, 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. Regarding the album itself, this is some of the most infectious, brilliant indie music I've heard in a long time, and cements Alvvays' status as one of my favorite artists ever. There are newly aggressive moments here—the gleeful and snarling guitar solo at the heart of opener “Pharmacist,” or the explosive cacophony near the middle of “Many Mirrors.

Language - Regardless of country of origin all tracks are sung in English, unless otherwise stated in our description. And then, as Everett has done on recent albums by The War on Drugs and Kacey Musgraves, he spent an obsessive amount of time alongside Alvvays filling in the cracks, roughing up the surfaces, and mixing the results. This record is fun and often funny, from the hilarious reply-guy bash of “Very Online Guy” to the parodic grind of “Pomeranian Spinster. And everyone in the band has played on the record, so we all feel like we’re part of this thing that we made together. I thought the bass was lacking in some tracks on streaming, but the bass and drums sound massive on this pressing.