Alvvays - Blue Rev (Blue Vinyl)

Alvvays - Blue Rev (Blue Vinyl)What a time to be alive Alvvays return with an album that keeps up their hot streak and we are here for it. Classic indie pop dynamics meet sweetly dark lyrical turns for an album that improves listen on listen. Welcome back Alvvays, we've missed you!

Listening to these warm

even amidst the functional volatility that famously motivated their course

The sound is still distinctly Xiu Xiu

noting that: “Music is a central part to everything Shane has created” and describing the opportunity as a “blessing” when they were approached about the project

the composer has discovered new ways to thread his experiments outside of club music seamlessly into his music designed for the dancefloor

The album stems from a profound disgust with humanity’s dysfunctional relationship with the environment and other life forms

crashes into existence with a squeal of feedback and a burst of distorted guitar

The Decalogue

Mexico and San Jose

She narrates candidly and assertively

not only since the album features guest appearances from Björk

dialling back some of the high-gloss production they’re known for to craft songs that are stripped down