Blue Rev - Alvvays (Vinyl) (AE)

This is a blue vinyl LP pressing of Blue Rev by Alvvays. Alvvays' third album, the nervy joyride that is the compulsively lovable Blue Rev, doesn’t just reassert what has always been great about the band—it reimagines it. Alvvays have never sounded better, both individually and collectively. The album delivers newly aggressive moments—like the snarling guitar solo on opener “Pharmacist” or the explosive cacophony in the middle of “Many Mirrors”—as well as purely beautiful passages, such as the church-organ fantasia of “Fourth Figure” and the blue-skies bridge of “Belinda Says.” The magic of Blue Rev lies in Alvvays' ability to fuse seemingly opposing elements within single songs: cynicism and empathy, anger and playfulness, clatter and melody, softness and steel. Highlights include the luminous kiss-off of “Velveteen,” the lovelorn confusion of “Tile by Tile,” and the panicked yet reassuring rush of “After the Earthquake.”

Label: Polyvinyl Records

Release Year: 2022

Track List: 

1. Pharmacist
2. Easy on Your Own?
3. After the Earthquake
4. Tom Verlaine
5. Pressed
6. Many Mirrors
7. Very Online Guy
8. Velveteen
9. Tile By Tile
10. Pomeranian Spinster
11. Belinda Says
12. Bored in Bristol
13. Lottery Noises
14. Fourth Figure