Blue Rev | Blue Marble Colour Vinyl

Alvvays never intended to take five years to finish their third album, the nervy joyride that is the compulsively lovable Blue Rev. 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. The songs of Blue Rev thrive on immediacy and intricacy, so good on first listen that the subsequent spins where you hear all the details are an inevitability. This perfectly dovetailed sound stems from an unorthodox—and, for Alvvays, wholly surprising—recording process, unlike anything they’ve ever done. Alvvays are fans of fastidious demos, making maps of new tunes so complete they might as well have topographical contour lines.

Tracks

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

Details

Format: Vinyl
Artist: Alvvays
Release Date: 28 October 2022
Genre: Alternative
Label: [PIAS] Australia
Distributor: Inertia Music