Alvvays – Blue Rev – Blue Color Vinyl Record LP

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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. In fact, the band began writing and cutting its first bits soon after releasing 2017s Antisocialites, that stunning sophomore record that confirmed the Toronto quintets 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, a surefire interruption for a band that doesnt write on the road. A watchful thief then broke into singer Molly Rankins apartment and swiped a recorder full of demos, one day before a basement flood nearly ruined all the bands gear. They subsequently lost a rhythm section and, due to border closures, couldnt 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 doesnt simply reassert whats always been great about Alvvays but instead reimagines it. They have, in part and sum, never been better. There are 14 songs on Blue Rev, making it not only the longest Alvvays album but also the most harmonically rich and lyrically provocative.