Alvvays

Transgressive Records (TRANS178X)

1x Vinyl LP Album

Rock, Pop, Indie Rock, Power Pop

Release date: Jan 1, 2016, Europe

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Media: Near Mint (NM or M-)

Sleeve: Near Mint (NM or M-)

UK first press 2016.
One of those debuts that arrives fully formed. Jangle pop perfection, hazy vocals, melodies that sound simple until you realise they are absolutely lethal. Romantic without being twee, catchy without being annoying, and endlessly replayable. Every song feels like it could be your favourite depending on the day. Soft edges, sharp hooks, no filler. Modern indie classic and still sounds fresh. Proper class. FFO Camera Obscura, The Sundays, Belle and Sebastian poppier moments, indie pop with heart hooks and a bit of melancholy

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Europe 2016 press.
Alvvays are two women, three men, a crate of C-86 tapes and a love of jingle-jangle. Molly Rankin and Kerri MacLellan grew up as next-door neighbours in Cape Breton, lifting fiddles and folk-songs. Heartbreaks of different shades soon entered their lives, as did the music of Teenage Fanclub and Belle and Sebastian. Similar noisy melancholy drifted over to Prince Edward Island, finding Alec O'Hanley, Brian Murphy and Philip MacIsaac. Convening in Toronto, the group have been making music since dusk or maybe dawn, when stars were appearing or fading off. As a result, their debut self-titled album is both sun-splashed and twilit - nine songs concealing drunkenness, defeat and death in tungsten-tinted pop that glitters like sea glass. With needlepoint melody and verse, Rankin and O'Hanley's songs were recorded at Chad VanGaalen's Yoko Eno studio and mixed by Graham Walsh (Holy Fuck) and John Agnello (Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr., Kurt Vile). The resultant album is loud and clear and sure. Flood your ears.

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