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 2017âs Antisocialites, that stunning sophomore record that confirmed the Toronto quintetâs 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 unorthodoxâand, for Alvvays, wholly surprisingârecording process, unlike anything theyâve ever done. Alvvays are fans of fastidious demos, making maps of new tunes so complete they might as well have topographical contour lines. But in October 2021, when they arrived at a Los Angeles studio with fellow Canadian Shawn Everett, he urged them to forget the careful planning theyâd done and just play the stuff, straight to tape. On the second day, they ripped through Blue Rev front-to-back twice, pausing only 15 seconds between songs and only 30 minutes between full album takes. And then, as Everett has done on recent albums by The War on Drugs and Kacey Musgraves, he spent an obsessive amount of time alongside Alvvays filling in the cracks, roughing up the surfaces, and mixing the results. Sure, it arrives a few years later than expected, but the answer for Alvvays is actually simple: Theyâve changed gradually, growing on Blue Rev into one of their generationâs most complete and riveting rock bands.
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 2017âs Antisocialites, that stunning sophomore record that confirmed the Toronto quintetâs 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 unorthodoxâand, for Alvvays, wholly surprisingârecording process, unlike anything theyâve ever done. Alvvays are fans of fastidious demos, making maps of new tunes so complete they might as well have topographical contour lines. But in October 2021, when they arrived at a Los Angeles studio with fellow Canadian Shawn Everett, he urged them to forget the careful planning theyâd done and just play the stuff, straight to tape. On the second day, they ripped through Blue Rev front-to-back twice, pausing only 15 seconds between songs and only 30 minutes between full album takes. And then, as Everett has done on recent albums by The War on Drugs and Kacey Musgraves, he spent an obsessive amount of time alongside Alvvays filling in the cracks, roughing up the surfaces, and mixing the results. Sure, it arrives a few years later than expected, but the answer for Alvvays is actually simple: Theyâve changed gradually, growing on Blue Rev into one of their generationâs most complete and riveting rock bands.
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 2017âs Antisocialites, that stunning sophomore record that confirmed the Toronto quintetâs 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 unorthodoxâand, for Alvvays, wholly surprisingârecording process, unlike anything theyâve ever done. Alvvays are fans of fastidious demos, making maps of new tunes so complete they might as well have topographical contour lines. But in October 2021, when they arrived at a Los Angeles studio with fellow Canadian Shawn Everett, he urged them to forget the careful planning theyâd done and just play the stuff, straight to tape. On the second day, they ripped through Blue Rev front-to-back twice, pausing only 15 seconds between songs and only 30 minutes between full album takes. And then, as Everett has done on recent albums by The War on Drugs and Kacey Musgraves, he spent an obsessive amount of time alongside Alvvays filling in the cracks, roughing up the surfaces, and mixing the results. Sure, it arrives a few years later than expected, but the answer for Alvvays is actually simple: Theyâve changed gradually, growing on Blue Rev into one of their generationâs most complete and riveting rock bands.
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 2017âs Antisocialites, that stunning sophomore record that confirmed the Toronto quintetâs 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 unorthodoxâand, for Alvvays, wholly surprisingârecording process, unlike anything theyâve ever done. Alvvays are fans of fastidious demos, making maps of new tunes so complete they might as well have topographical contour lines. But in October 2021, when they arrived at a Los Angeles studio with fellow Canadian Shawn Everett, he urged them to forget the careful planning theyâd done and just play the stuff, straight to tape. On the second day, they ripped through Blue Rev front-to-back twice, pausing only 15 seconds between songs and only 30 minutes between full album takes. And then, as Everett has done on recent albums by The War on Drugs and Kacey Musgraves, he spent an obsessive amount of time alongside Alvvays filling in the cracks, roughing up the surfaces, and mixing the results. Sure, it arrives a few years later than expected, but the answer for Alvvays is actually simple: Theyâve changed gradually, growing on Blue Rev into one of their generationâs most complete and riveting rock bands.
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Awesome, this edition came with an electric blue vinyl disc! Best Buy ships vinyl in special double walled cardboard so they come in perfect condition every time in my experience.
| Released | 10/07/2022 |
| Dimensions | 12.46" x 12.46" x 0.21" |
Alvvays â Blue Rev - Mint- LP Record 2022 Polyvinyl Blue Marble Vinyl - Indie Pop / Shoegaze
Delivery $63.10
Alvvays - Bluerev (Marbled Blue Vinyl)
Delivery $33.09
Blue Rev Vinyl LP
Delivery $12.84
Alvvays "Blue Rev" LP
Delivery $58.21
Alvvays - Blue Rev LP - Vinyl - Specialist Subject Records LP - Crystal
Delivery $22.73
Awesome, this edition came with an electric blue vinyl disc! Best Buy ships vinyl in special double walled cardboard so they come in perfect condition every time in my experience.
| Released | 10/07/2022 |
| Dimensions | 12.46" x 12.46" x 0.21" |