Blue Rev

by Alvvays

on the shortlist of best records of this decade so far

Shoegaze perfection. My favorite album by Alvvays and my favorite album of 2022.

My favorite record of 2022.

I wrote this a couple of weeks after the album was released:

Alvvays' third album is their best yet.

In a couple of weeks, I've played this album over twenty times. Yeah. It's that good.

Alvvays don't shy away from their influences—The Smiths, shoegaze stuff, twee indie bands—but they bring great songs to the table, songs with odd chord changes, loads of melodies, no show–offy shit but rather a communal sense of wanting to do whatever makes the best song, and more melodies. I love the fact that they're using two different singers. And synths. Reliable drums. Great guitar sounds and riffs. This is some fun and great shit. I feel that Alvvays have feared nothing while… More

wow. what an album, absolutely everything about this rules.

edit: belinda says builds so well and "belinda says that heaven is a place on earth well so is hell" just hits so hard.

Not as great as the 2014 debut, but then few albums are.

This is close to perfect. If only Velveteen and Tile by Tile (two quite pointless tracks) had been taken out this would have been a five star experience, because the remaining dozen songs are great.

Stand out tracks: “Pomeranian Spinster” & “Easy On Your Own?”