Antisocialites
On Antisocialites, Alvvays dive back into the deep-end of reckless romance and altered dates. Ice cream truck jangle collides with prismatic noise pop while Molly Rankin's wit is refracted through crystalline surf counterpoint. Through thoughtful consideration in basement and abroad, the Toronto-based group has renewed its Scot-pop vows with a powerful new collection of manic emotional collage.
The second album from the Toronto indie pop band is nothing but thoroughly accomplished songs. Alvvays have sharpened their focus without losing sight of themselves.
Even more than its predecessor, Alvvays’ sophomore album, Antisocialites, is defined by its contradictions. The band’s jangly pop isn’t quite as lo-fi as it was before, but that cleaner sound doesn’t always make way for clearer songs. The album bounces between sharp, punchy punk and swooning dream-pop spectacles that…
The Toronto indie pop band return after three years to rummage through the wreckage of relationships gone by.
The sound may not have changed but its lyrical content is noticeably darker than its blissfully sunny precursor.
While Alvvays’s name is destined to confuse people for the duration of the Toronto band’s career (it’s pronounced “Always”), there’s no mistaking the quality of songwriting on their second record.
After releasing a debut album of noisy pop that was perfectly formed and felt like the work of a band already at the summit of their career, it seemed like the only place Alvvays could have gone was down.
Alvvays push the jangle pop envelope with the rugged and diverse second album, Antisocialites.
Alvvays' music borrows from C86-era indie pop, '90s slacker rock and gleefully mucky circa-2009 lo-fi — which is to say that their sound bel...
It was hard to read anything about Alvvays' 2014 debut and not see a reference to the legendary C86 mixtape.
As long as the sun is in the sky there will be love songs. Every day we devour songs on ecstatic love, new love, lost love, past love and all the other
Following their 2014 self-titled debut album, Alvvays return with a second album 'Antisocialites' that is inevitably much slicker.
Review of Antisocialites by ALVVAYS: Alvvays' new LP is another strong effort from the Toronto band, that features catchy breakup tunes and watery ballads.