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Alvvays - Blue Rev (CD)CD Polyvinyl (2022) US 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 2017's Antisocialites, that stunning sophomore record that confirmed the Toronto quintet's status atop a new generation of winning and whip smart indie rock. The songs of Blue Rev thrive on immediacy and intricacy, so

wouldn't such praise amount to not much more than tasteless braggadocio

Last Dinosaurs would say they're an international enterprise - and they've got a track record to prove it

exploring the boundaries

Intrigued by the striking cover's sunlit patio furniture emptiness basking in the south of France

rising to an anthemic chorus that seems to be reflecting on the band's career path

The double platinum collection is home to the band's beloved singles "Geek Stink Breath

But on its third album

2: The New Reality (1993)

and an embracing in part of more pared down

and no matter how terrible it is to dwell in the great pit

is given the remix treatment in this EP by a wonderful cast of John Talabot

The album also spawned three UK top 40 singles