Blue Rev

However bad the other new albums added are - this album makes it worth it

Oh, I have heard of this band before, that's a relief. They did that 'Marry Me, Archie' song, right? I liked that. Shoegaze pop. Enjoyable, but inessential. Fave track 'Belinda Says'; a short story of an unplanned pregnancy buoyed by a meditation on Belinda Carlisle's 'Heaven is a Place on Earth'. 3.5 stars, rounding up

Alvvays aren't a band I can listen to objectively anymore. They've been one of my favourite bands since a new friend of mine first showed me their debut in 2020 and they've been omnipresent in my life for the rest of this decade. Blue Rev is probably their worst, I'd opt for their second album Antisocialites (the one before this one) instead. The cynical part of me thinks that Dimery added this one thanks to the good Smiths impression they did on After the Earthquake and Pressed, which could easily be lost songs from their discography if Molly Rankin was even as close to being as miserable as Mozza. It used to annoy the shit out of me when people would call Alvvays a shoegaze band, they had one and a half shoegaze songs on my count (In Undertow and Archie Marry Me respectively), but wow, this album is one of the most shoegazing things I think I've heard! Part of me wonders if they were waiting to improve their songwriting skills before tackling shoegaze as a common complaint is that bad bands use it to mask poor quality songwriting. Alvvays are a lot more confident however, they frequently dip out of the shoegaze and prove that their songwriting can stand on their own. Belinda Says feels like a statement on this, they could do shoegaze all along So what does the album have other than shoegaze? Quite a lot actually. Alvvays' typical style of jangly dreamy twee is still all here, and the songwriting isn't even that far away from their usual stuff, the noisier and shoegazing elements serve to turbocharge the impact of the songs, especially the choruses. There is more of an emphasis on psychedelia, and they do play around with hypnagogic pop and synthpop around the middle of the album, which is new for them. They pull it off pretty well. I've liked the band the most when they go more for the twee aesthetic, and Blue Rev is no exception. Many Mirrors is easily my favorite here. I think the band revels in twee because of Molly's soothing and calming voice, but also the wholesome feel the band have, which I suspect is a result of Kerri and Molly being songwriting partners since they were children. I have one minor gripe with the album, and that's that Belinda Says should have been the closer. The last three songs are fine (and I quite like the return to hypnagogic pop with Bored in Bristol) but they feel inessential compared to the rest of the album, plus Belinda Says would have been a powerful way to close the album off. This album is a lot better than I gave it credit for, but Alvvays never really make mistakes, I frequently put them with Nick Drake as the only artists without a bad song. The friend from the start of this review is now my wife, so this band has played a pretty big role in my musical and personal development over the past 6 years. Great stuff, hope they put out a new album soon. Was it a good addition to the list: Yes, 100%. I would have probably picked Antisocialites, but this being the band's most popular album I can't complain. I'm just happy to see Alvvays here and I hope the community comes to love them as much as I do Top 3 songs: After the Earthquake, Many Mirrors, Belinda Says

I usually cringe a little bit when I see an album from 2018 or newer on this list. They are generally not my taste, and haven’t been around long enough to stand the test of time. And then I get Blue Rev by Alvvays, and it justifies two things - (1) the inclusion of some newer albums and (2) that most of them are garbage and not worthy of being included. Blue Rev is dreampop done right, with jangly hooks backing ethereal vocals. Really enjoyed this! 3.75⭐️

Yeah this tickled my brain. Love the shoegaze aspect. Docking it one star because it did all sprt of run together into one song after a bit, but I could see this becoming a favorite at some point.

I like Alvvays overall. But I have to say, I listened to this album 3 times today and I still can't identify a single song - it all sort of blends together. A great man once said, "music is the space between the notes." For Alvvays, there really isn't any space between the notes, it's sort of a big mushy blend. It's good, but I wish it wasn't so vvashed out. 3 stars.

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Blue Rev is the third album by Alvvays. I allways thought the dreampop of Alvvays was not my thing. How wrong I was. This album combines the soft and dreamy sound the band had earlier with a solid wall of sound and guitar erruptions. This mashing up of styles works very well and results in an album full of great compositions and impressive performances.

Great band, the album is a good listen but none of the tracks really stood out to me.

Modern masterpiece...might be the best album of the last 5 years. The MBVesque guitar tones coupled with the amazing songcraft make this super memorable. 5/5

my favorite album of the new additions by a long shot. i am a huge alvvays fan, and have been since around the time their first album came out and a local indie radio station played 'archie, marry me' and i fell in love. in fact, i was going to pick this album as my user list album until it leaked that it was going to be in the new edition, so i pivoted. personally, i think all three of their albums are special and great for their own reasons, but i think 'blue rev' is the one that is the most complete package. molly rankin's songwriting is as stellar as ever (especially on tracks like 'after the earthquake,' 'belinda says,' and 'easy on your own?'), but also achieving some really great wall of noise shoegaze-y textures that the other albums don't. to me, this is alvvays at their pinnacle. i hope they continue and make some more great stuff, but to me, this album is a testament to great songwriting, great hooks, and cool production. it's the complete package.

Terrible. I must have listened 3 or 4 times before I realised how short an album this is, because none of the songs had made the slightest impression. I have just turned it off, and don't remember a single thing about any of it, other than I think it was bland and forgettable. Absolutely rubbish

As a long-standing Alvvays fan, I had given up the ghost following a 5-year hiatus after their incredible sophomore LP. Imagine my surprise when the band not only returned, but leaned hard into the ongoing shoegaze revival to supercharge their twee indie sound into something incredible. 'Blue Rev' feels worlds apart from their sparse, intimate S/T debut, but maintains the core Alvvays DNA - memorable lyrics about social niceties/awkwardness, punchy single-coil guitar licks, and a heavy retro synth presence that defines the outfit's sound. It's all turned up to 11, though, as the guitars take a much stronger lead and the production swells to encompass a massive soundstage packed to the brim with melodic goodness. The almost-liquid guitar on 'Belinda Says' may be my favorite instrumental of the decade, the chords cresting and fluidly breaking across one another in one long, uninterrupted tidal wave of noise. 'Antisocialites' had tiptoed into larger, reverb-driven spaces, but this LP dives in headfirst and takes those ideas to their logical conclusion. Centered by Molly Rankin's incredible vocals and narrative lyricism, Rev feels like the most logical left turn/reprisal for a band which almost bit the dust. Unsure how these guys will top this one, my 2022 AOTY and one of the decade's most notable releases to this day. I'm clearly biased, but for once I think the 1001 editors got it right on this one.

After I got done reviewing the St. Vincent record yesterday, I threw this record on, because it’s the one that I’ve been anticipating the most out of this new batch. I figured, why not get ahead of the game a little bit, right? I caught an interview with Alvvays on The Best Show a while back and remember wanting to check out their records, but I never followed up, so I was overdue when it came to Blue Rev. Well, I feel like a fool for waiting so long. I was immediately sucked in by this record. It’s noisy, propulsive and melodic, with layers of guitars and vocals that swirl around in the stereo field. It’s exactly the kind of record I love. I listened about 3 times in full yesterday and then at the end of the night, after I order a copy on vinyl, it got generated for me. Go figure…the generator is still sentient, it appears. Listening again on my drive home from work today, I was struck by two things: 1. This is a great record to listen to in the fall. The leaves are changing here in the Northeast right now, it’s sunny and a little cool out. The sound of this record fits well with that color palette…it was a calming type of auditory and visual symbiosis that I was treated to today. 2. This is an instrumentally dense record. The more I listen, the more details I notice and the record unfurls itself with each listen. I recommend listening to this one with headphones, it is a rich and vivid record. Long story short, 5 easy stars and I’m not sure any of the other albums that were recently added will top this one for me.

Another albums can barely remember.

Ahhh, Alvvays, we got a Chvrches thing going on here huh? Anyhoo, new ground, can't fuck this up.... or can I? 🤔 Blue Rev absolutely blew me away. Alvvays took the usual jangle-pop sound and turned it into this massive, fuzzed-out wall of noise, and it works so well. Every track is packed with energy, hooks, and these wild key changes that keep you on your toes. Even with all the distortion, Molly Rankin’s songwriting still shines through, it’s funny, nostalgic, and just hits right. It’s rare to find a record that’s this catchy and chaotic at the same time.

Favorite Song: Pressed Least Favorite: Very Online Guy

Pretty fun. Turns out pretty much every shoegaze album I hear in think is pretty fun.

Really solid dream pop album with good guitar work. Catchy hooks. Lots to love here. Favorites were Easy On Your Own?, After The Earthquake, Many Mirrors, Tile By Tile, and Bored In Bristol.

I found this to be rather chill. I wasn’t expecting much, so this was a welcome surprise.

One of my favorites

Once again, too early to put this album on this list! Wait 10 years and see if it stands the test of time. Adding albums like this is why there are way over 1,001 albums on here.

I really liked this. The dreamy feel combined with shoegaze works well for me

I've never heard of Alvvays, but the genre tags looked quite interesting. This is also the most recent album that the album generator has given me this far. I thought "Blue Rev" had some cool stuff, but I didn't love it. The main thing for me was that, despite being very noisy, it still felt like typical modern pop. I think that's in part due to the heavy compression, as well as a lot of the arrangement choices. I like some of the synths; combined with the chorus-y guitars it creates a Cure-type feel on some of the songs that I really like. But overall the songs sound pretty samey throughout the album. It's alright. I think if I liked modern pop in general, I'd enjoy this album more. I'm pretty sure I owe this a relisten anyways, as I was kinda busy while listening to it and didn't FULLY pay attention (perhaps the repetitiveness had something to do with that, though). ----- #0039 Heard on: 4 Nov. 2026 Rating: ★★★★★☆☆☆☆☆ (253 / 369) Favorite track: After the Earthquake Least favorite track: Pomeranian Spinster

Pharmacist 3 Easy on Your Own? 3.4 After the Earthquake 3.2 Tom Verlaine 3.3 Pressed 3.3 Many Mirrors 3 Very Online Guy 3.1 Velveteen 3.2 Tile by Tile 3.2 Pomeranian Spinster 3.4 Belinda Says 3 Bored in Bristol 3.3 Lottery Noises 3.3 Fourth Figure 3.1 Score: 3.2

The mushy/blurred production on this album really work to the music's detriment. I'm sure there is a great album buried somewhere in here with memorable melodies and interesting instrumental parts. But they all blend together into some sort of brown-ish soup that has lost all its edge. It just appears to me as a rather standard-affair when it comes to indie-pop from the last few years. It checks all the boxes that would make the "I'm not like other pop-fans" crowd drool all over it.

Canadian indie pop. Shoegaze. What amazed me is how, post-COVID, they got together and recorded every track in order. Literate but with youthful energy. Very well produced. College band sound.

Perfectly cromulent jangle-pop. It's clean and polished, and musically interesting if not groundbreaking. The very definition of a 3/5 album for me,

Niet slecht, ook niet geweldig. 70/100

Verbazend sterk popalbum met een uitstekende productie en heerlijk cynische lyrics. "Belinda Says" is een ijzersterke song. Jammer van de beperkte zangcapaciteiten van de zangeres...

Vrij onaangename listen. Het is prima muziek tot dat ze haar mond open doet. Veel potential voor een mooi indie album maar ik vind haar stem simpelweg irritant en zagerig. De Taylor Swift van het prachtige shoegaze. 5,8/10

De muziek en vibe is wel chill maar ik miss meer layers in het gedeelte van de zang. Misschien een back up zanger of like meer rasp in haar voice. Ze doet het niet slecht maar het is te clean om like bij die zulke soort muziek te passen vindt ik toch wel. Like haar voice is te licht voor de instrumentals waardoro ze meer naar de achtergrond word gesleept. Het album opzich is wel zeer chill om naar te luisteren maar kheb wel het gevoel dak het snel ga beu worden na meerdere keren naar te luisteren bcs het een beetje in de zelfde lijn zit en weinig variatie. En soms voelt het ok gw dat ze echt amper aan haar hoge noten kan komen, like echt met moeite

Meh

Deserves another listen or two. Proudly wears its influences on its sleeve. Solid.

I like the particular brand of indie pop/shoegaze that is on display on Alvvays' "Blue Rev". I detect elements of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs in this; this kind of dreamy quality layered with noisy, heavy distortion that is a bit more prevalent in more recent iterations of indie pop/shoegaze scratches a particular itch with me. Plus, with song titles like "Very Online Guy" and "Pomeranian Spinster", what's not to love?

Canadian indie pop darlings Alvvays had been bouncing around in the public consciousness since the widespread positive critical reception of their single Archie, Marry Me, which wasn't exactly a hit but wasn't exactly a flop either. The band was always excelled at drenching their jangle pop songwriting in a dreamy atmosphere, though Blue Rev would lean more into distortion, giving the band a more shoegazey sound. Although shoegaze as a genre was firmly planted in the '90s and early 2000s, it would find a renewed interest in the 2010s and into the 2020s. This was in part thanks to metal groups like Alcest and Jesu finding ways to weave it into existing metal subgenres, but shoegaze would be reclaimed by pop-oriented groups like Candy Claws. This brings us to Alvvays and their take on the subgenre, which works well within a jangle pop context too. By all means, Blue Rev is an album that faced considerable challenges. Theft, flooding, and the COVID-19 pandemic caused setback after setback, so it's a miracle that it clocks in at just under 40 minutes at all. Less than half of the songs break the 3-minute mark, so they end up feeling more like brief vignettes than full ideas, but those vignettes are also masterful. Rich in its production, catchy in its songwriting, and endearing in its lyricism. This is a fantastic album with a poor flow, and I still think it's the bee's knees. Enjoyed it on release, and I still enjoy it now.

Nice poppy vocals. I like the combo of an electric guitar solo over the synths that appeared a few times!

that dog. meets My Bloody Valentine. This album sound like it could have been from the last half-hour of a 1994 "120 Minutes" episode. ...And I like that.

1) я не передать как люблю олввейз, 2) я знаю что блю рев был топовым альбомом нме, 3) я так этого и не поняла...

Not a bad Friday morning listen.

Awful

When did MBV get a female vocalist? This was ok, nothing to write home about.

Didn’t think it was as good as most people think it is.

This album mostly combines indie pop with shoegaze music. I feel apart from the first song and some straggler songs, this is mostly just indie pop rather than full-on shoegaze, but nonetheless it's good music. This one was a real good discovery for me, very refreshing for the ears. Highlight Song/s: "Pharmacist", "Many Mirrors" and "Velveteen"

It’s neat that they can take the shoegaze aesthetics and leave the fucking boring compositions of shoegaze behind. The middle third of this record kicks into high gear, from “Many Mirrors” to “Pomeranian Spinster” they find their groove. Ultimately, this album isn’t nearly close enough to be considered for a dozen albums that should be included on this list to represent the best music of the past 5 years, but it’s certainly fun and easy to listen to; occasionally to its detriment, but often to its credit.

Not for me

This was my pick for album of the year when it came out. Beautiful songs (as you should come to expect for Alvvays) with exciting production and lights out performances. Six out of five.

This was my second choice to add to the user submitted list, so I am very happy it made it on the official list. If you ever have the chance to see these guys live, go!

I think this could be whittled down to something really great, but still very cool. Pomeranian Spinster really stands out to me!

Drifted off a few times listening to that album, quite forgettable but not awful

I like this band and I'm happy this is on the list now.

Hm. This very retro/shoegaze-esque album (albeit with a bit more happy beats) would probably be more interesting if the project's editors explained which older album got booted for this one, and why? There's nothing wrong with the album, or the tracks, or the band, but I feel like I could have lived just fine with the existing collection's montage of My Bloody Valentine, Cocteau Twins, Jesus and Mary Chain, Ride, etc. But I liked the album cover (and also "Very online guy")!

odd in both good and bad ways--I probably should have listened a few more times but didn't feel inspired to do so. Sorry, Alvvays

Interesting indie album. 3 stars

Very solid. I enjoyed it a good amount.

Forgettable 2.5/5

I really enjoyed this, hints of MBV and The Smiths here and there, but in a more poppy flavour. It's the highlight of the new albums for me by far. Five stars.

6/10

I started this album with rather high expectations, and I came out more torn than anything else. Seeing as this is from the new batch of albums and I'm one of the first 1000 to review, I imagine the rating will trend down from now but I found this sound to be sort of... lacklustre? I've heard a lot of indie and a decent chunk of shoegaze and this is pretty standard as it goes. If this is your first album in the shoegaze genre it's probably a pretty comfortable entry way but I also found a lot of the songs sound too similar to each other. That's not inherently a bad thing, you ever heard Peripheral Vision by Turnover? That's an album that sounds similar throughout and instead feels like a thread connecting songs but it didn't feel like that here. That is, aside Tile by Tile. I really enjoyed this song for being slower and a little more intentional, almost. Otherwise as current or "modern" indie goes this is just okay, but might be good as current shoegaze. Best song(s): Tile by Tile Worst Song(s): N/A Rank compared to everything else so far: 73/85 (above Back At the Chicken Shack, below Dry)

okay, I enjoyed some of the shoegaze elements, but don't know that I will go back to it. Maybe a 3.5.

omg I love her voiceeee

I guess I don’t really understand what shoegaze is.

And that's a wrap for me on the 2026 edition albums. Tomorrow I'm back the user-generated list. I really can't complain about ending this as my final album of my (briefly extended) challenge. Alvvays deliver indie pop that's equally dreamy and shoegazy. It leaves you feeling a bit disoriented but also uplifted. It's slightly surreal but also very accessible. I don't have much else to say about it except that I really enjoy it and I'm happy to award a (possibly slightly generous) 5 stars to it to wrap things up.

This group reminds me of someone but I'm unable to come up with who at the moment. I like the lead singer's voice but there's nothing particularly memorable here. Still, it was a pleasant listen, I enjoyed it and listened to the whole thing. 3.5/5

3.3 2x nice indie sound OAK to SLC (going back to ATL)

This was mostly enjoyable but not something I would really listen to normally.

It's nice, but forgettable. A bit better than the standard shoegaze I remember getting from the list before the update.

I don’t seem to always gel with albums that are considered Canadian classics. Case in point: this one. I appreciate the lyrics and the complexity of the instrumentation but it doesn’t sing to me. I guess I’m not a Canuck.

⛈️⛈️⛈️

I love Alvvays, and I love this album by them. Easy 5.

Fairly good sometimes jangly sometimes big dream pop

Someone recommended this to me a few years ago, I wasn't too fussed by it. I have no memory why, so perhaps it got unlucky and caught me at a bad time. I like all their stated influences so in theory I should love it. The MBV influence is obvious in the opening track, their distinctive noise rock except now its power pop. After the Earthquake's straightforward Smiths/Orange Juicy indie pop at an accelerated pace. I start to lose interest at the meandering Tom Verlaine, a shame since Marquee Moon is one of the greatest albums of all time. Pressed returns to the accelerated Marr guitar but now with the effect of pushing my brain to want to go listen to Hatful of Hollow or something rather than paying attention to this record. I begin to understand why I didn't catch hold of this and return to it at the time. Many Mirrors continues in this vein, this time encouraging me to go listen to the Sundays. To be fair to it however, it is one of the stronger of these first 6 tracks. Having gradually landed on this position, I relax and enjoy the rest of the record. It's all good. Nothing grabs me by the throat or surprises me. Late album strong effort Lottery Noises reminds me of the last band I felt this way about (except I thought they had 1-2 proper bangers), Howling Bells. A perfectly nice and decent indie pop record, that undoubtedly a younger and less jaded audience who weren't there the first time around presumably lapped up, and there is nothing wrong with that, we all did it. Good luck to them. I have heard other new bands in the last 5 years making really great indie pop records, without pushing any major boundaries musically, and have enjoyed them a lot more than this record, returning to them again and again - the only difference? The tunes. That's all it is.

Not good at all

Very classic mid 2010s hipster vibes.

Not very memorable

Dreamy indie pop with lots of bright jangle and hazy dense fuzzy guitar, uptempo songs with bounce to the bass and purpose to the drumming, and hooky drama to the alto vocals. Warm and familar, it's a sampler pack of 80s/90s twee and dreampop sounds remembered via nostalgic instagram filters - like, what if Johnny Marr was in Cocteau Twins in a rainy neon music video? - but it works great overall to make some joyous, very pretty, if pretty samey, music.

A bit samey, but they've got a decent sound. A little too bright for my tastes, but it would've done numbers in an indie club in Sheffield back in 2009.

Not my favorite but enjoyable. It's a little surreal by being soft but also tough. I appreciate the girl power and there were some moments I really enjoyed.

Shoegaze doesn't tend to be a top genre for me, but I really enjoyed the dreamy quality of this one, and I thought the whole thing was a pretty great listen from start to finish.

See now, this is the kind of shoegaze / dreampop I can get behind. The type with more conventional song structures and proper choruses. The shoegazey elements are more subtle and not so ‘relentless wall of noise’ as found elsewhere with bands like MBV or Sonic Youth. It’s much more listenable. You really can hear the Smiths influence in this as well which is interesting. I liked it overall, it was a very pleasant listen, if a bit samey at times. 3.5 rounded down.

Album #1095 (1,000 challenge): "Blue Rev" by Alvvays (2002) "Blue Rev" is the third studio album by Canadian indie pop band Alvvays. Shoegaze, twee pop, noise pop and power pop are the Wiki-listed genres. A description of the music is that the album balances the band's signature sound with shoegaze. The bandmembers included Molly Rankin (vocals, guitar), Alec O'Hanley (guitar, keyboards, bass), Kerri MacKellan (keyboards, vocals), Sheridan Riley (drums) and Abbey Blackwell (bass). Commercially, the album reached #61 in the US and #27 in the UK. It had wide-spread critical acclaim and won the 2023 Juno Award for Alternative Album of the year. "Pharmacist" opens the album with swirling synths and backing vocals. Rankin with happy-sounding vocals. A shoegaze-like guitar as well as solo. Two minutes in and out in a sweet pop song. Guitar feedback introduces "Easy On Your Own?" Dreamy and more of the swirly. Builds with echoing backing vocals. An interesting combination of pop-like vocals and shoegaze. Johnny Marr must of been on their mind recording "After the Earthquake" with a Smiths-sounding guitar. A quicker pace. Layered guitars. Goes soft then loud. A melodic guitar solo. "Tile by Tile" starts out slower with piano keys. Rankin with melancholic vocals as she's still hurting. Underling and wavering synths. A reverbing guitar. The song builds with the vocals and music. Synth keys and a buzzing shoegaze guitar begins "Belinda Says." A great vocal chorus. She's dreaming of living in the country. Crescendos beautifully. One of my favorite songs of the last five years. This is an interesting mix of pop vocals, dreamy and swirling synths and shoegaze and Smiths-like layered guitars. There's also a 80's synth song and a harder rockin' song. Not a bad song with most being in the two to three-minute range. One critique I read was that that the songs seemed unfinished; I can somewhat see that but I'd rather have a song do that than wear out its welcome. It's interesting that a Wednesday song came up after I streamed this album as both artists have two of my favorite albums of the decade. Yes, this is a fantastic album. A high recommendation and must listen for any rock fan. 5 out of 5

cool dream pop stuff, some shoegazey stuff. Nothing that I'm overly excited about but it was good.

Beat-driven. Easy to listen to

It should not be a shock at all that the song that had me scrambling back to my phone to see what it was was Tom Verlaine. RIP you god

I went back and forth from liking her voice to getting bored by her voice. Getting bored won out. The backing band was just a wall of sound, you couldn't pick anything out. Not for me, nope. NEXT.

This album sounds super discordant and unfortunately it hits my ears the wrong way. It's very jangly and noisey and while I usually enjoy those two styles, something's not connecting for me on this one.

Listened to this on shuffle accidentally first time, gave it another go in the right order and it worked better, lots of bangers early on. Beachy rock, much more of an edge than most bands with this sort of tone and I really liked it. Sometimes a bit ashy with power chords, sometimes smithsy with jangly notes, both worked. Forgot to review it a few days ago, listening to the first few songs again and they are class. I don't think it's the same level all the way through, but still a 4.5. Planning to listen to the 4s and 5s in the list again, and wouldn't be surprised if I love it all next time around.

Bored in Bristol and After the Earthquake the standouts. Quite enjoyed that - didn't know them at all and will definitely look them up. Dreamy noise rock, nice in the background. Vocals indistinct.

This was really good. Kinda noisy pop rock. I thought it sounded familiar, but I didn't recognise any of the tracks until the album finished and "Archie, marry me" came on. I know that one, but couldn't have named the band. I'm sure they remind me of something else too but I can't put my finger on it.... Spotify also played the Beths afterwards too, which I thought sounded good too! I think the first half of the album was stronger than the latter, but was very good 4

Alvvays make tight, energetic power pop / indie rock. This album in particular feels influenced by new wave. I really like their sound. On this album, I wish there was a little less reverb on lead singer Molly Rankin’s vocals (or maybe just bring the vocals forward in the mix) because the lyrics are usually smart and insightful, but they get a little lost here. Still, great production and strong album overall. And amazing album art. What a great, hilarious photo.

Enpä ollut pariin vuoteen kys. bändiä kuunnellut. Ihan kiva tasapainottelu shoegazen ja popin välimaastossa.

Found this album awhile ago and then listened to their other albums. I dig this record and I dig this band. Great add to the list.

I liked this album but found some of the production just a tad annoying. I'll be listening to this again, for sure. Better than most of the new additions, though.

I sort of missed this, it never really piqued my interest so I kept drifting off. When I did pay attention it just felt a bit dull, I don't get why it was added to the book to be honest

Blue Rev doesn’t necessarily do anything groundbreaking. It does build on what we hear with Cocteau Twins, Sonic Youth (a little), Camera Obscura, The Sundays and Teenage Fanclub. Maybe Belle and Sebastian (see Girls In Peacetime Want to Dance and thereafter). That’s all without checking Wikipedia. I’m curious what the Alvvays discography has in store, because if we give it a few years an album from them could be essential. It will satisfy the power pop or poppy shoegaze appreciators, for sure. Overall: 4/10

This is the first of the new edition that probably does belong here. This isn't my style of indie as it leans to the pop side a bit too much for me. But this is good. And it's a good example of where indie is at the moment.

Alvvays is definitely pretty enjoyable modern indie shoe gaze. There are a lot of imitators out there, but they have been consistently doing it really well for a while now. This was a great listen.

It's fine; floaty indie, solid but unspectacular.

Good album.

I liked the music but no so much the vocals, maybe I need to get used to it.