Alvvays "Blue Rev" 2023-12-15 they managed to be named

they managed to be named both "Best New Band" and "Worst Band" in Creem Magazine's annual reader's poll

Following their formation in 1976

but to enhance their intricately structured compositions

pop-tinged danceable tunes

came together in a different environment for McEwan and the results speak to the band's evolution and McEwan's evolution as a songwriter

Alvvays "Blue Rev" 2023-12-15 they managed to be namedAlvvays' third album, the nervy joyride that is the compulsively lovable Blue Rev, doesn't simply reassert what's always been great about Alvvays but instead reimagines it. They have, in part and sum, never been better. There are newly aggressive moments here the gleeful and snarling guitar solo at the heart of opener "Pharmacist," or the explosive cacophony near the middle of "Many Mirrors." And there are some purely beautiful spans, too the church