- indie pop
- 9 tracks
- [no label]
Alvvays is the debut studio album by Canadian indie pop band Alvvays, released on July 22, 2014, by Polyvinyl, Royal Mountain and Transgressive. The album yielded four successful singles, the first two, "Adult Diversion" and "Archie, Marry Me" brought the group to prominence in indie pop. The album was met with critical acclaim, regarded as one of the best albums of the year and being shortlisted for the 2015 Polaris Music Prize.
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Character
Spare, classical in form, grave and intimate.
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
- character-ledplot-driven
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Metacritic 78/100 · AnyDecentMusic? 7.6/10
- AllMusic5/5 ★
- Cuepoint (Expert Witness)B+
- Entertainment WeeklyA−
- Exclaim!8/10
- The Guardian3/5 ★
- Mojo3/5 ★
- NME8/10
- Pitchfork7.6/10
- Rolling Stone4/5 ★
- Slant Magazine4/5 ★
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Tracks
- A1Adult Diversion
- A2Archie, Marry Me
- A3Ones Who Love You
- A4Next of Kin
- A5Party Police
- B1The Agency Group
- B2Dives
- B3Atop a Cake
- B4Red Planet
About the album
- Artist
- Alvvays
- Label
- [no label]
- Released
- 2013
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Cassette
- Country
- CA
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