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Alvvays – Not My Baby
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[Verse 1] / Now that you’re not my baby, I'll go do whatever I want / No need to turn around to see what’s behind me, I don’t care / And it’s true, I’ve been checking out lately, I
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Alvvays – Already Gone
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In a rare moment of vulnerability, Molly Rankin laments the loss of her father John, a member of Nova Scotia’s Celtic group The Rankin Family, in a tragic car accident.
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Alvvays – Archie, Marry Me
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[Verse 1] / You've expressed explicitly your contempt for matrimony / You've student loans to pay and will not risk the alimony / We spend our days locked in a room, content inside
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Alvvays – Adult Diversion
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[Verse 1] / How do I get close to you? / Even if you don't notice / As I admire you on the subway / When it's dark outside your house / You won't let anybody out / And keep a
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Alvvays – In Undertow
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[Verse 1] / You find a wave and try to hold on for as long as you can / You made a mistake you'd like to erase and I understand / "What's left for you and me?" I ask that question
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Alvvays – Party Police
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The fifth track on Alvvays, the band’s eponymous debut album. This song is most likely about a break up “You don’t have to leave,” but the partner isn’t explaining why and the
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Alvvays – Dreams Tonite
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“Dreams Tonite” seems to be about having so much love and caring for someone, but the relationship you had has fallen apart. This is quite obvious by the pre-chorus' lines “who
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Alvvays – Next of Kin
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[Verse 1] / We walked along the rocks for nearly an hour / I caught the way you looked at me in the sunlight / You took something before you went in the shower / To help suppress
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Alvvays – Pharmacist
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In an interview with Mark Hoppus on After School Radio, Rankin indicated Blue Rev to be about returning to your hometown and working through “the pain of seeing things differently
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Alvvays – Atop a Cake
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Similar to “Archie, Marry Me”, this track explores marriage and the expectations of matrimony.
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Alvvays – Pressed
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In an article by The Guardian, Molly Rankin mentions “Pressed” was inspired by The Smiths and calls it her attempt to “unleash [her] inner Morrissey”.
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Alvvays – Hey
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Hey / Have you lost your sense of place? / Hold a brush to your white toothpaste / Does the mirror look a little strange? / You satisfied with making do / (Don’t think so, yeah
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Alvvays – Ones Who Love You
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[Verse 1] / Take, take from the ones who love you, ooh / Leave, leave with the ones who don't, ooh / Lie, lie to the ones who like you ooh / Lay, lay with the ones who won't / [
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Alvvays – Your Type
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[Verse 1] / Hop that fence if you wanna, then dissolve into the night / Ditch your friends on a whim, later, resurface in a fight / Kill the buzz with your decrees and conspiracy
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Alvvays – Very Online Guy
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This is a song about the “reply guy (very online guy)” culture. These “reply guys” reply to almost everything people post on social media, in a tired pattern of pranks, corrections
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Alvvays – Pomeranian Spinster
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[Verse 1] / Don't wanna be nice / I don't wanna be nice / I don't want your advice / On the run in my tights / I'm going to get what I want / I don't care who it hurts / Took the
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Alvvays – Easy On Your Own?
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[Verse 1] / I dropped out / College education's a dull knife / If you don't believe in the lettered life / Then maybe this is our only try / And how I gauge / Whether this is
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Alvvays – Dives
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[Verse 1] / All the documents you keep / And the friends that never phone / Spend the winter in a Jeep / And your summer months at home / [Chorus] / No love to share / So what
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Alvvays – Tom Verlaine
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In the Monchicon!’s interview, the band members said “Television guitarist Tom Verlaine has a song called Always, so we wanted to write a song called Tom Verlaine too.”
Tom
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Alvvays – Tile By Tile
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[Verse 1] / At night I pace the floors / Tile by tile, step by step, 'til I reach a wall / No use in forging on, I try wholeheartedly / But still end up on your lawn / [Chorus] / '
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Alvvays – Fourth Figure
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[Verse 1] / Now that the hall is clearing out / You're still a part of me / And I know there's a way / That's why you still hesitate / I'll go / [Verse 2] / Now I'll take the photo
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Alvvays – Velveteen
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[Intro] / (Velveteen) / (Velveteen) / (Velveteen) / [Verse 1] / I see you getting fit / I can't make sense of it / At night, you roll up your jeans / And pull on your velveteen
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Alvvays – Many Mirrors
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“Many Mirrors” is a brief break from the emotional strain which permeates Blue Rev, focusing more on the feeling of awe at being able to still connect with someone after knowing
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Alvvays – The Agency Group
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[Verse 1] / Parked outside of the agency / Wondering if you can sneak away with me / I'll admit, I've been losing sleep / Rifling through your toxicology / [Chorus] / When you
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Alvvays – Pecking Order
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[Verse 1] / Pecking order's got you wasting time / At the border and you're way behind / Fill a Honda with your property / Am I falling? I'm falling in line / If a violet should
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Alvvays – Forget About Life
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[Verse 1] / I thought of going in the lake and swallowing / Thought that I had unplugged the phone until it rang / When the phases of the moon, they don’t apply / When
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Alvvays – After The Earthquake
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The fourth and last single off of Blue Rev, “After The Earthquake” is a classic, high-energy track that one can expect from the band.
The song is inspired by Japanese author
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Alvvays – Belinda Says
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“Belinda Says” is a nostalgic ballad that pays homage in both lyric and sound (the same tempo and chord progression in the verses) to Belinda Carlisle’s “Heaven is a Place on Earth
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Alvvays – Lottery Noises
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[Verse 1] / Pretty quiet out here, it's abundantly clear / That no-one's been coming for me / No encouraging sounds, helicopters or hounds / In the time that's allotted for thee
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Alvvays – Lollipop (Ode to Jim)
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• Jim Reid (of The Jesus and Mary Chain)
• The word “keychain” which sounds like “Marychain,” which is what some call the JAMC (including the band themselves).
• The mention of
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Alvvays – Bored In Bristol
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[Verse 1] / If there's a fine, I'll pay it / If you are destroyed, I'll call another ride / If that's the game you're playing / Let me know the rules and I will be alright / [
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Alvvays – Red Planet
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[Verse 1] / It's been almost twenty years on the red planet / A place where there are no tears, it is just water floating / No, they're not quite emoting / I dream of the other
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Alvvays – Saved by a Waif
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[Verse 1] / New Saturday / In the park, didn’t think you fell that hard / Woke up again / Woke up and you wanted a new start / New Saturday / In the park, didn’t think you fell
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Alvvays – Supine Equine
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Gotta keep up, get better / Does it feel over? / Is lying on you better? / You should have known better / Couldn't stand up, get better / Am I the horse with a broken leg? / Does
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Alvvays – Underneath Us
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Say the word / I'll be there / Close your eyes / Say your prayers / Seventeen / In a room / Recognize / Meet our doom / Something happening / Underneath everything / Something
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Alvvays – Echolalia
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Old friends on the couch / No idea what they're on about / And there's nothing you could possibly say to persuade them / My echolalia / My echolalia / My alcoholic friends on the
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Rock Genius (Ft. Ryan Alexander) – AOTY #19: Alvvays - Alvvays
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Rock Genius' #19 album of the year is Alvvays – the eponymous debut from the Canadian indie-pop fivesome.
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