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10.0
131922
10.0 |
No Ripcord
Blue Rev is everything I love about popular music; a record so potent that on listening, this bitter, cynical 40-year-old feels like a teenager discovering Loveless or #1 Record or Bandwagonesque for the first time again. It is truly one for the ages
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9.0
131757
9.0 |
All Music
The creation of Blue Rev may have been beset with trial and tribulation but the result is a heavenly indie pop hit guaranteed to make their already besotted fans fall even more head over heels in love with the band
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9.0
131750
9.0 |
Under The Radar
Blue Rev is a quite wonderful return and proof positive of the old adage that good things come to those who wait
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9.0
131752
9.0 |
Exclaim
Its Alvvays least penetrable, most challenging album yet — but one that still preserves the band's best qualities, sounding chaotic and painstaking at the same time
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8.8
131748
8.8 |
Pitchfork
The Toronto band’s third album is a triumph of power pop, a densely layered, witty, blithe, and beautiful record that sets a new benchmark for the genre
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8.4
131732
8.4 |
Paste Magazine
The Canadian indie quintet’s third album leans harder into their noisy interests
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8.2
131715
8.2 |
Northern Transmissions
They explore new avenues while still reliably conjuring up the shimmering melodies and brilliant lyrics they are known for
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8.0
131716
8.0 |
The Skinny
Alvvays return with Blue Rev, their first new album for five years, and in a strangely radical way, it simply meets our ethereal shoegaze expectations
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8.0
131726
8.0 |
musicOMH
A more muscular sound and a line-up change marks the welcome triumph over adversity that is the Torontarians’ third record
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8.0
131735
8.0 |
Dork
‘Blue Rev’ is every bit as good as its predecessors
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8.0
131747
8.0 |
Clash
‘Blue Rev’ is a magical, twisty excursion to a crossroads where the band simultaneously reflects on yesteryear and explores the turbulence of divergent re
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8.0
131731
8.0 |
NME
The Canadians’ third album is still identifiably Alvvays, but the hooks here are sweeter, the instrumentation brighter, the energy more palpable
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8.0
131755
8.0 |
DIY
Boy do Alvvays know how to make a broken heart sound ever so sweet
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8.0
131756
8.0 |
Gigwise
Subtlety and consistency are the new order of the day
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7.8
131793
7.8 |
Beats Per Minute
With Blue Rev, Alvvays rocket back into contention when it comes to leaders of the cyclical shoegaze revival that pops up every few years
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7.6
131799
7.6 |
Spectrum Culture
Blue Rev lingers on dashed hopes and realistic stickiness
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7.0
131729
7.0 |
God Is In The TV
Blue Rev may not be the album to progress their careers, but it may just be a gateway to an altogether more interesting phase
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7.0
131717
7.0 |
Loud And Quiet
A small but compelling step forward for the band
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