Alvvays - Alvvays - VINYL LP

Opaque Deep Purple. The Sherbs's second album, Defying Gravity, followed in 1981, but failed to produce a single that charted in the either the US or Australian top 100. The band did, however, chart on Billboard's Rock Tracks Chart with the album cut InchWe Ride TonightInch peaking at No. 26 in 1982. The track's mild AOR success was not enough to ignite album sales in the US, though, and Defying Gravity only reached No. 202 on the album charts. A mini-album, Shaping Up, appeared in 1982. It was critically well received and spawned two minor hits in Australia, but the US issue missed the chart completely. The Sherbs were now in a position where the US listening public were largely indifferent to their releases, and - despite their newer, more contemporary sound - the Australian audience had seemingly written them off as a relic of the 1970s. Porter has said that he found this especially frustrating, as he felt The Sherbs were actually writing and performing better material during this era than in their 1970s heyday.James left The Sherbs at the end of 1982 to be replaced by Tony Leigh (Harry Young and Sabbath, Gillian Eastoe Band) on guitar. In late 1983, the group announced their decision to disband in 1984, they reverted to Sherbet and undertook a successful farewell tour of Australia and a final single, InchTonight Will Last ForeverInch. Shakespeare returned to co-write and appear on the final single. Both Shakespeare and James rejoined Sherbet on the final tour. The Shaping Up EP and singles are featured as bonus cuts on this . Album Tracks 1. We Ride Tonight 2. Free the Sailor 3. Steppin' on Ice 4. Blood on My Hands 5. We Can Make It 6. I'm Alive 7. The Danger Zone 8. Some People 9. The Escape 10. I Wanna Lay with You 11. Defying Gravity 12. Don't Throw It All Away 13. Shaping Up 14. Tonight Will Last Forever 15. The Party's Over

Limited 180gm clear with yellow splatter vinyl LP pressing includes digital download. Alvvays is due to it's much-anticipated second full-length, Antisocialites, this September. The ten song album is the follow-up to the Toronto-based group's debut self-titled record, which was shortlisted for the 2015 Polaris Prize and featured on numerous year-end InchBest OfInch lists from Pitchfork, NPR, Rolling Stone, NME, and many more. Antisocialites is set to carry the band to new heights, with Molly Rankin's distinctive vocals and erudite lyrics taking center stage against a kaleidoscopic backdrop of pop, shoegaze, punk, and some brand new tricks befitting a band that sounds wise beyond it's years. Album Tracks 1. In Undertow 2. Dreams Tonite 3. Plimsoll Punks 4. Your Type 5. Not My Baby 6. Hey 7. Lollipop (Ode to Jim) 8. Already Gone 9. Saved By a Waif 10. Forget About Life

Limited blue colored vinyl LP pressing. Alvvays' 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 InchPharmacist,Inch or the explosive cacophony near the middle of InchMany Mirrors.Inch And there are some purely beautiful spans, too-the church- organ fantasia of InchFourth Figure,Inch or the blue-skies bridge of InchBelinda Says.Inch But the power and magic of Blue Rev stems from Alvvays' ability to bridge ostensible binaries, to fuse elements that seem antithetical in single songs-cynicism and empathy, anger and play, clatter and melody, the soft and the steely. The luminous poser kiss-off of InchVelveteen,Inch the lovelorn confusion of InchTile by Tile,Inch the panicked but somehow reassuring rush of InchAfter the Earthquake.Inch Album Tracks 1. Pharmacist 2. Easy on Your Own? 3. After the Earthquake 4. Tom Verlaine 5. Pressed 6. Many Mirrors 7. Very Online Guy 8. Velveteen 9. Tile By Tile 10. Pomeranian Spinster 11. Belinda Says 12. Bored in Bristol 13. Lottery Noises 14. Fourth Figure