TORONTO’S Alvvays are a quintet headed by Molly Rankin, progeny of the popular folk group The Rankin Family, daughter of the late John Morris Rankin, but a quite singular talent.
The Rankins were regular ceilidh attendees, but a generation on, it is the modern Glasgow pop school who Alvvays hold in thrall, this debut LP recalling the shimmering heartbreak pop of prime Camera Obscura, and Rankin’s glowing vocals cosied up to yearning lyrics and gilded guitar hooks attesting to an eager kinship.
The single Archie, Marry Me is but one of many highlights.
John Skilbeck
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