Alvvays have announced their self-titled debut Now remastered by Bernie Grundman and reissued with deep cut “Underneath Us” to mark a decade of their debut LP. Alvvays feels that way from end to end—literally, from the opening stalking-you-with-love anthem “Adult Diversion” to the ennui escapism of sci-fi closer “Red Planet.” In a little more than 30 minutes, Alvvays give us a song about loving someone to actual death (“Next of Kin”), how keeping secrets will destroy what you think you want (“The Agency Group”), and another incisive song about the societal demands of love and marriage (“Atop a Cake”). When Molly Rankin, Alec O’Hanley, Kerri MacLellan, and Brian Murphy cut these songs with Chad VanGaalen in 2013, long before they had a record deal, they were, in fact, young adults trying to figure out these encroaching exigencies for themselves. Again, these problems don’t age; some of us just happen to be lucky enough to age out of them. “Archie, Marry Me,” recently reached a one-hundred million listens through a single platform.

Little of this would matter if the songs themselves didn’t stick, if the melodies weren’t as timeless as the topics. But the tension between Alvvays’ shimmer and snap and Rankin’s knowingly droll delivery connects these numbers to a brilliant and deep rock continuum, from the glories of C86 and the triumphs of Athens in the ’80s to Celtic folk’s own magnetic candor. Each of these songs lands several hooks apiece: the sparkling drum-machine drift of “Dives,” the noise-caked sway of “The Agency Group,” and, of course, the half-diffident and half-confident matrimonial plea of “Archie, Marry Me” and that pearly guitar lick. Ten years ago or ten years from now, here are ten songs to slip in your pocket and pull out when the decisions of the world seem to swirl like the very guitars that shape them.

The newly reissued vinyl will feature remastered audio, as well as the bonus track “Underneath Us,” and be available on cerulean blue vinyl with a hand drawn poster by Chad Van Gaalen.

Alvvays 2024 Tour Dates

07/28/2024 – Seoul, KR – Have A Nice Trip Festival
08/02/2024 – St John, NB – Area 506
08/04/2024 – Montreal, QC – Osheaga Festival
08/08/2024 – Oslo, NO – Øyafestivalen
08/09/2024 – Gothenburg, SE – Way Out West
08/11/2024 – Helsinki, FI – Flowfestival
08/14/2024 – San Diego, CO – The Sound % LOW TIX
08/15/2024 – San Luis Obispo, CA – Madonna Inn %
08/16/2024 – Oakland, CA – Fox Theater % SOLD OUT
08/18/2024 – Portland, OR – PDX Live @ Pioneer Square % LOW TIX
08/19/2024 – Seattle, WA – Seattle Zoo % SOLD OUT
08/21/2024 – Spokane, WA – Knitting Factory %
08/22/2024 – Boise, ID – Treefort Music Hall %
08/23/2024 – Salt Lake City, UT – Ogden Twilight %
08/24/2024 – Denver, CO – Mission Ballroom %
08/31/2024 – Columbia, MD – Merriweather Post Pavilion ^ SOLD OUT
12/05/2024 – Toronto, ON – The Concert Hall #
12/06/2024 – Toronto, ON – The Concert Hall # LOW TIX
12/07/2024 – Toronto, ON – The Concert Hall # SOLD OUT

% w/ The Beths
^ w/ Mitski
# w/ cootie catcher

Alvvays
Alvvays 10th Anniversary Reissue
Tracklist
Polyvinyl

01 Adult Diversion
02 Archie, Marry Me
03 Ones Who Love You
04 Next of Kin
05 Party Police
06 The Agency Group
07 Dives
08 Atop a Cake
09 Red Planet
10 Underneath Us (Vinyl Only Bonus Track)

Pre-order HERE