Alvvays by Eleanor Petry
The appearance will precede Alvvays’ spring/summer European tour.
Alvvays, Courtney Barnett and The Black Angels will be leading Austin Psych Fest in Texas next April.
Barnett’s old sparring partner Kurt Vile is also confirmed on the bill, as are the likes of Psychedelic Porn Crumpets, All Them Witches and Blondshell.
That European tour for Alvvays, meanwhile, is set for a June start with UK shows in Wicklow, Bristol, Manchester, Glasgow and London as the band continue to support Blue Rev – one of our essential albums of 2022.
“Rankin tries on numerous different voices across the 14 tracks of Blue Rev,” the review reads.
On the thrillingly punky stomp of Pomeranian Spinster she largely dispenses with her light-as-air falsetto, opting for the sassy vocal stylings of someone like Chrissie Hynde, while on the descending harmonies of Tile By Tile she croons like Lana Del Rey, mimicking the latter’s gift for sensuous role playing through carefully constructed phrasing.
