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“STUBBORN” IS LIKELY not the first word one thinks of when listening to Blue Rev, the dreamy new album from Toronto indie rockers Alvvays. But there is one thing the group insists on stubbornly.
“We’re really stubborn about the volume of the guitars,” says singer/guitarist Molly Rankin. “I just want them to be loud and menacing.”
From the very, leaned heavily on synths for its hypnagogic sound, but on the band puts the guitar front and center, pushing the sonic envelope just about as far as it will go. Though the band cite Eighties twee and college rock as their primary influences, to find the right guitar tone, they’d often use a simple, classic technique: turning up the amp all the way.
