Alvvays share two new songs, ‘Belinda Says’ and ‘Very Online Guy’
nme.comAlvvays have shared new tracks from their forthcoming third studio album ‘Blue Rev’ – watch the videos for ‘Belinda Says’ and ‘Very Online Guy’ below.‘Blue Rev’ follows 2017’s ‘Antisocialites’ and is set for release on October 7 via Transgressive.
So far, it’s been previewed by the singles ‘Pharmacist’ and ‘Easy On Your Own?’.On ‘Belinda Says’, the band take inspiration from Belinda Carlisle’s ‘Heaven Is A Place On Earth’, singing: “Belinda says that heaven is a place on earth / Well, so is hell.”‘Very Online Guy’, meanwhile, sees vocalist Molly Rankin taking shots at an internet ‘reply guy’.
Discussing the songs, which come with their own videos co-directed by Rankin and Alvvays guitarist Alec O’Hanley alongside videographer Colby Richardson, the band said: “Two new lambs for the cultural volcano!
One more sweet slurp of alcopop dedicated to the girls wiping tables called ‘Belinda Says’ and the dial-up electronic dream ‘Very Online Guy.’“We painted and shot the ‘Belinda Says’ video in our living room.
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