Alvvays - Alvvays (2014) {Transgressive Records}
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC (tracks)+CUE+LOG -> 205 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 79 Mb
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© 2014 Transgressive Records / Polyvinyl Records | TRANS178
Rock / Indie Pop / Alternative / Indie Rock
Canadian quintet Alvvays (pronounced "Always") burst out of the gates with their self-titled 2014 debut, a brief but bright collection of nine songs of nearly perfect, sugar-coated indie pop. The band call on inspiration from the jangly C-86 movement and bands like the Wedding Present or Talulah Gosh, but also lean on the fuzzy, homespun spirit of early American independent bedroom pop and twee while steeping their tunes in a languid dreaminess borrowed from Teenage Fanclub at their most wistful.
The album opens with the one-two punch of "Adult Diversion" and "Archie, Marry Me," two single-worthy songs of noisy guitars, gloriously deadpan vocal harmonies, and sticky melodies cemented in the listener's skull by the interplay between guitar and singer Molly Rankin's cascading vocals. The album is full of highlights, from the synthy melancholia of "Party Police" to the Orange Juice-esque interweaving guitar lines of "Atop a Cake." While Alvvays relies on the same reverb-heavy production that an entire generation of beach-obsessed indie pop bands has tended toward, they surpass many of their peers by delivering more inspired songs, often with unexpected shifts or breakthrough moments. This debut surpasses simply being "promising" by delivering pop as beautifully composed as that of contemporaries like Pains of Being Pure at Heart or Veronica Falls, while also tying in sentiments of punk gusto, twee wonderment, and dream pop thoughtfulness without relying strictly on the musical blueprints of any of those genres. Instead, Alvvays find a way to articulate their heart-struck, dream-like songs with deft intention and control.
Personnel:
Bass – Brian Murphy
Drums – Chris Dadge (tracks: 1,4, 8), Eric Hamelin (tracks: 2, 3, 5, 6)
Guitar, Vocals – Molly Rankin
Guitar, Vocals, Keyboards, Drum Machine – Alec O'Hanley
tracklist:
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
Exact Audio Copy V1.0 beta 3 from 29. August 2011
EAC extraction logfile from 1. April 2015, 15:08
Alvvays / Alvvays
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EAC extraction logfile from 1. April 2015, 15:08
Alvvays / Alvvays
Used drive : TSSTcorpCDDVDW SH-224BB Adapter: 0 ID: 0
Read mode : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No
Read offset correction : 6
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes
Used interface : Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000
Gap handling : Appended to previous track
Used output format : User Defined Encoder
Selected bitrate : 1024 kBit/s
Quality : High
Add ID3 tag : No
Command line compressor : C:\Program Files (x86)\Exact Audio Copy\Flac\flac.exe
Additional command line options : -8 -V -T "ARTIST=%artist%" -T "TITLE=%title%" -T "ALBUM=%albumtitle%" -T "DATE=%year%" -T "TRACKNUMBER=%tracknr%" -T "TOTALTRACKS=%numtracks%" -T "GENRE=%genre%" -T "ALBUMARTIST=%albumartist%" -T "ALBUM ARTIST=%albumartist%" -T "COMMENT=EAC Secure Mode, Test & Copy, AccurateRip, FLAC -8" %source%
TOC of the extracted CD
Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––-
1 | 0:00.00 | 3:27.48 | 0 | 15572
2 | 3:27.48 | 3:16.42 | 15573 | 30314
3 | 6:44.15 | 3:47.18 | 30315 | 47357
4 | 10:31.33 | 3:48.34 | 47358 | 64491
5 | 14:19.67 | 3:47.53 | 64492 | 81569
6 | 18:07.45 | 4:31.18 | 81570 | 101912
7 | 22:38.63 | 2:56.47 | 101913 | 115159
8 | 25:35.35 | 3:19.43 | 115160 | 130127
9 | 28:55.03 | 3:58.57 | 130128 | 148034
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Filename F:\EAC Rips\Alvvays - Alvvays (2014) [FLAC]\04 - Next of Kin.wav
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Filename F:\EAC Rips\Alvvays - Alvvays (2014) [FLAC]\08 - Atop a Cake.wav
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Track 9
Filename F:\EAC Rips\Alvvays - Alvvays (2014) [FLAC]\09 - Red Planet.wav
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