n the five years that have elapsed since the release of Alvvays’ second album, Antisocialites, and their long-awaited third, Blue Rev, the Toronto-via-PEI band had to deal with every possible roadblock a band could face: lineup changes, demo thefts, gear-destroying basement floods—and that was before the pandemic.

Alvvays (pronounced "Always") is a Canadian indie pop band formed in Toronto, Ontario in 2011. Their debut album, "Alvvays", was released in 2014, peaking at number one on the US college charts. Their second studio album, "Antisocialites", was released in September 2017. Alvvays' music has been described as jangle pop by the music press and its members. According to Rankin, the band's emphasis is primarily on strong melodies, rather than for a specific genre: "If old people ask, I say it sounds like the Cranberries. If young people ask, I call it jangle pop. If a punk asks, I say it's pop". The band sounds similar to Best Coast and has often been compared to Camera Obscura.