SPILL NEW MUSIC: ALVVAYS – DREAMS TONITE

Alvvays – Dreams Tonite

Royal Mountain Records

The sophomore album from Alvvays, titled Antisocialites, is set for release on September 8th via Royal Mountain Records. Across its 10 tracks and 33 minutes, the Toronto-based group dive back into the deep end of reckless romance and altered dates. Antisocialites is available for pre-order, here.

After releasing the ear bender “In Undertow” last month, the band have today given us another crushingly catchy heartstring-tugger in, “Dreams Tonite.” “So morose for me, seeing ghosts of me, writing oaths to me,” sings Molly Rankin on the Cocteau-pop stunner – the song from which the album’s name is derived.”In fluorescent light, antisocialites watch a wilting flower.”

To write Antisocialites, Rankin ventured to Toronto Island – working in an abandoned classroom by day and sleeping a few feet from shore at night – to avoid a stifling heat wave in the city. “I carried a small PA on the ferry in a wheelbarrow,” she recalls. “Every morning I would listen to my favorite records on the beach, then I’d write melodies and record demos in the classroom.”

Alvvays have announced dates in the UK and Europe as well as North American dates that wrap up with a four night run at The Mod Club in Toronto (2 shows are already SOLD OUT). The full listing of shows, including shows with support from Jay Som, Nap Eyes and AlaskaAlaska follows below.

Tour Dates

8.5.17 – Lollapalooza – Chicago, IL
8.5.17 – Empty Bottle – Chicago, IL SOLD OUT
8.26.17 – Belgrave Music Hall – Leeds, UK
8.27.17 – St. Luke’s – Glasgow, Scotland SOLD OUT
8.28.17 – Leadmill – Sheffield, UK
8.29.17 – Talking Heads – Southampton, UK +
9.2.17 – End of the Road Festival – Larmer Tree Garden, UK
9.3.17 – Institute 2 – Birmingham, UK +
9.4.17 – Rescue Rooms – Nottingham, UK +
9.6.17 – Bullingdon Arms – Oxford, UK +
9.7.17 – Gorilla – Manchester, UK
9.8.17 – Koko – London, UK
9.9.17 – Thekla – Bristol, UK
9.11.17 – Point Ephemere – Paris, France +
9.12.17 – Blue Shell – Cologne, Germany +
9.13.17 – Molotow – Hamburg, Germany +
9.14.17 – Musik & Frieden – Berlin, Germany +
9.16.17 – Trix – Antwerp, Belgium +
9.17.17 – Ekko – Utrecht, Netherlands +
9.18.17 – Bitterzoet – Amsterdam, Netherlands +
9.30.17 – Music Tastes Good Festival – Long Beach, CA
10.3.17 – Paradise Rock Club – Boston, MA
10.5.17 – Brooklyn Steel – Brooklyn, NY *
10.6.17 – Union Transfer – Philadelphia, PA *
10.7.17 – Rock & Roll Hotel – Washington, DC * SOLD OUT
10.11.17 – Terminal West – Atlanta, GA *
10.12.17 – Exit / In – Nashville, TN *
10.13.17 – Saturn – Birmingham, AL *
10.14.17 – One Eyed Jacks – New Orleans, LA *
10.16.17 – White Oak Music Hall – Houston, TX *
10.17.17 – Mohawk – Austin, TX *
10.18.17 – Trees – Dallas, TX *
10.20.17 – Meow Wolf – Santa Fe, NM *
10.21.17 – Valley Bar – Phoenix, AZ *
10.24.17 – Fillmore – San Francisco, CA *
10.27.17 – Doug Fir Lounge – Portland, OR ^
10.28.17 – The Showbox – Seattle, WA ^
10.30.17 – Urban Lounge – Salt Lake City, UT ^
10.31.17 – Bluebird Theater – Denver, CO ^
11.2.17 – First Avenue – Minneapolis, MN ^
11.3.17 – Thalia Hall – Chicago, IL
11.4.17 – Magic Stick – Detroit, MI
12.13.17 – Mod Club – Toronto, ON
12.14.17 – Mod Club – Toronto, ON
12.15.17 – Mod Club – Toronto, ON SOLD OUT
12.16.17 – Mod Club – Toronto, ON SOLD OUT

+ w/ AlaskaAlaska
* w/ Nap Eyes
^ w/ Jay Som

Alvvays
Antisocialites
(Royal Mountain Records)
Release Date: September 8, 2017

Pre-Order Here

Antisocialites Track Listing

1   In Undertow
2   Dreams Tonite
3   Plimsoll Punks
4   Your Type
5   Not My Baby
6   Hey
7   Lollipop (Ode to Jim)
8   Already Gone
9   Saved By A Waif
10. Forget About Life

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