Alvvays — KEXP Studios, Seattle, 2014

Filmed live at the KEXP radio studios in Seattle on December 2, 2014, this session captures Canadian band Alvvays led by singer Molly Rankin. Recorded a few months after the release of their self-titled debut album, the full performance runs through four songs — Ones Who Love You, Dives, Archie Marry Me and Party Police — that built the reputation of the Toronto outfit: bright dream pop, reverb-soaked guitars and hook-driven indie-rock writing. Aired by KEXP, a global reference for in-studio live sessions, the set offers clean sound and careful camerawork, an ideal way to discover the band on stage. It features the freshness of Archie Marry Me, Alvvays’ signature single. This filmed live concert showcases the quintet’s restrained energy and melodic craft at the moment of its international breakthrough. A short but dense full concert, four songs performed back to back in the intimacy of the Seattle studio, a valuable document of 2010s North American indie rock.