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[ATTENDED: October 1, 2023] Alvvays

Sometime in April, my daughter asked if we could go to the All Things Go Festival.  I had never heard of this Festival and assumed the answer was no.  But then I saw that it was at the Merriweather Post Pavilion which is exactly three hours away from us.  So when tickets went on sale, I managed to get two pre-sale tickets for Sunday.  And then when they went on proper sale, I managed to score two more for Saturday.

Sunday was  the far more important day for music.  I mean, the whole reason she wanted to go was to see boygenius (and Lana Del Rey).  But this was a great day of music to be sure.

I love Alvvays and have seen them twice.  I would have loved to see them again, but I knew that, given we wanted to be in  the proper place to get great boygenius seats, we’d sacrifice seeing them.  It was very cool that their show was (mostly) broadcast on the screens in the auditorium and was mostly audible.

It was interesting to see them playing in the bright summer sun (they all had to wear sunglasses) and were clearly very hot, while we were comfy in the shade of the amphitheater.

But really, it was hard to appreciate their set with people walking around and talking and with them being mostly a background show.

Bit of a bummer, but good background music.  I was happy to clearly hear a few of my favorite songs.

ALVVAYS

1. Pharmacist ß
2. After the Earthquake ß
3. In Undertow ⊗
4. Many Mirrors ß
5. Very Online Guy ß
6. Adult Diversion ∧
7. Belinda Says ß
8. Archie, Marry Me ∧
9. Easy on Your Own? ß

ß Blue Rev (2022)
⊗ Antisocialities (2017)
∧ Alvvays (2014)