Saturday Sessions: Alvvays performs "After the Earthquake"

A small indie pop band from Canada, "Alvvays" topped the U.S. college charts. They've gone on to win the Canadian equivalent of a Grammy and are now getting ready to embark on a world tour. From their latest album, here's Alvvays with "After the Earthquake."
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[@Robodude_0528]

They could have played any song from this album and they’d still be putting their best foot forward. Lovely music

[@perplexed843]

her voice is so beautiful

[@ThatJingleJangleFeeling]

One of Canada's best exports, lovely music by lovely people.

[@davidellis5141]

One of the best bands going. Top notch performance 👌

[@marooorooo]

Finally got to see them last week. One of the best shows I’ve been to in a long time. If you get the chance to see them, go!

[@kevincollins8620]

I finally saw them yesterday. They sounded better yesterday on this song then here. They played it more aggressive yesterday.

[@mickeymoose2583]

THEY ARE SO GOOD I CANNOT WAIT TO SEE THEM

[@heleneramos889]

So many times...ALVVAYS as loveable!

[@arifchagla8752]

Just discovered this band. Amazing stuff

[@QueenHowlite]

I love this song SO MUCH and I listen to this performance every day ❤

[@SagesMomandDad]

Such a great song

[@l.alejandror.grimaldo228]

Gracias, Chabelita, por presentarme la música de esta fantástica banda :D

[@koubl]

Haha the clapping at the end :D Sounded amazing!

[@matocv]

♥️♥️♥️

[@ginanjarprihadi3110]

💙💙💙

[@chadtalaugon7691]

Alvvays has something no other band can even touch!!

[@rhi.123]

Been listening to these guys for a few years, they've easily become one of my favorite bands ever 🥹🥹

[@dianavwn]

1:33 Kerri ❤ los veo en el Corona Capital.

[@Iftekhar_Ahmed_Tareq]

❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@kubrix1222]

10/10

[@ororelio]

BOOOOOOP!!!!!

[@seansanchez1245]

Dude next album …going to be grear

[@hypnorse]

are you awake now 😭💙

[@user-vi4xy1jw7e]

Huh

[@MiguelM.Flamengo]

@@user-vi4xy1jw7e That's actually a sad song. It's about Molly's (the lead singer) father. He died in a car accident. That's why she describes "velvet curtain drawn, flowers at your feet" (e.g. that's the description of a funeral). And when she says "When every detail is over the guardrail", it's probably because the car hit the guardrail. The "earthquake" is probably a metaphor for the experience of losing her father.

[@ivanl.8201]

@@MiguelM.Flamengo Those are great observations. I feel that the song actually transports us to the experiences she had as a child, riding in the car with her father right after the actual earthquake hit. And the very beginning of the song vividly depicts that. But later on, the song fast-forwards several years to the events surrounding her father's death, and I think the earthquake and the events afterwards start to become a metaphor. There's this huge feeling of flashbacks and flash-forwards and things folding in around themselves in the song emotionally, and it feels like a very complex, yet also a very visceral punch-to-the-gut world that Molly navigates here so bravely. But it wouldn't be nearly as great without such a formidable band injecting that much life and passion to an already great song. The performance is excellent, and the only minor flaw really is that the guitars are mixed a bit too low, so they lack the bite of the studio version.

[@hannahisajunebug]

Her dad would be so proud ❤

[@Rrodfer]

"Depois do terremoto Fotos penduradas na diagonal Em um Drive-thru, chorando com um milk-shake Não foi feito para durar No banco da frente Você estava mexendo no rádio E eu estava mexendo no aquecedor lembrando dos dias vibrantes de Brincadeiras no corredor, cuidado com a brisa Digamos que você vai sair da sua trilha agora Cortinas de veludo fechadas, flores aos seu redor Digamos que você contemplará como está te pesando O pulso da luz de freio É a cor das brasas acesas Se você acordar, você vai se lembrar As coisas horríveis que eu disse na beira da cama? Debatendo-se como um grande tubarão-branco (sinto a maré norte) Enquanto eles colocam você em uma maca (Batendo nos pinheiros) E as palavras fracas de Jessica Fletcher (sinto a maré norte) Foram abafados pelo som de (Batida nos pinheiros) Brincadeiras no corredor, cuidado com a brisa Digamos que você vai sair da sua trilha agora Naqueles dias, eu nunca deixaria você desmoronar Mas as coisas desaparecem Como o cheiro de um carro novo Por que eu me apaixonaria novamente Quando cada detalhe caiu além do guarda-corpo? Digamos que você vai sair da sua trilha agora Digamos que você contemplará como está te pesando Você está acordado agora? Você está acordado agora? Brincadeiras no corredor, cuidado com a brisa Digamos que você vai sair da sua trilha agora Cortinas de veludo fechadas, flores aos seu redor..."

[@maziralathis]

Molly's voice sounds more soft and angelic now rather than at music festivals

[@JabrinkTheStink]

Molly rankin is such a babe

[@Flayingkaw]

algoritm showing me this after the japan news 💀

[@starsecream]

Is that Janet Street Porter on keys?

[@RandomNonsense1985]

Her name is Kerri MacLellan.

[@jturquoise]

Meh