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Advance single “Let Me Grow and You’ll See the Fruit” is bewitching and emotionally resonant, like someone whispering a story into your ear over a beautifully jangly guitar line.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 30, 2025

New York Times: "An ace guitarist with a keen ear for jangly tones, he lends even his most pathetic characters a bit of warm-blooded humanity."

From BBC • Dec. 21, 2024

Across three albums, Alvvays has proved itself adept at jangly and gentle twee pop, songs so brimming with romance that heartache is inevitable.

From Washington Post • Nov. 9, 2022

“Shut up, count your calories,” it begins over a jangly chord progression.

From New York Times • Jul. 7, 2022

“Be serious,” I say, but in truth, I feel electrified, jangly, awake.

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson