Album · Alvvays
Antisocialites by Alvvays
Antisocialites is an album by Alvvays, released in 2017. 3 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 10 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “In Undertow”, on 4 lists with a best position of #37.
Antisocialites, the second Alvvays album, arrived on September 8, 2017 through Polyvinyl, Royal Mountain and Transgressive, and it's the Toronto band, by way of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, blowing its fuzzy daydreams up to widescreen. Molly Rankin sings and plays guitar, Alec O'Hanley plays guitar and co-produced with John Congleton, Kerri MacLellan works the keyboards, Brian Murphy plays bass and Sheridan Riley sits behind the drums. Rankin says they mixed Pro Tools with an old TASCAM 488 eight-track, and you can hear both: modern punch, homemade grain.
The arrangements breathe wider than on the 2014 debut, a gauzy synth glaze makes the jangle sound lusher still, and the skies have clouded over, with Rankin's words turning more serious under the sugar. "In Undertow" opens the record with a sigh and "Plimsoll Punks" snaps right back. It won the Juno Award for Alternative Album of the Year and made the Polaris Music Prize shortlist.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Antisocialites on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In Undertow | 4 | #37 | – | 2017–2024 | |
| 2 | Plimsoll Punks | 4 | #86 | – | 2018–2025 | |
| 3 | Dreams Tonite | 2 | #389 | – | 2023–2025 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.