Song · Alvvays
“Pharmacist” by Alvvays
From the EP Belinda Says / Very Online Guy (2022)
“Pharmacist” by Alvvays appears on 3 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 2022 and 2023. It was first released in 2022 on the EP Belinda Says / Very Online Guy. Its best result is #64 on the WERS Top 88 Songs of 2022.
"Pharmacist" opens Blue Rev, the 2022 album by Alvvays, and as its first single it broke a long silence: the Canadian band hadn't released anything since Antisocialites in 2017. Molly Rankin and Alec O'Hanley wrote it and produced it with Shawn Everett, who mixed it with O'Hanley, and it crams indie pop, shoegaze and noise pop into one sugar-rushed swirl, with Rankin's voice sunk low under the din and a closing guitar solo that NME called "extravagant" and "ripping".
The lyric sketches an unexpected run-in with someone at a pharmacy, and the roar drew comparisons to My Bloody Valentine's Loveless. Pitchfork's Quinn Moreland gave it Best New Music.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 80 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2022 | 89 |
| 2022 | 64 | WERS 88.9 Boston, MA | WERS Top 88 Songs of 2022 | 88 |
| 2023 | 94 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2023 | 103 |
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