Alvvays: Antisocialites review – alluring, nuanced jangle pop

(Transgressive)In the UK, the appeal of jangle pop has often lain in its rough-hewn execution, despite the pristine heights to which its practitioners aspire. Tune into the second alluring album by Alvvays, Toronto’s two-girl, two-boy jangle sensations, however, and – as with their most obvious predecessors, Best Coast – it’s like stepping into a parallel universe. All the cutie derivatives are present: punky perkiness (Your Type), blithe melodies, or odes to the Jesus &a