The result of the band’s introspective pandemic period isn’t a detour, but a collage of various temperaments, an evolution of expression. The songs on Blue Rev stretch into the cobwebby corners of messy experiences, musically traversing a gauntlet of moods and intensities. “After the Earthquake” jangles awake before blowing out into a gloriously boisterous pop-rock odyssey, abruptly pausing to ensure the listener really hears Rankin’s verisimilitude as she sings with wisened dejection, “Why would I ever fall in love again, when every detail is over the guardrail?” On “Very Online Guy,” MacLellan’s turbulent keys haul Rankin’s voice across a trenchant scrutiny of digital era dynamics. “Bored in Bristol” finds Rankin dabbling in a position of lyrical subservience, a far cry from the sagacity of “Pharmacist” or the dispirited pleas of “Lottery Noises.”
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