Who’s excited to see Alvvays play Pensacola for the first time ever?! We are PUMPED to have this Grammy-nominated indie icon headlining NMF 2024!

Alvvays’ third album, Blue Rev, was completed after an unexpected five-year delay, following their acclaimed 2017 release, Antisocialites. The band began work on the album shortly after their previous record, but their progress was hindered by global lockdowns, extensive touring, and a series of unfortunate events, including a stolen demo recorder and a basement flood that damaged their gear. These setbacks, combined with a change in their rhythm section and prolonged border closures, significantly delayed the album’s completion.

Despite these challenges, Blue Rev marks a significant evolution in Alvvays’ sound. The album, their longest to date with 14 tracks, is noted for its harmonic richness and lyrical depth. It introduces both aggressive moments and beautiful spans, blending elements such as cynicism and empathy, melody and clatter. Tracks like “Pharmacist” and “Belinda Says” illustrate the band’s ability to merge contrasting elements seamlessly.

Blue Rev reflects Alvvays’ growth and their ability to balance past influences with new directions. The album explores themes of transition and identity, merging nostalgia with contemporary reflections. With its blend of humor, introspection, and experimental sounds, Blue Rev solidifies Alvvays’ position as a leading force in modern indie rock, showcasing their maturation and continued relevance in the genre.

Silversun Pickups is among the most dynamic and creative rock bands of the post-millennial era, hailed far and wide for their inimitable merging of ethereal melodies and pure sonic force. From the indie rock opening salvo of 2005’s “PIKUL” EP to 2012’s visionary “NECK OF THE WOODS,” each successive release has seen the Silverlake, California-based band venture into uncharted terrain, bravely pushing their imagination and ability towards new and surprising summits.

Ambitious and anthemic, tracks like “Panic Switch” and “Lazy Eye” have proven indelible classics, a guarantee of rare danger and invention amidst the anodyne dross of much contemporary rock. What’s more, the indefatigable quartet have made it their mission to bring their unique music to the people, touring the planet nearly non-stop to reach a devoted and ever-growing international fan following.

I Won’t Care How You Remember Me, by the Scranton, Pennsylvania-based band Tigers Jaw, is an ode to living in the present. As this hectic era of distraction whirrs, ticks, swipes, and scrolls by each of us at an alarming speed, the ability to maintain a sense of priority for the human elements in our lives as well as a reflective understanding of self, remains a lost art. But here, the group has seized upon it.

Tigers Jaw’s sixth album—and first for new label home Hopeless Records—finds members Ben Walsh (vocals/guitar), Brianna Collins (vocals/keyboards), Teddy Roberts (drums), and Colin Gorman (bass) at the height of their powers, fusing their collective skills with the synchronicity and energy the band honed over several years of non-stop touring. The result is a back-to-the-basement approach elevated by the unmistakable production of their longtime friend and collaborator Will Yip. The band’s most sonically ambitious and lyrically affecting album to date, I Won’t Care How You Remember Me sees a newfound freshness and creative freedom crystalizing the lush and dynamic world of Tigers Jaw.