Alvvays - Next of Kin (Official Video)

Official music video for "Next of Kin" from the self-titled debut Alvvays album, released July 22, 2014.

Credits:
Connor Gilhooly - Director & Animator
Gemma Taylor - Art Director & Animator

[theamazingchannel]

This is the happiest song about drowning i've ever heard.

[Regitardoh]

When I listen to this album on my way to work, I always tend to get to this one area of the city when this track comes on. That street is now forever connected to this song. I love how the mind works

[matthewlaw]

The juxtaposition of upbeat music with lyrics dripping in solemnity is fucking brilliant

[shannonolivas]

Everything I hear from this band sounds nostalgic, even the first time I hear it.

[bigyikes]

I just love that the last line in this song is “and now I am left burning through the trees”, and then the first line of Party Police (the next song on the album) is “walking through the trees”. Who knows if it was intentional, but I thought it was a nice touch to an already perfect album.

[generaldom]

recommend listening this if you need to recover from a terrifying nightmare

[omisan]

I can listen to this song 20 times in a row. Never gets old.

[kennybob]

I'm 55 years old and i love this band.

[wkenneth]

This band is so good; discovering them just a month ago was one of the best things to happen to me lately.

[oneangrymelon]

There's some really beautiful moments here: when the hands spin across the screen as she says "I lost his hand in the current", when the bridge comes and the snare pops just so, and again when the instruments die off for the final chorus and she sings so lovely. This music is so heartfelt it's dug its way into my heart.

[gdubtub.]

This is the same feeling I remember from 1970 when I discovered the Beatles. 50 years on, and thankfully it's still possible to feel that again.

[spartan]

Kids are gonna listen to alvvays in 2030 and go “omg wish I was alive back then”

[Slashycent]

Man this song is so magical. The instrumental is as gorgeous as always, so are Molly's vocals (to a point where both almost synchronize in an infinitely satisfying way) and all of that is pulled together by the whiplash of the lyrics painting an atmosphere of absolute tragedy.

A masterpiece. Love Alvvays.

[benjaminw.]

I was browsing in a record shop in London when they put on Alvvays. Needless to say I got the record and it's been very dear to me since.

[KingKook]

Such a sweet simple song, so jangley and echoy, like a lost song from so many decades ago coming back to gently haunt us. The Pop Song Phantom!

[karlaolvera]

La Peña de Bernal (Quéretaro, Mx) at minute 2:40!!!! I can't believe hahahaha Greetings from Mex!

[alelvremy]

If alvvays, tennis, best coast, and wavves all went on tour together I could die a happy man.

[emilyd]

I really hope they release a new album soon

[TS-msck]

I'm listening from Japan.
When I listen to this song,
I feel like I can fly all the way.

[coletourand]

The moment at 1:05 for music, lyrics, and visuals is so perfect. It hits me with a tidal wave of emotions every time. To me it's about losing one's path in life and not a lost love. I lost myself, it was the life I loved, and now I'm left trying to put it back together.