January is such a quiet music in terms of good new music that you're grateful when anything that catches your attention comes down the pike. The first album I've noticed this year is the self-titled debut from Toronto's Tallies which came out on Friday.
While far from original in any respect, it is at least fresh. It takes its cues from compatriots Alvvays but also, and more prominently as you listen through to the record, from The Sundays. That band never made any pretence to having designs to save the world and neither do Tallies. But the record is sweet, poppy and melodic and worth a listen.
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