Alvvays costume up as ZZ High for Halloween present, cowl ‘La Grange’

Alvvays carried out a Halloween present dressed as ZZ High over the weekend, masking their tune ‘La Grange’ in the course of the set.

The band took to the stage at Los Angeles’ Wiltern Theatre on Saturday evening (October 29), donned in black fits and faux lengthy beards to duplicate ZZ High’s signature look. They then lined ‘La Grange’ – one of many band’s best-known songs, which is taken from their 1973 album ‘Tres Hombres’. Watch fan-shot footage of the quilt under:

.@alvvaysband lined ZZ High dressed AS ZZ High for Halloween 👏👏 🕶️ pic.twitter.com/sOhN32PKQv

— Rachel Brodsky (@RachelBrods) October 30, 2022

Alvvays have performed a number of Halloween exhibits prior to now, all of which have seen them costume up accordingly. In 2017, the band took to the stage with quite a lot of costumes – together with a nun, a priest, and Oompa Loompas from Charlie And The Chocolate Manufacturing unit. Final yr, at a Halloween present in San Francisco dubbed ‘Fang Fest’, the quintet uniformly dressed as vampires.

The Canadian indie band not too long ago returned with ‘Blue Rev’, their third studio album and first in 5 years. Its launch was supported by the discharge of 5 singles: ‘Pharmacist’, ‘Simple On Your Personal?’, ‘Belinda Says’, ‘Very On-line Man’ and ‘After the Earthquake’. In a four-star evaluate, NME described the album as “one other complete delight”.

“‘Blue Rev’ remains to be identifiably Alvvays, however the hooks listed below are sweeter, the instrumentation brighter, the power extra palpable,” it learn.

ZZ High, in the meantime, have continued to carry out regardless of the passing of founding bassist Dusty Hill final yr. They launched a reside album titled ‘Uncooked’ in July, which was supported by a North American tour from Could by August. The trio additionally performed a number of dates of Willie Nelson‘s touring Outlaw Music Pageant earlier this yr.