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Beginning with an attention-getting, slightly-flattened open E, “Adult Diversion” introduces the listener to what defines Alvvays: energetic, noisy and upbeat songs about longing. Long-distance longing, that is. Rankin complains about admiring someone from a distance. “Dreams Tonite”, a song on the following album, has similar themes. “I was working at a smoothie hut for a while in Toronto. Only one or two people would come in during the day and usually only to use the washroom.