VIDEO OF THE DAY: “ADULT DIVERSION” BY ALVVAYS

“Is it a good time / or is it highly inappropriate?” Molly Rankin asks in “Adult Diversion,” the first single from Toronto’s Alvvays. You can decide yourself when the group plays Mercury Lounge (incorrectly identified as “Always”) on November 25, opening for Honey Wild, Hippy, and the Sanctuaries, and at Glasslands on November 26, headlining for Jacksie, Boytoy, and No Kill. Singer-guitarist Rankin, the next generation of Nova Scotia folk favorites the Rankin Family — her father, fiddler John Morris Rankin, died in a car accident in 2000 when Molly was twelve — formed Alvvays with her Cape Breton childhood neighbor, keyboardist Kerri Maclellan, later adding guitarist Alec O’Hanley, bassist Brian Murphy, and drummer Phil MacIsaac. The band has posted two songs online, the dreamy indie pop duo “Adult Diversion” and “Archie, Marry Me,” a pair of infectious tunes highlighted by Rankin’s lilting vocals. Alvvays is currently putting together its debut record for Royal Mountain, working with Canadian musician Chad VanGaalen, Graham Walsh of the Holy Fuck, and John Agnello (Sonic Youth, the Hold Steady). The disc is due next year, but you can catch the group this week and check out more of their sweet sound at these two area shows.