| "Adult Diversion" | ||||
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| Single by Alvvays | ||||
| from the album Alvvays | ||||
| B-side | "Underneath Us" | |||
| Released | October 28, 2013 | |||
| Recorded | March 2013 | |||
| Studio | Yoko Eno, Calgary, Alberta, Canada | |||
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| Length | 3:28 | |||
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| Producer(s) | Chad VanGaalen | |||
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"Adult Diversion" is a song by Canadian indie pop band Alvvays. The song was released on October 28, 2013 as the second single from their eponymous debut album. Written by vocalist and guitarist Molly Rankin, guitarist Alec O'Hanley, and bassist Brian Murphy, it is sung from the perspective a lover who develops an "unhealthy fixation" on their partner.[1]
The song was produced by Chad VanGaalen and recorded at his studio, Yoko Eno, in Calgary, Alberta. It was accompanied by a music video, filmed on a Super 8 camera, featuring footage of the band performing and hanging out at the beach. "Adult Diversion" was the second song the band released; it debuted digitally via the band's website before the band was signed to a label. In the band's home country, it was later released on Royal Mountain Records; in the U.S. and Europe, it was distributed through Polyvinyl and Transgressive Records, respectively.
- ^ Day, Laurence (July 18, 2014). "Introducing: Alvvays". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved April 6, 2020.