Ivy: ‘Heartbreak’

To say we’re excited by the prospect of new music from seminal ‘90s/2000s dreampop band Ivy would be an understatement. Traces Of You, the erstwhile project’s first new release in twelve years has been built from the ground up using demos and fragments which date from 1995 to 2012. After losing founding member Adam Schlesinger to COVID in 2020, surviving bandmates Dominique Durand and Andy Chase thought that Ivy was done forever. But as the pair prepared for back catalog reissues, they discovered a treasure trove of reel-to-reel tapes and old hard drives with unfinished songs. They handpicked the best and carved out an album’s worth of goodies for this new collection, complete with contributions from Schlesinger. “Heartbreak” is a 2010 demo that showcases their twinkling magic.