Again, the drumming is perfect on that record for the sound/approach.
― grandavis, Monday, 25 April 2016 20:25 (eight years ago) link
Ffs I just played TAL (again) today
RIP
― Master of Treacle, Monday, 25 April 2016 20:27 (eight years ago) link
Argh! That's awful!!
― Evan, Monday, 25 April 2016 20:29 (eight years ago) link
That's a real shame, I love Polvo but especially the earlier stuff. RIP.
― ultros ultros-ghali, Monday, 25 April 2016 20:35 (eight years ago) link
Blasting "Every Holy Shroud" right now.
― grandavis, Monday, 25 April 2016 20:36 (eight years ago) link
Crazy, he (and Ash I think?) was a chef at 411 West on Franklin Street wayyyyy back in the day when Chapel Hill was one of the coolest places on the planet.
His son said on FB that it was completely unexpected, passing in his sleep.
From what I know of him over the past 20 years, he was a hard working family man who loved his wife and children more than anything.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Monday, 25 April 2016 20:49 (eight years ago) link
Super shitty news indeed
― real orgone kid (NickB), Monday, 25 April 2016 20:50 (eight years ago) link
I mean, I listened to a lot of Bowie and Prince in my life, but I've probably listened to more of Polvo.
What a very nice, sweet gentleman... who also was a ferocious drummer for the first 6 years of that crazy band.
When he left, I felt Polvo was never quite the same.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Monday, 25 April 2016 20:53 (eight years ago) link
i wouldn't change a thing about those early polvo records. way too young of course. rip.
― call all destroyer, Monday, 25 April 2016 20:54 (eight years ago) link
i was feeling glum and then the purple bear popped up on my ipod <3
― real orgone kid (NickB), Tuesday, 26 April 2016 10:47 (eight years ago) link
i'm so excited i could just explodecross your fingers and it might get showni told my parents to stay up latebut it's half past twoand there's been a mistake
― real orgone kid (NickB), Tuesday, 26 April 2016 10:49 (eight years ago) link
so he was the drummer up to and including Exploded Drawing? such amazing records for many reasons, definitely including the drumming. sad I never saw the original lineup live
― a passing spacecadet, Tuesday, 26 April 2016 12:05 (eight years ago) link
Yeah, Brian Walsby replaced him before Shapes and after Exploded Drawing... sometime in 96/97.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 26 April 2016 15:12 (eight years ago) link
I've driven (literally) my wife crazy drumming along to his parts on the steering wheel many many times.
― Evan, Tuesday, 26 April 2016 15:25 (eight years ago) link
Cranking "Exploded Drawing" so loudly right now. Haven't listened to this for 10 years or so (cause I wore it out so heavily when it came out it is kind of internalized forever hah hah). So damn good.
― grandavis, Tuesday, 26 April 2016 17:26 (eight years ago) link
"Exploded Drawing" is so awesome - that was my go to on hearing the news - damn good drum record.
― BlackIronPrison, Tuesday, 26 April 2016 17:30 (eight years ago) link
I had the t-shirts on the left and the right:http://i.imgur.com/21nHrUD.jpg
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, 27 April 2016 02:53 (eight years ago) link
this video is amazing, and so is this song. DISCUSS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMa4-d3JW-8
― Poliopolice, Wednesday, 25 May 2016 21:56 (seven years ago) link
I love that song. Cool guitar solo and nice outro synth doodles too
― real orgone kid (NickB), Wednesday, 25 May 2016 22:11 (seven years ago) link
love that warbly guitar thing in the middle and the end. how fucking cool is that?
― Poliopolice, Wednesday, 25 May 2016 22:19 (seven years ago) link
They do a good job of writing classic rock-esque anthems without really sounding like anyone else at all
― real orgone kid (NickB), Wednesday, 25 May 2016 22:20 (seven years ago) link
Fantastic song. In Prism was my favorite album of 2009, but I couldn't get into Siberia for some reason. I guess I have to try again.
― ArchCarrier, Friday, 27 May 2016 08:30 (seven years ago) link
love the filigree, not so much the song. my favorite polvos tend to be fragmentary, abrasive, only secretly tuneful.
― like $500 billion in stuffed fart sales and I have an idea (contenderizer), Friday, 27 May 2016 13:06 (seven years ago) link
Emil from Holy Sons/Grails/Om covers them in the latest episode of his excellent podcast: https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=1633582233421734&id=1280469688732992
― jamiesummerz, Thursday, 15 March 2018 17:35 (six years ago) link
The closing credits of the above podcast contains an amazing lost/forgotten Polvo-related track from Dave Brylawski:
Idyll Swords - "Autumn In Empire"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PATFus6yUf8
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 20 March 2018 20:18 (six years ago) link
Totally missed that the Can I Ride ep got reissued as a mini album last year with the two songs off the Vibracobra single stuck on the end. Looks like it was some sort of record club edition? Gone now though - FUCK
Cor Crane Secret and Today's Active Lifestyles get a vinyl reissue this coming week - i kind of want them to replace my own long gone copies but it looks like they've uglified the covers for some reason
― ymo sumac (NickB), Saturday, 22 February 2020 18:50 (four years ago) link
New interview:
https://www.talkhouse.com/polvo-finally-appreciates-their-own-music-sort-of/
― ymo sumac (NickB), Friday, 28 February 2020 19:51 (four years ago) link
Avalon - Downhill Together
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQKhsJTrCmo
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Friday, 28 February 2020 20:10 (four years ago) link
Haha yes that is amazing
― ymo sumac (NickB), Friday, 28 February 2020 20:14 (four years ago) link
https://vimeo.com/4531300
~30min HD pro-shot interview/live footage (warts n all) from the 2009 reunion era:
Fast CanoeEnemy Insects (loose jam outro)Every Holy Shroud (new slower intro, spacey long middle section)
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 20 August 2020 06:09 (three years ago) link
Speed Stick - Knots
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnO0wp-YYKA
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 30 March 2022 22:12 (two years ago) link