Polvo - Today's Active Lifestyles
I have returned. I hope everyone had a nice holiday. I finally got with the times and got an iPod after a couple years of pretty much putting it off. It’s pretty cool thus far, although it was a gigantic pain in the ass to try and do anything with it on Christmas Day that involved logging onto the iTunes store (registering, album artwork, etc.). I am guessing I wasn’t the only one to receive an iPod for Christmas judging by how often their server was down and whatnot.
Anyway, I’ve found myself listening to Today’s Active Lifestyles by the amazing Polvo a lot lately. It had been awhile since I had really listened to anything by Polvo. I think I remember busting out Exploded Drawing awhile back, but nothing real recent. I basically rediscovered just how great Today’s Active Lifestyles is and even though I hadn’t listened to it in awhile up until this past week or so, it does contain one of my favorite songs of all time. I imagine if I had some sort of comprehensive list of all my favorite songs that “Stinger (Five Wigs)” would easily be near the top of that list. It’s an amazing song clocking in at around seven and a half minutes; it just seemingly covers so much ground and is one of those songs that have such a captivating sound to it that I wish it would just continue on forever. You might say that this whole post is just an excuse to talk about that song, and that’s partly true. However, they had plenty of other great songs as well…so that isn’t entirely the case, haha.
I imagine most are quite aware at just how great they were, so there is no real reason to blab on about them. I consider them to be one of the best bands that could be thrown into the whole math rock circle. They were considerably different though, way more off in their own world with a sound that was practically all over the place and full of oddball rhythms.
Polvo – Stinger (Five Wigs) [MP3]
Polvo – Action vs. Vibe [MP3]
You can by Polvo music over at Insound. I am pretty sure most, if not all, of their material is still in print.
I’ll be back tomorrow with a bit lengthier update. I got to get myself back into the swing of things again.
Anyway, I’ve found myself listening to Today’s Active Lifestyles by the amazing Polvo a lot lately. It had been awhile since I had really listened to anything by Polvo. I think I remember busting out Exploded Drawing awhile back, but nothing real recent. I basically rediscovered just how great Today’s Active Lifestyles is and even though I hadn’t listened to it in awhile up until this past week or so, it does contain one of my favorite songs of all time. I imagine if I had some sort of comprehensive list of all my favorite songs that “Stinger (Five Wigs)” would easily be near the top of that list. It’s an amazing song clocking in at around seven and a half minutes; it just seemingly covers so much ground and is one of those songs that have such a captivating sound to it that I wish it would just continue on forever. You might say that this whole post is just an excuse to talk about that song, and that’s partly true. However, they had plenty of other great songs as well…so that isn’t entirely the case, haha.I imagine most are quite aware at just how great they were, so there is no real reason to blab on about them. I consider them to be one of the best bands that could be thrown into the whole math rock circle. They were considerably different though, way more off in their own world with a sound that was practically all over the place and full of oddball rhythms.
Polvo – Stinger (Five Wigs) [MP3]
Polvo – Action vs. Vibe [MP3]
You can by Polvo music over at Insound. I am pretty sure most, if not all, of their material is still in print.
I’ll be back tomorrow with a bit lengthier update. I got to get myself back into the swing of things again.
Labels: math-rock
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