I like basically everything Polvo did.

Today's Active Lifestyles is the most consistent though.

ATP stands for A Tree Party, right?

BadComrade wrote:I'm gonna have to listen to some Polvo stuff again, because every time I listened to them in the past, I didn't think anything of them. They just seemed like a bland run-of-the-mill "indie rock" band to me.

They are indie pop, but not boring. There's alot of sneaky shit going on under the hood. That's what endears me to them.

I will say I could probably fit their best songs on a double CD. The rest is , well, meh.

mackro wrote:Today's Active Lifestyles is the best album for individual songs.\

I second this. Overall, even though some lagging numbers are on the album, it's very good.

The first song with the "WHAwAwAwAwAwAwAwAwA" effect in the mathy breaks is really good. I can't remember the name.

I like the way Polvo composed songs- weird orchestrated patterns, deconstruction, starts and stops. Although different genres, I see similarities in early Melvins and maybe even Uzeda- although Polvo is certainly playing it safe(r).

Well, hopefully this means they'll reissue that self titled EP with all the early stuff. I'm glad I got that when it came out. Very nice, but like each Polvo release, different than anything else. Hell, why not add all the singles B-sides and rarities onto that as well?

And maybe they can make peace with J3h0v/-\h and re-release TAL with the original cover. (OK, wishful thinking)

mr.arrison wrote:

BadComrade wrote:I'm gonna have to listen to some Polvo stuff again, because every time I listened to them in the past, I didn't think anything of them. They just seemed like a bland run-of-the-mill "indie rock" band to me.

They are indie pop, but not boring. There's alot of sneaky shit going on under the hood. That's what endears me to them.

I really, but really can't see how they're Indie Pop.

ok, now we need Fugazi to re-unite and we're set!

MrFood wrote:Polvo are possibly the most inconsistant band I've ever heard. There is no other band who swings from 'unbelievably good' to 'shockingly bad' quite so violently as Polvo. And I mean, this happens over one record.

Amazing song.
Awful song.
Amazing.
Awful.

etc.. etc..

Besides their later stuff (Exploding Drawing and Shapes, although I was joking about Shapes before, I think most of the stuff on it is good), what material is so inconsistent? I like every song on "Celebrate the New Dark Age", "Todays Active Lifestyles", "This Eclipse", etc

Also, as a treat, before Oink went under, I grabbed a B-side collection on there someone had put up of all the Polvo B-sides. Would anyone be interested for this on sendspace?

I saw Polvo in the early 90s in Nottingham. They had matching green guitars and were very very good. They covered 'Cars' by Gary Numan as I remember. And they signed my copy of 'Today's Active Lifestyles'. I wouldn't mind seeing them again... but only if they play some other shows - I'm not going to ATP.

chet wrote:
Also, as a treat, before Oink went under, I grabbed a B-side collection on there someone had put up of all the Polvo B-sides. Would anyone be interested for this on sendspace?

me! please let me know what you put it there, if you put it there.

eliya wrote:ok, now we need Fugazi to re-unite and we're set!

Not really.

Why couldn't they have done this for T&G's 25th, where they had a built-in appreciative audience?