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Either-Or: Polvo vs. Archers of Loaf

Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2008 5:06 am
by HOUSTON_M_Archive
Both bands are mediocre indie rock.

Archers of Loaf had something to say but not the means to say it.

Polvo had the means but had nothing to say.

I find it difficult to listen to a whole album from either of these bands.

The album Vee Vee is a joke; songs meander along without the focused indignation of good hardcore punk or the resolute imagination of good post-rock. Tell me is "Fabricoh" meant to be the same song as "Web In Front"? Did they make "Death In The Park" up as they went along; was it done extempore in the studio? "The Worst Has Yet To Come" can only refer to "Underachiever's March And Fight Song".

Polvo at least kept things tight and tedious; their phenomenology of indie is "ingenious" and "clever" in the manner of Frank Black's solo work.

Either-Or: Polvo vs. Archers of Loaf

Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2008 10:25 am
by ironyengine_Archive
Have any of you guys actually listened to "vs. The Greatest of All Time?" I am really curious.

Either-Or: Polvo vs. Archers of Loaf

Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2008 10:35 am
by tommydski_Archive
HOUSTON_M wrote:The album Vee Vee is a joke;

I hated this album for years. It clicked after a few more listens. Now it's one of my favourites. Bob Weston did a great job on this record. Also on the Polvo records now I think about it.

Salut, the Bob!

Either-Or: Polvo vs. Archers of Loaf

Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2008 11:19 am
by coach_Archive
ironyengine wrote:Have any of you guys actually listened to "vs. The Greatest of All Time?" I am really curious.


Spun it a few days ago. What's the curiosity about?

Either-Or: Polvo vs. Archers of Loaf

Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2008 2:02 pm
by HOUSTON_M_Archive
I've listened to all the albums and EPs that Archers of Loaf and Polvo released, but I haven't listened to each of them many times.

Vee Vee and White Trash Heroes are the only albums by AOL which I strongly dislike; the others are decent enough.

I don't like the music I've heard that has come out of Chapel Hill - either accomplished but annoying (Squirrel Nut Zippers, Ben Folds) or self-consciously "indie" (Superchunk, Polvo, AOL).

It all has half-assed "I'm clever and cool" wounded self-consciousness written all over it.

Either-Or: Polvo vs. Archers of Loaf

Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2008 10:35 pm
by Sebastian J_Archive
Adam I wrote:Treepeople.

Either-Or: Polvo vs. Archers of Loaf

Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2008 11:46 pm
by DrAwkward_Archive
HOUSTON_M wrote:self-consciously "indie" (Superchunk, Polvo, AOL).


Wtf.

...i've typed and deleted several things after "wtf," but nothing i can think of is quite properly illustrating the "wtf" this statement produced in me. Did the concept of "indie rock" as a fricking sound even exist when these bands started? Seriously, what am i missing here?

Either-Or: Polvo vs. Archers of Loaf

Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 2:23 pm
by alex maiolo_Archive
HOUSTON_M wrote:I don't like the music I've heard that has come out of Chapel Hill - either accomplished but annoying (Squirrel Nut Zippers, Ben Folds) or self-consciously "indie" (Superchunk, Polvo, AOL).

It all has half-assed "I'm clever and cool" wounded self-consciousness written all over it.


We don't care for you eithuh, suh.
Now, good DAY, suh.*

-A

Modern, non-Antebellum translation: "if you pass through town, make sure the door doesn't hit you in the ass when you leave."

Either-Or: Polvo vs. Archers of Loaf

Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 5:44 pm
by dunbar_Archive
That last track on 'Exploded Drawing' keeps me playing that album, the rest is hit and miss. I couldn't get in to Shapes either.
I don't know anything about Archers of Loaf, should I?

Either-Or: Polvo vs. Archers of Loaf

Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 9:34 pm
by ironyengine_Archive
dunbar wrote:I don't know anything about Archers of Loaf, should I?


I dunno, do you like indie rock?