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Today's Active Lifestyles (CD)

By: Polvo (Artist)

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Polvo Artist Snapshot:

One of the most popular and accomplished bands in the arty, noisy 1990s indie rock offshoot dubbed math rock, Polvo touched on many of the genre's hallmarks: dissonant, intricately layered guitars that often employed alternate tunings; odd, off-kilter rhythms; an emphasis on dense sonic texture; and unorthodox song structures that, nonetheless, were often unconventionally melodic. Additionally, their music had a pronounced Eastern feel that came not only from the Indian and Middle Eastern-style drones in their compositions, but actual Asian instruments as well. The combination helped set them apart from other post-Sonic Youth guitar experimentalists.

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DISC 1 for Today's Active Lifestyles (CD) Album By Polvo (Artist)
1   Thermal Treasure
2   Lazy Comet
3   My Kimono
4   Sure Shot
5   Stinger (Five Wigs)
6   Tilebreaker
7   Shiska
8   Time Isn't On My Side
9   Action Vs. Vibe
10   Gemini Cusp
 

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Review

Spin (6/93, p.86) - Recommended - "...Polvo cuts its own niche on LIFESTYLES by taking the innovative guitar sound first heard on its debut, COR-CRANE SECRET, and twisting, stretching, and tuning it to even more unheard-of levels...its queasy, unstable feel is refreshingly potent..."
Magnet (p.114) - "This 1993 gem was recorded in a mere three days and took Sonic Youth's atonal, alternate tunings and Slint's disregard for meter or consistency and made them the blueprint for an entire branch of the rock family tree."
Melody Maker (5/1/93, p.32) - "...Polvo is Prog[ressive] Rock in the nicest way...it certainly manages to avoid the self-indulgence lumberings of the average Prog behemoth thanks to a snazzy line in razor-sharp guitar and a truly disturbed outlook..."
NME (Magazine) (5/15/93, p.35) - (7) - Very Good

Title Note

Polvo: Ash Bowie (vocals, guitar); Dave Brylawski (guitar); Steve Popson (bass); Eddie Watkins (drums).

While not an innovative leap forward from their debut a year before, TODAY'S ACTIVE LIFESTYLES merely cements the formula that confounded and enthralled so many in the first place. Much as the explosive dynamics of guitarists Dave Brylawski and Ash Bowie are front-and-center once again, their odd anti-compositions feels a bit less abstract this time, making way for an appreciation of how the rhythm section of Steve Popson and Eddie Watkins is keeping things together. It's this thoughtful balancing act that makes even a manic seven-minute track like "Stinger" feel somewhat stabilized. Overall, this sophomore effort takes something almost perfectly imperfect and points it in even more invigorating directions.

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