polvo...

after seeing the show and listening to the new songs, here's the "scoop": Polvo is going STONER!

Garrett (since you're in BOS too) or anyone who's seen them recently: is Ash singing different lyrics for the verses in "Feather of Forgiveness?" Obviously it was hard to hear but the syllables I could pick out sounded way different. Weird 'cause all the lyrics on that song are cool.

http://thephoenix.com/Boston/Music/63257-Polvo-give-it-another-go/

There were some parts I actually disliked, and virtually no original lyrics I cared to sing anymore. Making changes to old material was a challenge, but it turned out to be a lot of fun also, and suddenly I was happy to be playing the songs again.”

there were changes on the "thermal changes" too

btw,how are Black Taj?

Thanks Que! That helps. Yeah, "Thermal Treasure" was totally all over the place.

thermal treasure of course
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"Fractured Like Chandeliers" is pretty goddamn amazing, and that whole EP is pretty great. I don't really get any of the other ones, really. Even Today's Active Lifestyles I feel only has 2-3 good songs.

by the way, how do the play in concert with all the weird tunings? do they just have a hundred guitars?

I wish I saw their show when they rolled through Seattle last month.

they don't, they just play them more casually, maybe thats why their live show is not really a must imo
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you mean they play them with standard tunings? that's rather odd.

Anyone heard the new song? Album on the way shortishly ... I seem to be of a rare minority who thought Shapes was actually an amazing record, so, while keeping my expectations low, I am kinda hoping this new one kicks.

new song where how

Friend emailed me, said it's up on Pitchfork. I presume it's a track reviewed or in the news section. I can't listen at work, so I haven't checked it out.

what!!

oh, here: http://pitchfork.com/news/35665-premiere-polvo-beggars-bowl/

"signed with merge" RE-SIGNED

THIS SONG IS AWES

Different awesome, or just usual Polvo awesome. I am having trouble imagining what the new record is gonna sound like. Back to Polvo basics or more extensions of the sound, a la Shapes.

i mean it is unmistakably a polvo song but it is maybe less choppy and grooves harder than what you're used to. also seems to briefly give it up for some old school guitar heroics.

the end is kind of polvo by way of mogwai which means it totally kicks ass. fuck, this is still my favorite type of music.

Sounds like like parts of Shapes to me alright. A friend of mine was actually the Rock Director at a college radio station when Shapes came out and didn't add it, saying it was too "classic rock." Really, it was less choppy and grooved harder, to quote you. But yeah, can't wait to hear this (eventually). Thanks for the updates.

this is like shapes with a drummer who is about 100000X better

Yeah, I think it's one of the dudes for The Cherry Valence, who were a pretty great live band (though they had two drummers, so not sure which one it is ...)

That's "from the Cherry Valence"

that was a great band!

Yeah, they were.

Oh wow - excited to hear this!

so does this mean no more Black Taj? cuz that would be a bummer

holy shit this is awes

this album will be exciting

v. jazzed. this song is awesome.

excellent! when's the album come out??

*punches air*

Some blog says: "“Beggar’s Bowl” is the third track on the eight-stacked In Prism. The album is due in stores Sept. 8 through the Durham-based label."

Is 'In Prism' a horrible pun on 'in prison'?

great song! at first i was kind of thinking "is it really supposed to sound like this?", there's some heavy studio trickery going on here and i like it.

fuck yes, go polvo!

this new song is one of Polvo's best!
and it's kinda good surprise to me cause i thought math rock could never sound fresh and exciting again.

I was always a little underwhelmed by the polvo stuff I'd heard throughout the years. even had an album at some point. but this song RUUULES.

maybe it's the drummer?

i am a captain save-a-shapes...never knew why ppl didn't like that album as much as me.

huge polvo fan, saw them on the shapes tour--but never even heard the record

that's how bad the reception of it was, if i remember correctly

i liked shapes fine when i first heard it (and still think it has some good jams) but as i worked backwards through the catalog i realized i liked that stuff more.

it's kind of an odd beast, this song. It's unexpectedly heavy, and has a lot of nods to classic rock; it certainly doesn't sound like anything off my favorite Polvo album, Celebrate the New Dark Age. But it's pretty good nonetheless.

Love the serpentine guitar thing that fades in and out of the mix. Is that a sample or what? Echoplex?

Shapes had a lot of nods to classic rock, which in 1997 was not cool to most folks. So, bad reception. In my mind, though, it holds up extremely well and was a pinnacle of songwriting for the band. Less "cool changes" for the sake of throwing some cool changes in the songs, but still usual great Polvo shit going on. I don't know, I like all of their albums, so it was nice seeing them trot out some new shit. Then of course they were gone. Can't wait to here this new record, seems like it is just going to pick up where they left off. Side note: last show I saw of theirs was with Trans Am. Trans Am closed there set with an AMAZING Led Zeppeling medley (medleys, when done well, are so good live) and Polvo played a Hendrix song (Stoned Free, I think, not a great Hendrix jam but still). Pretty much bummed out all of the Philly dudes I was with who thought Polvo sucked after Cor-Crane Secret. Weird. I couldn't get enough.

"... closed there set with an AMAZING Led Zeppeling medley"

What idiot wrote that? "closed their set ... Zeppelin ..."

yeah, that was the same tour i saw them on last

It was a good show, but the crowd was weird. Dave made fun of Philly for getting rid of Jerry Stackhouse, and the room sat in silence. No one got into the show, it was the days of crossed arms and zero expressions of enthusiasm (for the most part). Then when the classic rock came out ........ Well, I was excited.