Funny how the moment you hear something new from a band that’s been out of commission for a while is the moment when you realized how much you missed them. Such is the case of Polvo, a band I religiously followed during their initial run during the 90’s. Along the way, there was a nicely documented dispute with those Chapel Hill guitar beaters, but there were a whole lot more close-to-idyllic records they released to wade through. It was guitar rock for people who believed there were no wrong notes on a fretboard, no such thing as a bad guitar tone, and nothing quite like creating aural chaos with stringed instruments plugged through an amplifier.There was a strong contingency of supporters during their career, but not enough to keep the members of Polvo together even when they physically began to move away from each other. After the band’s quiet disbanding their reputation began to slowly quiet like the final moments of a plucked chord.
But thanks to Austin’s Explosions In The Sky, the band reformed after getting a nod and a large gig from their younger brethren.
“You like me! You really like me!” exclaimed Ash Bowie.
And Pitchfork deemed it to be cool.
Actually, a reformation of Polvo is cool. But what’s even cooler is when said band goes beyond a one-off show and makes new music. Which is what they did. Which is what I’ve been spinning repeatedly.
The new song is called “Beggars Bowl” and it’s the first track from their upcoming album In Prism which is scheduled for a September release on the very same label that dished out earlier Polvo awesomeness.
The biggest difference between the new song and older material is the noticeable increase in fidelity and testicles. It’s meaty, and it sounds like the only thing that’s changed in the band’s approach is better recording technology and a penchant for louder volumes.
Fine by me.
Here’s hoping the full-length rocks similar balls.
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