Polvo
Heavy Detour 7''
Merge
2011
Rating: 7.5 iron cones out of 10
This 7” is a preview of the forthcoming Polvo album, which is awesome for two reasons – the songs on the slab are great, and more importantly a new record is coming out soon. Who would have thought even a few years ago that not only would Polvo get back together, but they would be putting out great new material. Not many bands have been able to pull this off – Dinosaur Jr, Mission of Burma, and these guys are the only bands that really come to mind over the last decade or so.
The two songs are clearly very Polvo...the second you hear those oddly tuned guitars it's a no-brainer. But there is a tinge of something else here - “Heavy Detour” is built on, dare I say it, something akin to a disco beat. The b-side “Anchoress” has a melodic, nearly pop feel to it, including breathy backing vocals. Not the sort of thing you would expect out of these guys, but it works. Granted, Polvo is one of my favorite bands of all time and it would be extremely hard for me not to get excited by anything they put out, but I really do think their new post-reunion material stands up well with anything they've put out.
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