Customer Reviews

Shapes [Vinyl]

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The last and most accessible of all the Polvo releases, it is also arguably their finest moment. This album sounds like a drugged out version of Led Zeppelin-meets Sonic Youth-meets some spaghetti western soundtrack. Completely bizarre and thoroughly mesmerizing. I know some Polvo die hards were disappointed, but it can only be because the band actually improved before breaking up. If you are a fan of the strange and hypnotic, by all means buy this now.

Hello 1990's this is the future. I miss you and all your jingle-jangly bands from Chapel Hill North Carolina, Gainsville Florida, and Athens Georgia. This is a must own for any Polvo or 90's indie rock music enthusiast. Plenty of mathy-rockin psychedelic guitar alternating with Middle Eastern-style influenced drone.

contrary to what everyone says, I do like this album. It's no exploded drawing, but its still worth owning. Many more instrumental songs (but then again Polvo usually prefered instrumental to heavy vocal laden songs). Maybe a little more psychadelic, but definetly good. 'El Rocio' is great. Even if you don't like this one that much, its still worth owning. Its bad polvo didn't last a little longer.

Probably my least favorite Polvo album but still well worth owning. Alot more rocky and psychedilic sounding than previous efforts.

I'm a huge Polvo fan, but this album is a disappointment. It's not surprising they broke up after its release, their hearts just don't seem in it anymore.

I've just recently found out about Polvo from my brother. This album is definitely great for a night of friends just chillin'. They are kind of acquired taste, but if you like the Chapel Hill music scene- you'll love Polvo. Merge rocks!

More proof that classic rock is where indie rock bands go when they die.

While Cor-Crane Secret is considered to be this band's "prettiest" "pop" album, it is also Polvo's most exquisitely layered, conceptually complete and satisfyingly complex album. Luckily, it was the first one I picked up as Shapes was the second. Shapes was a disappointment because of its disparate, splintered feel that seemed to foretell the band's impending breakup. The beautifully structured songs of the past seemed to disappear with the band's chemistry. I went to see Polvo on their Shapes tour and was surprised at how bad the show was. It was a sad and embarassing thing to see Ashe Bowie reluctantly partake of the other band members' plain awful boogie-woogie prog-rock tendencies partially showcased on Shapes. No wonder he opted for what I am guessing were his otherworldly introspective pieces of ephemera. Who would want to be there while the other dudes are kicking out the tired retro jams?