Merge Records
Polvo - Today's Active Lifestyles (Reissue, Red & Yellow Vinyl)
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Today's
Active
Lifestyles,
the
second
full-length
by
North
Carolina
rockers
Polvo,
did
exactly
what
a
sophomore
LP
is
supposed
to
do:
It
expanded
the
ideas
put
forth
in
the
first
album,
gave
them
a
new
spin
and
shine,
and
presented
the
"where
we
are
now"
to
the
world.
Produced
and
recorded
over
four
heady
days
in
December
1992
by
former
Bostonian
and
ex-Volcano
Suns
bassist
Bob
Weston
(around
the
time
he
started
in
Shellac),
Today's
Active
Lifestyles
hit
record
store
shelves
in
April
1993.
From
the
whizzing
crunch
of
"Thermal
Treasure"
to
the
loping,
connective
"My
Kimono"
to
the
7-minute-plus
blowouts
"Stinger
(Five
Wigs)"
and
album
closer
"Gemini
Cusp,"
the
album
asserted
its
place
as
a
most
worthy
successor
to
Cor-Crane
Secret.
The
foreboding
title
of
a
particularly
screechy,
fuzzy
jam,
"Time
Isn't
on
My
Side,"
proved
to
be
nonsense;
Today's
Active
Lifestyles
has
aged
beautifully.
“The
band
experiments
with
several
ideas
throughout
the
album,
and
each
concept
is
successful.
The
album
ranges
from
cascading
guitar
solos
in
“Stinger
(Five
Wigs)”
to
the
straightforward
“Tilebreaker”
to
the
catchy,
rolling,
keyboard-punctuated
“Time
Isn’t
On
My
Side.”
Overall
an
excellent
album
with
many
layers.”
ALL
MUSIC
GUIDE.
Track
Listing:
SIDE
A
1
Thermal
Treasure
2
Lazy
Comet
3
My
Kimono
4
Sure
Shot
5
Stinger
(Five
Wigs).
SIDE
B
6
Tilebreaker
7
Shiska
8
Time
Isn’t
On
My
Side
9
Action
vs.
Vibe
10
Gemini
Cusp
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