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Exploded Drawing
Studio album by
Polvo
ReleasedApril 30, 1996
RecordedOctober 1995
Genre
Length58:48
LabelTouch and Go Records
Polvo chronology
This Eclipse
(1995) 		Exploded Drawing
(1996) 		Shapes
(1997)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
NME
6/10[5]
Sputnikmusic4.1/5[6]

Exploded Drawing is the third

LP on Touch and Go Records. The album was engineered by Bob Weston
.

Reception

Heather Phares of

Eastern music, folk, country, and ambient music" into the album's sound "giving each song a twisting, unpredictable quality", despite criticizing its length.[1] According to Entertainment Weekly's Ethan Smith, "despite Polvo’s ongoing virtuosic use of alternative tunings and time signatures, Exploded Drawing disappoints in one major way: The lyrics — now more audible than on previous releases — are not nearly as interesting as the music deserves."[3] Peter Margasak of Chicago Reader writes that the "foursome has discovered a glimmering netherworld at the intersection of alternate tuning, pop hooks, and off-kilter rhythms" on this album. He continued that despite "still [operating] around the noise/melody axis much like Sonic Youth, the stylistic shadows of that influence seem to be receding."[7] In the 23rd issue of Ox-Fanzine published in 1996, Thomas Kerpen wrote that the album "is damn close" to being a "masterpiece" and that it "should have catapulted indie rock into the next decade."[8]

James Oldham of

NME gave the album a mixed review, with most of the review itself focusing negatively on the American alternative rock scene of the 90s from which this album emerged, particularly lo-fi music and slacker culture. He criticized its "fiendish pointlessness" and "utterly indulgent riffery [sic]", despite comparing "the delightfully meandering 'High-Wire Moves'" positively to Pavement.[5]

Legacy

In 1999,

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In the years following the band's reunion, the album has been viewed in a much more positive light, and has often been called their best.

Louder Than War hailed the album as Polvo's best & a "masterpiece" which "represents its namesake in every single way."[13] Sputnikmusic staff member Hugh Puddle similarly described the album as "definitive", praising the tight performances, "banger" songwriting, "innovative" guitar-work & lyricism.[6] In his book Gimme Indie Rock, Andrew Earles opined that Exploded Drawing "should be put in a rocket or a time capsule as the ultimate proof that indie rock could reach perfection, years into the game, while being so ahead of its time that future generations are still trying to catch up."[14]

Track listing

  1. "Fast Canoe" – 6:41
  2. "Bridesmaid Blues" – 3:30
  3. "Feather of Forgiveness" – 3:45
  4. "Passive Attack" – 1:12
  5. "Light of the Moon" – 2:12
  6. "Crumbling Down" – 3:06
  7. "Street Knowledge" – 1:51
  8. "High-Wire Moves" – 4:21
  9. "Monoloth" – 2:52
  10. "In This Life" – 4:05
  11. "The Secret's Secret" – 2:03
  12. "Snowstorm in Iowa" – 2:23
  13. "The Purple Bear" – 3:27
  14. "Taste of Your Mind" – 3:50
  15. "Missing Receipts" – 1:47
  16. "When Will You Die for the Last Time in My Dreams" – 11:43

Personnel

References

  1. ^
    AllMusic
  2. ^ Matt Ashare (12 July 1996). "The Boston Phoenix July 12-18, 1996: Vol 25 Iss 28". Boston Phoenix.
  3. ^ a b "Exploded Drawing". EW.com.
  4. ISBN 9780862419134
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  5. ^ a b "NME.COM - POLVO - Exploding Drawing - 11/5/1996". NME. October 9, 2000. Archived from the original on 2000-10-09.
  6. ^ a b "Review: Polvo - Exploded Drawing | Sputnikmusic". www.sputnikmusic.com.
  7. ^ Margasak, Peter (18 July 1996). "Polvo". Chicago Reader.
  8. ^ Deutschland, Ox Fanzine, Solingen. "Review". www.ox-fanzine.de (in German). Retrieved 2021-02-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  9. ^ Heard, Jaron (2018-11-06). "Pitchfork's Best Albums of the 1990s: changes from 1999 to 2003". Medium. Retrieved 2021-02-15.
  10. ^ "Polvo – Siberia". The Line of Best Fit.
  11. ^ Morgan, Chris (September 14, 2009). "Polvo : In Prism".
  12. ^ "Polvo: In Prism". Pitchfork.
  13. ^ Banjo (2020-07-11). "A Buyer's Guide to Polvo: "Nothing less than kings of the underground"". Louder Than War. Retrieved 2020-12-14.
  14. ISBN 978-0-7603-4648-8
    .
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