Exploded Drawing | 
| Artist: Polvo
Label: Touch & Go Records
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Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 267660
Media: LP Record
Discs: 2
UPC: 036172086214
EAN: 0036172086214
ASIN: B0000019LL
Release Date: May 6, 2008
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | Fast Canoe | | • | Bridesmaid Blues | | • | Feather of Forgiveness | | • | Passive Attack | | • | Light of the Moon | | • | Crumbling Down | | • | Street Knowledge | | • | High-Wire Moves | | • | Monoloth |
Disc 2
| • | In This Life | | • | The Secret's Secret | | • | Snowstorm in Iowa | | • | The Purple Bear | | • | Taste of Your Mind | | • | Missing Receipts | | • | When Will You Die For The Last Time In My Dreams |
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Product Description
Originally released in April 1996, this was generally received as Polvo's "White Album", the moment when the band finally kicked off its shoes, cracked the studio windows, and unleashed a long suite of songs showcasing their true range. This double LP gives it all up: paranoid blues rants, Delhi-via-the Ozarks hoedowns, spaghetti western lopers, carnivalesque boogie, a blazing, frustrated finale, and as always, that guitar sound.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 6 more reviews...
 totally sick and brutal \m/ \m/ December 12, 2005
Alberto Novales (PA/NJ/NY)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
i've got this album and two other polvo albums: shapes and today's active lifestyles. shapes is experimental and sounds kind of eastern/psychedelic, and today's active lifestyles is just really good. however, i'd have to say exploded drawing is the best album i've heard from polvo. it starts off with fast canoe, which has a really catchy riff and chord progression. bridesmaid's blues reminds me of the kids in the hall theme by shadowy men on a shadowy planet, but this song rocks in it's own way. feather of forgiveness is a favorite of mine, the lyrics sound very personal and bizarre, and he just gets really weird at the end when he starts singing "i wanna cover you with flowers of forgiveness, i want to TOUCH you with the feather of forgiveness, i wanna wash you in a river of forgiveness, i want to wrap you in the fabric of forgiveness, i wanna put you in a LIGHT that will hurt your eyes..."
exploded drawing is not lacking in the exotic riff department, there's plenty of noise and harmonics and wammy bar discord to go around for any indie kid that's into sonic youth, dinosaur jr, or pavement. there are lots of catchy hooks mixed with experimental indie-punk weirdness, which indeed posses a "math" quality in its delivery.
if you like these guys, be sure to check out shudder to think, shellac, helium, unwound, slint, archers of loaf, modest mouse, chavez, and the other bands i mentioned.
Polvo's best album December 31, 1998
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
Polvo's catalog is rich with challenging, tempting, engulfing melodies and rhythms. Exploded Drawing is their masterpiece, 18 songs that will transport you to another world. A true magnum opus from the most unique band of the 90's. This is a must-own.
Polvo are missed. November 16, 2000
gtigrl (New York)
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
Polvo: Lots of interesting guitar sounds, time changes, lyrics that make you think. I really enjoy this entire album, but it isn't an "easy" listen. If you do not like to be challenged by your music, do not listen to Polvo. If you're looking for a type of music you've never really heard before, music which will leave you feeling different than before you listened to it, than this is the album for you!
BEAUTIFUL WEIRDNESS August 7, 1998
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
if you want to know what someone means when they call a band experimental, throw this here CD into the player and hold on. the lead guitarists use of the slider and chords is so very interesting. it almost sounds as if he's polaying a rubber band the way the notes bend and sway. hypnotic and beautiful. the last song and the first song so beautifully start and end the album with the raw drums and down the hall vocals. i suggest you get it and expand your musical forte'. in the name of the one who made you tick. much peace...enjoy.
 well. June 24, 1998
mindy@geocities.com (illinois)
2 out of 8 found this review helpful
the only good song on this cd is the very first one, "fast canoe." I love that song. I bought that cd after hearing only that one song and decided that it was the only one worth hearing. Although, I've only listened to it once....maybe I was just too hasty. "fast canoe" rules though. It is so sincere and expresses what I feel. If you listen to it you'll like it.
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