Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 6-10 of 11
 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.
 This album rocks October 21, 1998
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I read the second review and had to comment. The first time I heard this album, I must admit I was not impressed. But now I listen to it almost every day. This album is simply incredible. Polvo works together in a way that I never imagined possible. These guys are one of the freshest, most original, most satisfying bands with which I am familiar.
 Mood is key April 10, 1999
3681eastinj@marquette.edu (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
A good album. Still, not quite as good as "Today's Active Lifestyles" or "Cor-crane Secret." Mindy is very much correct in declaring the superb sound of "fast canoe," an excellent track. This album is appropriate only when one is in the proper mood. What that mood is depends on the individual.
Off tune, just the way I like it. March 10, 2004
RyanK (Houghton, MI USA)
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
This cd never gets old to me. It took me many listens to appreciate this cd but once I understood it, I loved it. I have all of Polvos cds and this is my favorite.
if there can be a quintessential Polvo album, this just might be it. July 28, 2007
Stargrazer (deep in the heart of Michigan)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
"Exploded Drawing" manages to feel like a double album while clocking in just under an hour. All the sculpted dissonance, eastern-tinged wierdness, lulling vocals and sharp left turns that both define Polvo and make them difficult to categorize -- other than as "vaguely Sonic Youth-ish" or "math rock" (a very misleading tag, as it alludes much more to their method than their results) -- are present here, along with an added dose of cathartic maelstrom and... pop structures!? Bluesy workouts?
Usually terms like "poppy" and "bluesy" are red flags that cause me to run screaming, but "Exploded Drawing" stays true to the image its title conjures: conventional structures blown wide open and recombined into intriguing new forms. A great, unforgotten band from the 90s with a bunch of superb EPs and full-lengths, this is a good place to start. The band even frustrates its own "conventions" with off-kilter clockwork rockers like "Snowstorm In Iowa."
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