Polvo is an influential indie noise rock band of the 1990s from Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA. The band was fronted by guitarists/vocalists Ash Bowie and Dave Brylawski. Eddie Watkins played drums, and Steve Popson played bass guitar. Polvo are considered by some to be one of the key proponents of a genre which came to be known as math rock, although in interviews the band disavowed that categorization. Their sound was defined by complex and dissonant guitar harmonies and driving rhythm, complementing cryptic, often surrealist lyrics. Their sound was so unpredictable and angular that the band's guitarists were often accused of failing to play with correctly tuned guitars. Polvo's songs and artwork frequently featured Asian/"exotic" themes and references. The band's name means "dust" in Spanish.
1 | High-Wire Moves | Exploded Drawing |
2 | Tread On Me | Polvo |
3 | Kalgon | Cor-Crane Secret |
4 | Snowstorm In Iowa | Exploded Drawing |
5 | Bend Or Break | Cor-Crane Secret |
6 | Tilebreaker | Today's Active Lifestyles |
7 | Production Values | This Eclipse |
8 | Lazy Comet | Today's Active Lifestyles |
9 | Monoloth | Exploded Drawing |
10 | Vibracobra | Cor-Crane Secret |
11 | Bombs That Fall From Your Eyes | This Eclipse |
12 | In This Life | Exploded Drawing |
13 | Thermal Treasure | Today's Active Lifestyles |
14 | Fractured (Like Chandeliers) | Celebrate The New Dark Age |
15 | Sure Shot | Today's Active Lifestyles |
16 | Can I Ride | Polvo |
17 | My Kimono | Today's Active Lifestyles |
18 | Crumbling Down | Exploded Drawing |
19 | Old Lystra | Celebrate The New Dark Age |
20 | The Curtain Remembers | Cor-Crane Secret |