Polvo – Celebrate The New Dark Age
| Label: | Merge Records – MRG 056, Merge Records – Merge 056 |
|---|---|
| Format: | 3 x Vinyl, 7", 33 ⅓ RPM, EP, Limited Edition, Numbered |
| Country: | US |
| Released: | |
| Genre: | Rock |
| Style: | Math Rock, Post Rock |
Tracklist
| A | Fractured (Like Chandeliers) | |
| B | City Spirit | |
| C1 | Tragic Carpet Ride | |
| C2 | Solitary Set | |
| D | Every Holy Shroud | |
| E | Old Lystra | |
| F | Virtual Cold |
Companies, etc.
- Printed By – Independent Project Press
- Recorded At – Duck-Kee Studios
- Mastered At – K Disc Mastering
Credits
- Design [Intermission Pack Designed By] – Brock Wirtz
- Graphics – Bruce Licher
- Recorded By – Jerry Kee
Notes
Machine numbered edition in foldout cover.
Recorded at Duck Kee Studios
Packaged by Independent Project Press
Made in Raliegh, N.C. on tinsel weekends.
Copies may include a b&w label insert.
Recorded at Duck Kee Studios
Packaged by Independent Project Press
Made in Raliegh, N.C. on tinsel weekends.
Copies may include a b&w label insert.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side A): MRG 56 A kdisc
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side B): MRG 56 B kdisc
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side C): MRG 56 C kdisc
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side D): MRG 56 D kdisc
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side E): MRG 56 E kdisc
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side F): MRG 56 F kdisc
Other Versions (5 of 7)
View All| Title (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
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Recently Edited | Celebrate The New Dark Age (CD, EP) | Merge Records | MRG 056 CD | US | 1994 | ||
Recently Edited | Celebrate The New Dark Age (CD, EP) | Touch And Go | TG133CD | Europe | 1994 | ||
New Submission | Celebrate the New Dark Age (Cassette, EP) | Merge Records | MRG056 | US | 1994 | ||
New Submission | Celebrate The New Dark Age (CD, EP, with Obi strip) | 100 Guitar Mania Records, Merge Records | 100GM-003 | Japan | 1994 | ||
New Submission | Celebrate The New Dark Age (12", 45 RPM, EP, Limited Edition, Numbered, Reissue, Remastered) | Merge Records | MRG056 | US | 2008 |
Recommendations
Released1993 — USVinyl —7", 33 ⅓ RPM, 45 RPM, Single
Vinyl —7", 45 RPM, Single
Released1993 — USVinyl —7", 45 RPM, Single
Released1992 — USVinyl —7", 33 ⅓ RPM
Released1994 — USVinyl —7", 45 RPM, Single
Released1994 — UK, Europe & USVinyl —LP, Album
Released1995 — USVinyl —7", 33 ⅓ RPM
Vinyl —LP, Album
Released1993 — USVinyl —LP, Album
Vinyl —LP, Album
Reviews
Edited one year agoDiscovering this record was a huge deal for highschool-age me: it was the weird, and I liked it; thus I was weird, and that was fine. The all-guns-blazing psychedelic strangeness of “Fractured” and “Every Holy Shroud” were what did it for me then. I still love them, but the delicate, shimmering uncanniness of “City Spirit” and “Virtual Cold” are what have kept me coming back for the last thirty years. This remains a lost classic of 90s indie rock. Strange tunings, loud-quiet, a genuine no-comproise willingness to experiment… we’ve gotten used to all that in Sonic Youth or whoever over the years, but it still feels surprising here, like digging up a living corpse. Polvo were and are geniuses / Ash Bowie is a hero.
My “Amazing Records that Sound Incredible” methodology mandates I only pick records that fill both criteria, and this one is more “amazing” than “incredible,” but it does sound quite excellent… and surely the TRIPLE SEVEN-INCH format gets this one in purely as an example of over the top vinyl purism. I always did dream of doing a 3x7”…- Polvo's guitar-twisting seven-song EP is a Merge hallmark, complete with great sleeve design by Independent Project Press. Celebrate the New Dark Age considered their best output in some circles, and we appreciate those circles. Original release date May 2, 1994.... Merge Records
