Title: Disappointed with its factional tendencies-boogie or exotica
Product review: While Cor-Crane Secret is considered to be this band's "prettiest" "pop" album, it is also Polvo's most exquisitely layered, conceptually complete and satisfyingly complex album. Luckily, it was the first one I picked up as Shapes was the second. Shapes was a disappointment because of its disparate, splintered feel that seemed to foretell the band's impending breakup. The beautifully structured songs of the past seemed to disappear with the band's chemistry. I went to see Polvo on their Shapes tour and was surprised at how bad the show was. It was a sad and embarassing thing to see Ashe Bowie reluctantly partake of the other band members' plain awful boogie-woogie prog-rock tendencies partially showcased on Shapes. No wonder he opted for what I am guessing were his otherworldly introspective pieces of ephemera. Who would want to be there while the other dudes are kicking out the tired retro jams?
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