In Prism
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| Released | September 8, 2009 | |||
| Genre | Indie rock, math rock, progressive rock | |||
| Length | 49:22 | |||
| Label | Merge | |||
| Producer | Brian Paulson, Polvo | |||
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In Prism is Polvo's fifth studio album, and their first since 1997's Shapes. It was recorded by Brian Paulson and was released on Merge Records on September 8, 2009.[1] The track "Beggar's Bowl" was streamed online.[2]
Reception
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In Prism received a Metacritic score of 79 based on 14 reviews, indicating a generally favorable critical reception. Jason Lymangrover of AllMusic writes: "Polvo's first studio album since 1997's Shapes, 2009's In Prism is a solid return to mathy form. Although 12 years is a long hiatus, it's hardly noticeable that time has passed, with the exception of a few machinery and personnel updates [...] Along with getting mathy and ultra-precise, the band takes the opposite approach and elongates passages, stretching songs into psychedelic space rock territory and surpassing the eight-minute mark on several occasions. As an album, In Prism may not quite live up to the explosiveness of Today's Active Lifestyles -- it's more like the calmer (and produced) Shapes. But even if it's not their best ever, it's a valid comeback that should appease longing fans." Despite a middling score, John Everheart of Under the Radar called it "a sprawling, psychedelic masterwork, rife with knotty tangles of discordance and serpentine riffs." Stuart Berman of Pitchfork wrote: "In Prism could be the first Polvo album where the melodies leave as lasting an impression as the noise around them, with Bowie tapping into a more guileless mode of expression that rarely revealed itself before."
Track listing
[edit | edit source]- "Right the Relation" - 5:36
- "D.C. Trails" - 6:57
- "Beggar's Bowl" - 5:01
- "City Birds" - 5:21
- "Lucia" - 8:15
- "Dream Residue/Work" - 5:48
- "The Pedlar" - 3:37
- "A Link in the Chain" - 8:47
Personnel
[edit | edit source]Polvo are credited as the primary artists & producers. The remaining credits are adapted from AllMusic:
- Chris Eubank - Cello
- River Guerguerian - Percussion
- Brian Paulson - Engineer, Mixing, Producer
- Alan Douches - Mastering
- Julian Dreyer - Assistant Engineer
- Michael Klayman - Photography
- Ashley Worley - Photography
- Gordon Zacharias - Photography
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