{"product_id":"polvo-polvo-reissue","title":"Polvo - Polvo (Reissue)","description":"\u003cp\u003eAll nine tracks from Polvo’s first two releases—\u003ci\u003eCan I Ride \u003c\/i\u003eEP (1990) and “Vibracobra” b\/w “The Drill” (1991)—compiled on one LP.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:transparent;color:#000000;\"\u003e+++\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:transparent;color:#000000;\"\u003eCheck out the first 18 or so seconds of “Can I Ride,” the title track on the first release by \u003cstrong\u003ePolvo\u003c\/strong\u003e, the two-guitar juggernaut that represented the other side of Chapel Hill indie rock. That two-note riff, and the guitar twang that follows, recalls the opening notes of “The Sprawl,” a key track on Sonic Youth’s epochal \u003ci\u003eDaydream Nation\u003c\/i\u003e, an album released in October 1988, less than two years before Polvo formed.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:transparent;color:#000000;\"\u003eThis self-titled compilation’s nine tunes are not quite the sound of a torch being passed, but they were a sign that Sonic Youth’s weird tunings, the hardcore punk and proto-indie rock on SST Records, and R.E.M.’s hazy rock (three big influences on this era of Polvo) were changing lives.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"merge records","offers":[{"title":"LP (Black)","offer_id":52739605561655,"sku":"MRG710LP","price":24.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Download","offer_id":52739605594423,"sku":"MRG710digital","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0966\/3935\/3143\/files\/39006f702d4e727f0aacdcce9e17c69111e3fbcd_eb680697c3cf3a34c52251f1c11845cb860a3dc0_medium_jpg.jpg?v=1785384063","url":"https:\/\/mergerecords.com\/products\/polvo-polvo-reissue","provider":"Merge Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}