Skip to content

Light, Raking

Robert Rackley
Robert Rackley
— 1 min read
Light, Raking

This week’s Saturday Night Video comes to you from Chapel Hill rockers Polvo’s last album, Siberia, released in 2013. I was reminded of the brilliance of Polvo by this gushing review of their Celebrate The New Dark Age ep that was just posted in Bandcamp’s irregular I Love This Record feature.

By the time Siberia was released, Polvo had matured as a band, crafting well-constructed and, as the case of “Light, Raking,” catchy  songs, while still keeping things loose in the studio. Their signature Eastern sound is still there to provide the unexpected twists in the song structure, with a gnarly and inventive guitar solo showing off the band’s angular sensibilities.

Polvo poked fun at ludicrous music videos on the 1996 song “The Purple Bear” but here presents a fun and creative entry in the format with some artful stop motion.

Polvo - Light, Raking (YouTube)

NoiseSaturday Night Video
Robert Rackley

Robert Rackley

Mere Christian, aspiring minimalist, inveterate notetaker, budget audiophile and paper airplane mechanic. Self-publishing since 1994. Fan of the open web.

Related Posts

Members Public

The Wagon

A Saturday Night Video from the beginning of the alternative music surge.

Members Public

Dream Shake

An under-the-radar band that nevertheless turned in a lovely dreampop performance for tonight's Saturday Night Video.

Members Public

R.I.P Dave Kendall

Dave Kendall, creator and host of MTV’s 120 Minutes, has passed away. The British-born Kendall conceived 120 Minutes after joining MTV as a producer, pitching the network a dedicated program for the punk, post-punk, goth, synth-pop, ska, and other underground sounds largely ignored by corporate rock