they should have been more popular than gay ass sonic youth

everything is exactly as popular as it deserves to be
why should anyone but a scholar like math rock
you can't enforce esoteric dalliances on the working class
nor should you for it would be presumptive class intrusion

>>74670434
not really math rock though

I hate that My Kimono is the most scrobbled track.

Polvo were too rough and abrasive to ever catch on with the average Nirvana fan. There was no way they were ever gonna be anything but a critically acclaimed but commercially limited indie band.
That said, SY loved Polvo and had them on tour as openers back in the mid-90s.

My favorite Polvo record was always the first one. Exceptional melodies.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBtxHl0qhkY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocX22cFXn_Q

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>>74670352
>not posting the cat version

math rock is inherently gay and the only reason SY got popular was because they sold out and made bland college rock. anything pre goo is miles above polvo

>>74670479
This. This album is enjoyable by people who don't play an instrument.

>>74670501
Even Daydream Nation sounds pretty generic to me.

Huh, so I didn't delete my Polvo folder after all. What a pleasant surprise. Thanks for making me look, OP

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>>74670434
>esoteric dalliances
>for it would be presumptive class intrusion

>yfw typing this shit

>>74670720
daydream nation had a couple filler tracks but at least it had some tracks with genuine intensity created with simple but effective guitar playing styles best shown in confusion is sex and EVOL

>>74670742
love you man

Who designed this album cover? A retarded old man?

>>74670799
what's wrong with it
plainness is cooler than overblown extravagant shit

>>74670830
not that anon but it's a good example of minimalism done wrong. two different fonts in two different sized on the same height with decent enough colors but no contrasting ones. you're right though, i'd take this cover over some shitty looking hyper detailed metal album cover

>>74670927
hm interesting

pretty sure they were trying to imitate those foreign off brand product packaging

>>74670799
>>74670830
>>74670927
>>74671327
I don't know about you guys but I love album covers that are just so inherently 90s.

>>74670501
they got popular with daydream nation moron
and washing machine/a thousand leaves are both fantastic

>>74670720
That's because you're underage and a plebeian

>>74672198
There are way better bands that do Sonic Youth's shtick. The Ex for one...

>>74672225
>The Ex
You must be fucking joking
Not sure what you think Sonic Youth's "schtick" is exactly but The Ex are absolutely not comparable, let alone better. From what I've heard they're more like a budget version of Swell Maps

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>>74672400
This era of The Ex is really something else.