Polvo - Tragic Carpet Ride

Official video for "Tragic Carpet Ride" by Polvo, taken from the album Celebrate the New Dark Age, out now on Merge Records.
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Stream: spoti.fi/1V7VhKj

[@enefiscrypt758]

North Carolina was the mecca for kickass indie bands from the 90's. Polvo, Superchunk, Archers of Loaf, The Raymond Brake...

[@chrishayes9453]

Ben Folds Five, Mathew Sweet, Small 23...as well.

[@timervin6889]

Ben Folds Five? Come on. I'll give you Small 23 though.

[@timervin6889]

I remember Raymond Brake playing in my small town of Chico, CA back in the day. I friggin' loved them. Piles of Dirty Winters is tops on my list of albums.

[@maryragghianti6675]

In cor crane liner notes they bought seams old bus u forgot them twats

[@calistnway]

Mary Ragghianti are you driving me crazy?

[@WolfScythe91]

Ash’s face as he’s talking to the bear is the best part of this video

[@bassgirl_denalia9087]

Yes! Ash Bowie and Keanu Reeves were my first two crushes growing up. 😍😍🤤🤤

[@jennyweston5586]

This CD was released during a golden age of Chapel Hill indie rock. Polvo mastered a certain "loose-tightness" while reinventing the guitar. Again. Steve was the most under-rated bass player but a cornerstone and foundation that allowed guitars to careen into the twilight zone. Got to hang with them briefly in the hill. They are gentlemen and mighty fine basketball players! On your next road trip, put on their first album corcrane secret and their latest album and see how they've evolved.

[@stopthephilosophicalzombie9017]

I was in my early 20's when this came out, and I can't think of a band that better captured the nervous, anxious and somewhat depressed energy of an outsider Gen Xer at that time.

[@a.m.8410]

nigga you gau

[@SYSD723]

Imagine how delighted us Iowans were to hear “Snowstorm in Iowa”

[@jacobg7136]

"Steve was the most under-rated bass player but a cornerstone and foundation that allowed guitars to careen into the twilight zone." I just learned about this band, loving them and that comment is very astute. Right away I can hear it now that you pointed it out =)

[@spacegrass6632]

How exactly did they reinvent the guitar? I fucking love the band but I don't know what you're talking about 😂

[@ibelieveicansoar]

I love how you can just barely hear a band member (Ash?) count off "1, 2, 3, 4" at the 2:37 mark right before the intense ending. Such a mind-shredding masterpiece of an EP... I bought it in 2001 and am still trying to wrap my head around it.

[@mrtones73]

ibelieveicansoar it’s the drummer I’d imagine

[@thomasgambroadamsson3650]

One of the very best unsung heroics from the 90s. The only reason I know Chapel Hill is a place.

[@gowiththeflow1476]

Polvo don’t give a f-k. You can’t make up a sound line theirs as to this day, no has even come close. Incredible genius from a bunch of NC tobacco farmers’ sons. Go speed Polvo, go!

[@stopthephilosophicalzombie9017]

Right on. They were the soundtrack to my early 20's. Amazing time.

[@gabxln]

Lol

[@Abegoldhatch]

Math Rock at its best. Simple and complicated. They are still so underrated.

[@kerstinover4536]

Polvo weren’t math rock. They pre-dated math rock, not to mention they didn’t use complicated time signatures. This song sounds like it could easily be a Sonic Youth song, would you call Sonic Youth math rock?? I’m struggling to think of a single Polvo song that could be considered math rock.

[@macchupicchuu]

​@@kerstinover4536completely agree. i'd like to think of them as just a noise rock, post hardcore band (well not *just* but you get what i mean). if there is a band thats a bit more on the noisier side that can be considered as somewhat mathrock, it's piglet or faraquet.

[@kdbrown777]

I was 9 years old when this album came out and only discovered Polvo a couple years ago, but this song/video gives me so much nostalgia.

[@chickpillow]

i just cant get enough of this song...and video keep listening over and over...

[@dickhucklebuck3]

great band, I used to skate/surf get prepumped before a session back around '93 to this band. I FINALLY got to see them play last year at a small venue...I was stoked.

[@jessejace]

0:45 Oh look, they just bought a sitar. So be prepared.

[@calistnway]

Chorus, Isolate, Confirm damn, beaten by a whole year

[@regretfully77]

Holy shit.... this is pure gold.

[@78deathface]

Coolest weirdest guitar sound ever.

[@matt-tp1ww]

78deathface it sounds like king crimson

[@stopthephilosophicalzombie9017]

@@matt-tp1ww I don't know how you get King Crimson out of it.

[@stephenroche5107]

Check out My Dad Is Dead.

[@micklee5152]

@@stephenroche5107 great band. Sound nothing like Polvo

[@elijahguest1885]

Reminds me more of king gizzard now adays not exactly microtones but polvos tunings are so fucked they come damn close. Similar bands from that era I’m reminded of are erected monotone and maybe even some slowcore like acetone

[@deathmetaldouglas69]

I had a taxi cab yellow 1975 Nova like this one. Total power with a straight 6 engine.

[@mylifesjuly]

that basketball into the trash can scene is too much to handle

[@arisromero7052]

Yes yes

[@jaymystery-i3k]

saw these guys live! Awesome dtune rockers! Madison WI

[@indybingyi]

the guitar tones of this album are so interesting

[@MsMiguel70]

Cool video for a great band. Fun to see the artists you like for their music also express themselves through pictures. And I agree, it does leave you feeling like you've had 3 cups of coffee.

[@christopherholly1392]

Polvo got me through college! ... They are the Best!

[@princealigorna7468]

Got sent here from a reply to a comment I left on a Hella video. I can kinda hear it. Not quite as mathy or metallic as Hella, but the guitar tone and the the attitude are definitely similar

[@keismanpedals2395]

RIP Eddie

[@rodrigoc8179]

Who's eddie?

[@matthiassilvestri5239]

@@rodrigoc8179 the drummer, died in 2016 at 53

[@yungpolvo]

Matthias silvestri no, he died at 47

[@OwenAllRound]

Last scene is the definition of “I’ve won but at what cost?”

[@silentqueue2344]

Dan Gurney would be so proud.

[@patricklucas5099]

I love polvo and other North carolina-chapel Hill sort of area bands from Australia we tour dwith Archers of loaf which was amazing our Styles definitely influenced by polvo

[@micklee5152]

The money shot

[@redactedc1928]

Heard this song when I was a child, I think it was on UNCG radio. Cool to finally hear the whole thing. triggered some memories.

[@AwesomeDudes]

Amazing song, love it. What a unique band.

[@RicardoOlmedo-jp2lp]

What a Band 🙌

[@jaymystery-i3k]

I have every polvo album they put out! saw them live in club in Madison WI! my mom stole my T- shirt I got. They rock!!!!

[@heitorcornelius]

this ending is awesome

[@Jason_wears_stuff]

Chapel Hill man , between these guys and Archer of Loaf Chapel hill was doing its thang !

[@heatherb1587]

Nothing hip cool or clever to post. I just stumbled upon Polvo tonight after perhaps 15+years!!. Kinda forgot about them, as w so many amazing math timed indie bands... Had maybe 4 Polvo albums @ one point .. They are a tremendously talented group.....

[@pedrolasorsa3947]

Long live to Polvo.

[@seekerofpowerfulideas2727]

Fuck yeah.

[@stefbren]

this song is amazing

[@ronaldharris6569]

the garage stink is still on this ...and thats a good thing

[@codiserville593]

Haha, yeah

[@SonikTar77]

This video really augments the music. Hilarious ending.

[@OwenAllRound]

My vision is augmented

[@midasiscariot]

I listened to this band in 2012. I listen to it now in 2021. All I can say is, I feel trapped between generations. I'm too late to get this band as it was at the time. I'm too late to get this band as understood back then. Too late to even understand as it was back when I listened to it back in 2012. I'm here in 2021 and I don't know what the future brings. When I think about it, I'm so out of time.

[@stopthephilosophicalzombie9017]

This is an outsider band. You never have to be early or on time to get it. In fact, late is perfect.

[@Skiptracer1981]

good to hear this again after all these years.

[@heatherrogers548]

Brings back good memories.

[@btthomas11]

Fun! Been there in my youth. We recorded a juiced-up cover of Dylan's "You're a Big Girl Now." Why? I have no idea.

[@stopthephilosophicalzombie9017]

Where were you then?

[@joshualee4621]

First time listening to this, gotta say im not to sure about it but im feeling dangerous. Might as well listen to a album or two

[@Darren-D.C-Cross]

god i love this song!!

[@TheBoomstickhero]

this song's on Celebrate the New Dark Age, which is pretty great. Today's Active Lifestyles is good too, so's their newest, In Prism.

[@LXNNNIE]

THAT'S THE BEST VIDEO I'VE EVER SEEN.

[@deloreanized]

Super Sebadoh! That can't be a bad thing. ;)

[@Tricklarock]

Best vid ever

[@codiserville593]

Thank you Spotify, for introducing us to each other

[@catface]

this track is fire!

[@riandownhill]

i love this song...

[@andymac1158]

I for real drooled listening to this. But I play drums, that should be expected.

[@NoBoundariesMusic03]

I am loving the intsrumentals in this song! This is definitely a underrated band. What a shame...

[@PowerFOOLThunderCLOWN]

Icky mettle, foolish and Corcrane was every summer for me in the 90's it seems. Throw in lemonheads, fugazi, and Juliana hatfeild

[@calistnway]

3:02 shades of the end of the Windowlicker video right here

[@syahaz7088]

Awesome math rock!

[@jaynice2106]

This is awesome

[@Augrills]

Love when they do the zz top moves

[@jditty4050]

This video is best

[@DeleriousOdyssey]

If you are here, you should listen to Drifters Sympathy Podcast from Emily Amos... He was raised in the center of this scene.

[@elnico135]

Can we go back to 1994?

[@Jeremanteca]

awesome song

[@BlackTeddies]

What album should I start with of theirs?

[@controloz3310]

That was fucking cool

[@matthew-thomasplant3542]

Forever

[@doctorquid]

Question, what is that beautiful sunburst hofner looking guitar?

[@herbbirdsfoot]

The last thing this band ever needed was an “official video” but at least they didn’t spend any money.

[@torcolts19]

love this band and tune

[@upstairs22]

Yay!

[@rub8215]

1:33 guitar brand? anyone?

[@teddonaldson9043]

Looks like it could be a 1960s EKO, or a Japanese bolt-neck import.

[@StereotypicBehaviour]

Kent 834

[@jasonispunk]

amazing

[@sarcasmo57]

They don't make em like that anymore.

[@sarcasmo57]

Oh nice. Did you make the wine?@@purplesage993

[@michel.lazzarin]

Tragic Carpet Ride Polvo Tell me about everywhere you've been So I can hold it over your head Tell me about everyone you've known Memories of passionate friends Who's in the back of your mind Come on, there must be something you'd like to share I won't say that nobody told me And you can never say that nobody cared I won't get out I'd rather burn I won't trust scarred survivors And I will never learn Looking for the story of another disbeliever Fascinated eyes open wide Every opportunity the eager receiver Tracing every step outside Don't back away from me now There's a strategy I'm willing to use Stand in my path and I will state Cause there's some shit that I'm willing to lose I won't get out I'd rather burn I won't trust scarred survivors And I will never learn Tell me that you understand Tell me why you look concerned Tell me that you know Or I will never learn

[@JeffjrNeiss]

These lyrics scream of an insanely insecure and jealous lover obsessed with his girlfriend's past sexual history and who is searching for current infidelity that most likely exists only in his mind ... Chilling.

[@WolfScythe91]

And I will state “There’s an assumption that I’m ready to lose”

[@kyle52905]

@@JeffjrNeiss Yeah I've realized in the few polvo songs I've seen the lyrics to they usually have some sort of fucked up narrator with very obvious issues. Weird how chilling the lyrics are to this song and others, but I think it kinda fits the atmosphere.

[@johnag7784]

i think i like this

[@mrovantes]

Awesome

[@spaceship-1969]

2:10

[@MrMookRecords]

1:40, John Peel used to say he would probably from crashing into the back of a truck while trying to read a band name on an old cassette. careful kids ;-)

[@matt-tp1ww]

The riff sounds like king crimson.

[@tarjetasim477]

dios

[@21stcenturygildedage]

What guitar is Ash playing next to Eddie?

[@StereotypicBehaviour]

Looks like a Kawai / Kingston s4t or some iteration or copy thereof

[@Norg1]

why is yt showing a bunch of mv from 12 to 15 years ago ???

[@joshualee4621]

Defiantly feeling a dinosuar jr vibe here

[@silentqueue2344]

Defiantly suggesting that Polvo was more interesting than Djr.

[@estebanadame9170]

And sonic youth too..

[@vance7659]

Silent Queue wait I don't understand your comment

[@lukess.s]

Definitely

[@apeaks3559]

@@silentqueue2344 Listen to the first three albums, you'll change your mind.

[@sizone]

that ash bowie? so young.

[@ScottyPod]

@No Lives Matter did you ever talk to him? seems like a shy but down to earth dude

[@ScottyPod]

@No Lives Matter aw thats wholesome as hell, thanks for sharing. polvo is one of my favorite bands and i always find anecdotes about them intriguing

[@Notecrusher]

I'd say this one - Celebrate the New Dark Age. Then get Exploded Drawing.

[@user-lb4ew7gr2j]

nice

[@Koettnylle]

[@beastbee0118]

Is that the actor from KIDS?

[@vodaploda]

COOL

[@Mikethh]

RIP :(

[@albertobenavidesespinoza6341]

polvo eres y polvo serás

[@robertwells151]

Damn, looks like he almost lost it in that first turn

[@BlackTeddies]

Tragic carpet ride, funny.

[@Requiredfields2]

Cross Dinosaur Junior with Dave Grohl and you get this. Not really but sorta. Throw in a dash of Sonic Youth. I like it, I'm not hatin'.

[@WolfScythe91]

POLVO is way more awesome than all of them

[@ChuckyBeaver]

Sounds like Jawbox.

[@GeriDoc8]

This beats jawbox in my opinion but I also like jawbox

[@suckLmydick]

Ash won!! :)

[@MysticalHydra]

Actually, they remind me of Seaweed.

[@TheIkaraCult]

Polvo had absolutely terrible lyrics and song titles, but absolutely incredible tunes. I love them to death for this.

[@hiburandunia1501]

Butterfingers from Malayzia..

[@jaymystery-i3k]

My mom stole my Polvo T- shirt!!?

[@Wilppu.]

You have to get that back and then give to me

[@gomertube]

Thought I had clicked on a Sebadoh vid by mistake.

[@curtturdle5661]

ohyou.gif

[@darling_danke_schoen]

gomertube ironically sent here from a Lou Barlow Facebook post

[@docrodgers147]

I see where FF got there sound now

[@chrisknight3734]

foos were inspired by stuff like pixies and husker du. polvo were more inspired by sonic youth and mission of burma I think

[@jonathanalpart7812]

+Chris Knight captain beefheart

[@stopthephilosophicalzombie9017]

Captain had a huge influence on real psychedelically inclined musicians.

[@ofs82]

early Foos I swear there's a clear link from the fact Nate Mendel came from Sunny Day Real Estate, too

[@nooneknows854]

​@@chrisknight3734agree

[@elsewherehouse]

tell me why you look concerned

[@seekerofpowerfulideas2727]

inverted halo tell me that you know

[@BlakeBlackstone]

The guitars for the verses make me feel really uncomfortable.

[@AwesomeDudes]

Yes supposed to a bit I think. All good music from this era has an edge you just don't find these days.

[@stopthephilosophicalzombie9017]

Beautifully put. I was watching the bands at Coachella today, and they are all squeaky clean and earnest. Polvo had the perfect amount of mystery, angularity and inscrutability. Music today has no mystery or danger.

[@seekerofpowerfulideas2727]

that’s the best part!

[@BlakeBlackstone]

4 years later and I'm still jamming!

[@mohdbashirah3249]

Butter was here

[@MofionlineTv]

Ni ke yang MonoloQue cakap

[@reag-alan]

Drop B to hipshot