Siberia (Polvo album)

Siberia is Polvo's sixth and final studio album. It was released on Merge Records on September 30, 2013.[12] Unlike its predecessor, 2009's In Prism, the album was not accompanied with a tour.

Siberia
Studio album by
Polvo
ReleasedSeptember 30, 2013
GenreIndie rock, progressive rock
Length45:05
LabelMerge Records
Polvo chronology
In Prism
(2009)		 Siberia
(2013)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic81/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Blurt[3]
Exclaim!6/10[4]
The Line of Best Fit7.5/10[5]
Mondo Sonoro8/10[6]
Ox-Fanzine[7]
Pitchfork Media8.3/10[8]
Popmatters[9]
Rolling Stone[10]
Under the Radar[11]

An official music video was created for the track "Light, Raking."[13]

Reception

Siberia, like its predecessor, received universal critical acclaim, with a Metacritic score of 81/100 based on 12 reviews. In a highly positive review, Stuart Berman of Pitchfork noted that the band's "subtle classic-rock quotes—like the “Tom Sawyer”-worthy arpeggio that underpins the tranquil “Changed”—serve to make Polvo’s complex guitarchitecture more inviting to the uninitiated" & praised "Ash Bowie and Dave Brylawski’s more emotionally revelatory approach to their vocals." Fred Thomas of AllMusic called the album "a step up from Polvo's original return to the scene. Though the songs here would have fit in with the best of their earlier phases, they manage to inject deeper subtleties and emotional crosscurrents than even their best work from the '90s without getting too soft in the process."

Track listing
  1. "Total Immersion" - 6:26
  2. "Blues is Loss" - 6:52
  3. "Light, Raking" - 4:31
  4. "Changed" - 3:24
  5. "The Water Wheel" - 7:57
  6. "Old Maps" - 4:11
  7. "Some Songs" - 5:32
  8. "Anchoress" - 6:12

Credits

Polvo are credited as the primary artist. The remainder of the credits have been adapted from AllMusic:

Personnel Credit
Mitch Easter Guitar, Mixing
Jeff Lipton Mastering
Brian Paulson Mixing
Maria Rice Mastering Assistant

References
  1. "Siberia by Polvo" – via www.metacritic.com.
  2. Allmusic review
  3. Mills, Fred. "POLVO - Siberia". Blurt Magazine.
  8. "Polvo: Siberia". Pitchfork.
  10. Dolan, Jon (October 7, 2013). "Siberia".
  11. Under the Radar September 2013 issue, page 93
  12. "Polvo - Siberia". www.mergerecords.com.
  13. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMa4-d3JW-8


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