Album Title
Polvo
Today's Active Lifestyles (1993)
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Track List
01) Thermal Treasure
02) Lazy Comet
03) My Kimono
04) Sure Shot
05) Stinger (Five Wigs)
06) Tilebreaker
07) Shiska
08) Time Isn't on My Side
09) Action vs. Vibe
10) Gemini Cusp

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1993

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Indie

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Humorous

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Today's Active Lifestyles is Polvo's second studio album. It was produced by Bob Weston and released on Merge Records in 1993.

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Early versions of the cover art featured red tigers in the yellow color field, but these were soon removed due to a lawsuit from its painter Andy Freeburn.

Release
The album was released on Merge Records. "Tilebreaker" was released as a 7" single with the song "Chameleon" and the instrumental "Tiara Fetish" on the B-side ("Tiara Fetish" would later appear, with lyrics, as the song "Watch the Nail" on the Merge compilation 5 Rows of Teeth).

Reception
The album went on to receive mostly positive reviews upon release. Tracy Fey of Allmusic called it "an excellent album with many layers." "Never a band to follow formulaic musical styles," she writes, "Polvo once again shakes things up with its twisted song structures of multiple tempos and intricate, distorted guitars."Gerry McGovern of Hot Press gave the album a very positive review, calling it "a massive album. In the sense that it is sprawling, falling, tipping all over the place". He writes that the album sounds the way "Sonic Youth might if Sonic Youth untuned their untuned guitars".

Legacy
Under the Radar called the album a "gift" that "explode your mind with inventive guitar work." Dusted Magazine called it "fresh and off-the-cuff". The album is now described by many as being a "landmark" and a "classic". According to Popmatters, the album along with its follow up "found the best balance between assaulting you with bending notes one moment, and soaring over you with crunching anthems the next". Treble included the album on their list, "Merge Records: 20 Essential Albums". Similarly, Popmatters included it on "Merge's Silver Age: 25 Essential Albums Over 25 Years".



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