Like Hearts Swelling, by Polmo Polpo

Like Hearts Swelling

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1.	Romeo Heart 07:55	buy track
2.	Requiem For A Fox 11:04	buy track
3.	Farewell 05:04	buy track
4.	Sky Histoire 13:10	buy track
5.	Like Hearts Swelling 09:40	buy track

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“One of the most singular producers in contemporary music.” – Boomkat

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Built on foundations of multi-layered full-spectrum drones and loops, the music of Polmo Polpo is distinguished by slide guitar motifs that are more naive pop pastoral than spaghetti western. Opening track “Romeo Heart” builds inexorably from silence to jet-engine pink noise squall, coaxed along by descending bass and guitar lines — an excellent introduction to a record that gains emotional resonance and structural complexity with every song. “Requiem For A Fox” introduces the techno-inflected, underwater heartbeat pulse that marks much of Sandro’s earlier work, with whirring ring tones, detuned filters and a sardonic melody gradually giving way to the jauntier acoustic guitar groove and exuberant slide solo at song’s end. “Farewell” is a darker interlude rounding out side one, worked up on bowed bass, cello and timpani-sized drum samples. “Sky Histoire” has the most overt rhythmic foundation of any Polmo Polpo track to date, anchored by brilliant interweaving bass and string lines while leaving plenty of room for guitars and keyboards to soar. The juxtaposition of melodic figures as the song hits maximum density is glorious, fittingly giving way to a reprise complete with celebratory bells and chimes. The title track (and album finale) features Genevieve Heistek (Hangedup) looping and weaving her viola into a verdant organic landscape of squeaks, skronks and moans while accordion sways over top: a gorgeous display of sonic fauvism to end the record. Polmo Polpo crafted a subtle, enveloping, kaleidoscopic instrumental pop record, brimming and bursting like hearts swelling.

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released September 22, 2003

Sandro Perri: various instruments

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Brodie West: alto saxophone singing on TRACK 4
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Genevieve Heistek: viola on TRACK 5
Walter Kofman: accordion on TRACK 5

Recorded and mixed at home in Toronto by Sandro Perri between the springs of 2000-2003. Shortwave radio on TRACK 1 recorded by Lewis Melville with browsing by Walter Kofman and Barzin H. Mastered by Harris Newman.

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