8+

"El Rocio" by Polvo which clocks in at 12:41

In the past few entries for this 8+ feature I've gotten a bit wordy. For your sake, and mine, I'ma change that this week. A very brief story - in Feb 1998 I saw Polvo's final show at the Cat's Cradle. For the ride home, back to Raleigh, I put on Shapes and ended up listening to this song on repeat. In all, it was 3.5 or 4 times in a row that I heard "El Rocio" that night. A perfect cooldown from the live show I'd just seen. Ah the romance of it all...

I actually hadn't listened to this song even once since that night. Man, that's eight years. Well, last night I changed all that and checked out "El Rocio" again. If you know Polvo, rock on. If not, enjoy the song and this introduction to one of the 90's better bands.

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EAR FARM's 8+ is a weekly feature that showcases songs longer than 8 minutes. In the recent past these songs were featured on EF's 8+:
British Sea Power - "Lately"
Islands - "Swans"
Isolée - "Pillowtalk"
Animal Collective - "Banshee Beat"
Wilderness - "Post Plethoric Rhetoric"
The Wedding Present - "Interstate 5"
Sleater-Kinney - "Let's Call It Love"
My Morning Jacket - "Dondante"
Wilco - "Spiders (Kidsmoke)"
Isis - "From Sinking"
Lemon Jelly - "A Tune For Jack"
Herbie Hancock - "Sly"
New Order - "Temptation"