Robert Pollard - The Crawling Distance

For an extraordinarily creative and prolific artist, 2008 has been a particularlyextraordinary, creative, and prolific year for Robert Pollard. And now to 2009:Hot on the heels of two terrific new albums, a stunning 140-page, fullcolorbook of his collage art, great reviews, features in Vice, Flaunt,SPIN, and Entertainment Weekly, the launch of his own label, and hisfirst live tour in two years, the man is on a roll...From the stately Krautrock chug of the album opener, Faking MyHarlequin,to the schizo-frenetic closing track, Too Much Fun,with its structural U-turns piled on top of tempo shifts, The CrawlingDistance is unlike any Pollard release yet. Comprised of ten tracks,most clocking in at three to four minutes and beyond, the album includeshighlights like the gorgeous Its Easy,a rare Pollard ballad(albeit a ballad with creepy, oddball imagery) and The Butler StandsFor All Of Us,a subtle, melancholy song that ranks among Pollardsbest ever.

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