{"id":478,"date":"2011-10-14T17:42:00","date_gmt":"2011-10-14T17:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/?p=478"},"modified":"2017-08-08T20:47:34","modified_gmt":"2017-08-08T20:47:34","slug":"the-pollen-contrasts-mini-lp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/the-pollen-contrasts-mini-lp\/","title":{"rendered":"The Pollen- Contrasts Mini-LP"},"content":{"rendered":"

A recent, but welcome discovery, I’ve had this record in my possession for a few weeks now, and I’m just now finally able to offer it up here for you all to enjoy. Here we have a mini-LP from French band The Pollen, produced by The Sound’s Adrian Borland. Naturally, you can expect some great post-punk sounds here, more of the dreamy variety. The album strikes me as a cross between Lush & Lively Art acts, with a little bit of that Borland magic thrown in for good measure.<\/p>\n

Released in 1988, this record is more my cup of tea than their second LP Colours and Make Believe<\/em>, which was released a year later. The follow up seems a little more indie-flavored, as opposed to the cold sounds on this release, but perhaps I’ll reassess it down the line. I also have a 12” from the same era that fits more with this album, and will post that as soon as I have the chance!<\/p>\n

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The Pollen- Contrasts<\/i> Mini-LP
\n1. Killer
\n2. Military Tactics
\n3. Faraway
\n4. Like The Wind
\n5. Peel The Skin
\n6. Breaking Out
\n7. Hard Times<\/p>\n

Check here for the CD rip for this & a bonus 12”.<\/a><\/p>\n

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A recent, but welcome discovery, I’ve had this record in my possession for a few weeks now, and I’m just now finally able to offer it up here for you all to enjoy. Here we have a mini-LP from French band The Pollen, produced by The Sound’s Adrian Borland. Naturally, you can expect some great […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,151,684,39,13,156,670,19,683,90],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1980s","category-151","category-adrian-borland","category-coldwave","category-dreampop","category-french","category-indie","category-post-punk","category-the-pollen","category-the-sound"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=478"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3291,"href":"https:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478\/revisions\/3291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}