Give You The Ghost

Each year at SXSW, one act seems to emerge as the “band of the festival”. In the past it's been the White Stripes, Odd Future and Florence + the Machine – this year the relatively unknown Poliça got everyone talking. And with good reason – the Minneapolis six-piece's music is a beguiling mix of influences that Paul Lester described in his New Band of
the Day column as a “new kind of leftfield R&B”

If you're a fan of indie super group Gayngs – which featured Bon Iver among others – then you'll no doubt be pleased to know Poliça feature that band's lynchpin Ryan Olson. Much praise has also been directed at the ice-cool vocals of Channy Leaneagh.

The album’s subject matter finds its roots in the least groundbreaking of musical motivations, a recent break-up: an age-old muse, but one that profits the 11 tracks with unbound honesty and sentiment. Instead of a tired and wallowing rehash of the past, we’re offered a search for future understanding and acceptance, explored through a world of reverb
and Auto-Tune.