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.