It proffers the idea of being able to start all over again melting your current self down and creating another manifestation. Melting Block is a mesmerizing dance track utilizing a stop/start effect to make for an arresting song. I wish there had been more of its like on the record. It is engaging and gritty and is a dramatic song. The first pre release single off United Crushers, Wedding is loaded with techno goodness and has a healthy dose of digital swagger. The theme of the song is attempting to get yourself to a better place in someway not yet made clear. It reminded me a lot of the offerings off of Ghost Poet’s “Shedding Skin” album. There is a nice interplay of tension between the minimalness and the techno instrumentation on the track. Someway is energy filled and Channy’s voice is showcased on the track.
Lime Habit again takes its sonic influences from Massive Attack and Portishead to create a solid techno dance beat song that is both hypnotic and engaging. It is a likable track and channels bands such as Actress and Ultraista. The kick off song Summer Please is a cool visceral techno track with trippy oscillating beats accomplishing a sort of twist into a dance selection toward the end. Unfortunately they do not always succeed in expressing their vision with clarity. Polica have taken on a significantly difficult task on the album, attempting to cogently delivering their viewpoint on these topics.
This all happens over an underlying search for true lasting love. The themes are both political and personal and look to examine social injustice, self doubt, isolation, urban decline, gentrification, and overcoming music industry machinations. United Crushers features complex arrangements and bigger production than on their two earlier releases. The emphasis throughout the recording process was the band playing together in the same room as they recorded and catching the resulting energy on the album. United Crushers was collectively written by the band in Minneapolis and recorded at Sonic Ranch studios in El Paso, Texas. Polica’s core creative nucleus is Channy on vocals and Olsen on production/keyboards with Chris Bierden on bass and vocals, Drew Christopherson on drums and Ben Ivascu also on drums rounding out the sound.
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They also felt the word referenced an unwritten code that guides the members of the band as they work together and defines their work ethic. They chose the name Polica initially thinking it was the Polish word for policy and then simply liked the name. The idea of forming Polica took off from that collaboration. Looking for a creative release after her divorce she connected with Olson’s Gayngs project as a backup singer. Prior to Polica’s incarnation Channy was half of the folk duo Roma Di Luna with her then spouse. Polica was founded in 2011 by Channy Leaneagh and Ryan Olson in Minneapolis, Minnesota. There is also a more political bend to the themes addressed by band on this release. That sound is then juxtaposed to a more vulnerable accessibility. The album condenses their prior signature synth heavy stylings into a resulting tighter sonic groove. American synth indie band Polica are releasing their third long play album, United Crushers on March 4th.
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