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Polsky release free download track ‘Minimax’!
"... poised, dramatic songwriting, outwardly spiky but retaining a romantic core." - Clash
"...POLSKY are most certainly ones to watch." - Gigslutz
New wave pop-rockers POLSKY are back with the release of their fantastic new track 'Minimax', the b-side to the bands debut single Switchboard Operator featured on their forthcoming album My Own Company due for release on 13th May 2016. 'Minimax' is free to download from the bands Bandcamp page and is released ahead of their single launch show at the Catford Constitutional Club on Friday, 29th April.
Download 'Minimax' now from the Polsky Bandcamp page or by clicking the embed below.
Previous single Switchboard Operator premiered on Clash and is available to stream from the bands Soundcloud page. The video premiered on Gigslutz and is available to watch on the band's YouTube channel.
Polksy's debut album My Own Company is a frenetic journey of post-punk urgency, electro hysteria and a shaky egg, as you accompany the protagonist trying to find their place in the world whilst negotiating a maelstrom of mass consumerism, media bombardment, social pressures and "the fear that your decaff skinny mocha-frappe no-foam venti won’t be served at precisely 63 degrees". Featuring special guest appearances from the likes of Joe Watson (Stereolab) and Chris Tickner and the Gregorian Singers (Enigma/Rick Wakeman), My Own Company is a pop record of multiple personalities.
Granted with a rare opportunity to peer behind the curtain and get a glimpse into the world of POLSKY, I spoke to founder and CEO, Chris Warren about the origins and vision of the band with the anti-corporate ethic. Warren simply stated “POLSKY are a band of the people, by some people”.
Warren (vocals, guitar) explained that POLSKY has evolved from bedroom laptop electronics to a fully-formed, energetic pop band with the appointment of the executive board; Senior Synth Architect, Ben Warn (keyboards), Rhythm Logistics Engineer, Alex Robertson (drums) and Low Frequency Systems Analyst Chris Norman (bass).
Starting his musical career under the wing of Cocteau Twins' Robin Guthrie, while working in their September Sound studio, Warren paid close attention to Guthrie's production and writing techniques while absorbing ideas from sessions with Echo and the Bunnymen, Nick Lowe, Terry Hall, Ian Brodie, Billy Mackenzie and many others.
Warren played in several bands throughout the noughties, including Shadow Orchestra (now Talk In Colour) and agit-pop band BIB - who were given an NME 'single of the week' and toured with XX Teens. During this period he formulated his musical vision for what would become POLSKY and My Own Company, a collection of perfectly formed pop songs about corporate zombies, elderly love affairs, brain function, mid-nineties video game addiction and the undeniable human obsession with shouting louder than everyone else.
Join POLSKY. Embrace their manifesto. Live their ethos. Dance their dance. All applications considered.
My Own Company by Polsky is released on the 13th May 2016 via Product with 'Minimax' available to download for free from the Polsky Bandcamp page.