POLIÇA played Maxwell’s
May 15th, 2012 by chocko
The Minneapolis four piece Polica (pronounced with a ‘soft C’) played a SOLD OUT show last Sunday at Maxwell’s in Hoboken, New Jersey. The band consists of 2 drummers (Drew Christopherson and Ben Ivascu), a bass player (Chris Bierden) and the lead singer, Channy Leneagh who is beautiful and has an amazing and powerful voice. Her voice is perfect for the band’s electronic, trippy R&B music. The mesmerized Chocko and the rest of the super-psyched crowd couldn’t keep our eyes of her. She isn’t afraid of the spotlight, and danced all night while getting lost in the music which was written at a dark time when her recent marriage and relationship with her former band (Roma di Luna) were dissolving.
Polica played songs from their debut album Give You The Ghost, a Totally Gross National Product release. The album is a collection of melancholic tunes with Channy’s voice getting the auto-tune treatment in a hypnotizing whirl of synthesizers and bass. Thankfully, the voice effects were scaled back for the live performance at Maxwell’s. Some highlights of their set included “Leading To Death” which got the jersey crowd moving and “Lay Your Cards Out” (check out some videos below!) The band played a couple new songs not on the album, but hopefully they see the light of day on a future release. Polica is a band that hasn’t played together for a long time, but has generated a lot of hype recently, winning over crowds at SXSW and making their national television debut last month on “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon.” Polica most certainly backed up the hype and hopefully come back around the NYC area soon.
Tags: channy leneagh, hoboken, maxwells, new jersey, nj, polica, review, show
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