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DISTRESS SIGNALS is Pollyn’s third album, set for release in May 2016. New tracks will be featured on the French electronic label come fashion brand Maison Kitsuné, NOWNESS and more. Releases are paired with iconic cover art by illustrator Noah Butkus and will follow with an animated music video directed by the bands producer Adam Weissman. Weissman explains, “I look at our catalog as an art show I’m curating.”
“Distress Signals”, first premiered on NOWNESS, is the title track and music video from their upcoming album. Genevieve’s vocals swoons over a moody basscharged ambient beat hinting that this will be a “…darker, thicker, more electronic album.” The music video is directed by Pollyn’s producer Adam Weissman, also recognized for his filmmaking and art direction for the fashion brand Stüssy. The single released in December 2015 was paired with a colorful, tropical remix by their long time friend Larry Gus and instrumental. “Don’t You Want My Love” first premiered on IndieShuffle sparkles with high-energy synths, layered vocals, and a vintage drumbeat that makes, in the words of the site’s founder, “the song become irresistible.” Curated on Kitsune’s Hot Stream with art by Jean Philippe Delhomme art, “Don’t You Want My Love” can be spotted on Dan Wilcox’ KCRW Discovery show, to Spotify UK’s viral All New All Now, Hiptronix and New Music Friday playlists.
Today, KCRW has premiered the full stream of Distress Signals, and say of the release, “Local trio Pollyn make electronic pop look easy. Adam Jay Weissman provides the groundwork, with layers of icy synths and retro drum machine rhythms, while Anthony Cava adds guitar and other accents throughout, and singer and keyboardist Genevieve Artadi tops it all off with some sweet, ethereal vocals. Over the course of two decades of music-making, Pollyn have mastered their art with seemingly effortless ability. But there’s some true magic in what they do… Like fellow Angelino band the Bird and the Bee, Pollyn use the tools, both in terms of instruments and song structures, of yesteryear and with them mold their songs into new shapes perfect for today’s adventurous music fans.”
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