Music: Poliça

Poliça’s third album, United Crushers, is another beat-driven, electronically enhanced affair that mixes the shimmering, high-lonesome vocals of Channy Leaneagh with the sleek production work of Ryan Olson.

Apr 27, 2016 at 12:25 pm
click to enlarge Poliça’s Channy Leaneagh says Minneapolis’ arts support helps the music scene stay strong.
Poliça’s Channy Leaneagh says Minneapolis’ arts support helps the music scene stay strong.

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oliça’s third album, United Crushers, is another beat-driven, electronically enhanced affair that mixes the shimmering, high-lonesome vocals of Channy Leaneagh with the sleek production work of Ryan Olson, a creative duo that also happens to be a romantic couple and parents of a newborn son.

But Poliça — which rose from the ashes of Olson’s Minneapolis-based Gayngs collective — is no ordinary Electro Synth outfit: A pair of drummers and an impressively expressive bassist anchor the band’s atmospheric songs. Read CityBeat's interview with Leaneagh here


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plays Covington’s Madison Live Wednesday, May 4. Tickets/more info: madisontheateronline.com .