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Pollyn

Living In Patterns


LA’s Pollyn can’t shake the Portishead comparisons. With Genevieve Artadi’s gorgeous soprano soaring over nebulous electronics on their debut album This Little Night, there has been little else to compare them to.

Their sophomore album Living In Patterns, however, has more far-reaching, varied traces. It’s hard to nail down their sound, but they’re certainly gentler than Portishead. They pluck as much from R&B, soul, pop, and world music as they do from cosmic sci-fi sound effects. In fact, only on this album do samba, Pat Benatar goddess pop, B52s quirky jam vamps, LCD Soundsystem’s electro-melancholy, En Vogue’s scale-hopping soul vocals, and The Andrews Sisters’ harmonies collide. And yes, there’s undeniably some Portishead on there — mainly when the electronics take over and get weird. (Pollyn even covers the Bristol legends on the b-side of their single “How Small We Are.”)

Tracklist
  • 1. Hot Air
    2. Sometimes You Just Know
    3. How Small We Are
    4. You're OK
    5. Ay Ya Ya Ya (Forever In My Hands)
    6. Going Through The Motions
    7. Same Old Thing feat. Sal Principato
    8. Our Home Became A House
    9. Look For Light

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