Polar States to play homecoming show at Liverpool's O2 Academy

Polar States to play homecoming show at Liverpool's O2 Academy

Forming just under a year ago in a Toxteth council flat, intrepid four-piece Polar States have their sights set on charting all new stratopheric musical latitudes and at breakneck pace. 

Now, after several months in the studio writing and recording songs for their highly anticipated debut EP 'Shimmer', the band have announced their return to the Liverpool live circuit in 2015 with a massive home town headline show at O2 Academy on Saturday 9th May 2015.

In a roller coaster year that saw the band win over Grammy Award winning producer Jon Withnall (Coldplay, Elbow, The Coral), the band have gone from strength to strength developing songs as rich and varied as the mercurial emotions poured into them. 

Waxing lyrical about the ‘Roads We Used To Use’, ‘Dark Corners’ and everything in between, the foursome's knack for a potent guitar-seared anthem has sent them sky-rocketing straight into the pantheon of Liverpool's rich musical lineage. 

Releasing their debut single 'Concrete' last year with Withnall at the production helm, the track immediately marked out the band's keen ability to distil sublime indie pop, thoughtful lyricism and infectious melodies into a trim 2 mins 51 seconds. Inspired by a homeless couple, the track instantly gained Polar States airplay across the nation's BBC R6, XFM, BBC Introducing Merseyside and Amazing Radio stations, as well as invitations to support the likes of The Heartbreaks, Little Comets, We Were Promised Jetpacks on tour and play XFM’s This Feeling.

In March 2015, the band catapulted back onto the music scene with 'Vines', a track oozing with all the liquid guitar lines and souped up choruses that hallmark the Liverpudlian's radiant sound.

Whilst Paul, Josh, Phill and Mark will always have their roots in Liverpool, their ambitions are focused straight on the stars, with Polar States the shared vision that will take them there. 

Support for the Liverpool O2 Academy show on Saturday 9th May 2015 comes from The Jackobins and The Sonic Revolvers. 

Tickets

Tickets for the Liverpool show are priced at £7.00 and are available from:

Ticket Web: http://www.ticketweb.co.uk/event/polar-states-tickets/164967

Or, check out the Facebook Event page Here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1582301805345958

POLAR STATES WILL PLAY @ LIVERPOOL's O2 ACADEMY

 - SATURDAY 9th MAY 2015

ANNOUNCED SHOWS FOR 2015:

Liverpool O2 Academy - Saturday 9th May 2015

Liverpool Sound City - Friday 22nd May 2015

London The Venue - Saturday 20th 2015

For More Information:

WEBSITE: www.polarstates.com

FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/polarstates

TWITTER: www.twitter.com/polarstates

YOUTUBE: www.youtube.com/polarstates

SOUNDCLOUD: www.soundcloud.com/polarstates

Liverpool band Polar States to play Evac

Liverpool band Polar States to play Evac

When a new band suddenly pops out of seemingly nowhere and has already supported full UK tours with the likes of The Rifles and have played shows with Reverend and the Makers and Circa Waves, you could be forgiven for assuming they were being forced on an unsuspecting public.

Polar States are a band who in the space of 6 short months have churned out a stadium worthy set from the confines of a Toxteth council flat.

Impressing and consequently working with a Grammy Award winning producer the lads have songs as varied as the emotions they are charged with, as the band wax lyrical about the ‘Roads We Used To Use’, ‘Dark Corners’ and everything in between.

The debut single, Concrete, released Monday 6th October, is 2 mins 51 seconds of raw ‘pushing back at the tides’ which take us all down to the cold concrete many people call home.

Paul, Josh, Phill and Mark are four everyday lads who are anything but when it comes to making music. Polar States is a shared dream, a way of propelling themselves from ordinary Northern life; glorifying it along the way.

SHOWS: SEPT 11 - AAA, HIGH ST KENSINGTON, LONDON

OCT 7 - NIGHT AND DAY CAFE, MANCHESTER

NOV 8 - EVAC, LIVERPOOL (SUPPORTING THE HEARTBREAKS)

FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/polarstates

TWITTER: www.twitter.com/polarstates

YOUTUBE: www.youtube.com/polarstates

SOUNDCLOUD: www.soundcloud.com/polarstates

Sonny and The Sunsets announce new LP Antenna to the Afterworld

Death? Afterworld? Android lovers dying in the streets bleeding green blood? Homeless girls? Dogs stranded here from other planets? What are Sonny and The Sunsets getting at on Antenna to the Afterworld, a fast­moving record of new wave synths and post punk beats?
The murder of a close friend of the band led Smith to think a lot about death and life after death. Shortly after, a visit to a psychic/medium brought Smith into contact with another friend who had died.
This encounter with the afterworld inspired many of the lyrics on Sonny and the Sunsets' new record. And what a strangely entertaining odyssey it turned out to be.
As a writer ­­ of songs, or plays, or short stories ­­ Smith has never limited himself to one style or theme. The restless trend of changing gears dramatically continues on Antenna to the Afterworld, which marks a total musical and narrative shift from last year's Longtime Companion (a country record that chronicled Smith's break-up).
On Antenna to the Afterworld, Smith likens himself to a space being visiting Earth using wry humor, gritty poetry, and a myriad of musical lenses fleshed out by drummer Kelley Stoltz's Joy Division-­like beats, Ryan Browne's new wavish basslines, and Tahlia Harbour's deadpan vocals.
"I come from the planet of dogs / ... / And I walk on your streets / ... / and I can't wait to find / My little place in your weird world," Smith sings on opening track "Dark Corners," as the song's use of synthesizers lends the perfect sonic counterpart to the science fiction narrative.
His journey continues on "Mutilator," where he enchants the listener with a vivid description of the titular woman's lair: "Back at her place, a half eaten steak on a plate / And an old melon rind and some torn up drapes / And on her bed of nails she makes me lie / ... / Mutilator, you send shivers down my spine."
Later, "Girl on the Streets" proves to be one of the most immediate and infectious songs found on Antenna to the Afterworld, as Smith pairs an upbeat, major key melody with a candid depiction of a homeless girl he observes while walking the streets of his native San Francisco.
And it wouldn't be a Sonny Smith­-penned album without a reworking of a previously released song. Just like "Pretend You Love Me" was transformed from a 50s doo­wop revamp (on Hit After Hit) to a Dylan­esque country ballad (on Longtime Companion), on Antenna to the Afterworld Smith sheds the ramshackle country rock skin "I See The Void" wore on Longtime Companion and replaces it with a raucous high energy romp through classic Sunsets territory.
Soon after, the record closes with "Green Blood," a quasi­-spoken word track that uses male/­female call and response vocals to tell the tale of Sonny's affair with a spaceling. Though their love is ultimately doomed by their differences (and her cyborg husband), Sonny can't quite let her go.
"My antennas went deep into the afterworld / And I searched for her / Where the night is quiet / With star gleams / And comet trails," he narrates ­­ a beautifully composed conclusion to an (inter)stellar tale.