I think that using one of the songs off of this band's album would be a good choice for my music video. Poliça is in the indie/alternative genre so this would fit perfectly with my genre choice. The band is from Minneapolis in the USA and is comprised of:
- Singer - Channy Leaneagh
- Bassist - Chris Bierden
- Drummers - Drew Christopherson and Ben Ivascu
The band is signed to four independent music labels. 'Inertia' one of Australia's most well established indie music companies. 'Totally Gross National Product' an extremely small independent record company from Minneapolis, founded by drummer Drew Christopherson and the band's producer Ryan Olson. British independent record label 'Memphis Industries' and finally 'Mom + Pop Music', an independent label situated in New York.
The album from this band in which I am mot interested in is 'Give You The Ghost' which was the band's first album, released in February of last year. The band are set to release a new album in Autumn called 'Shulamith', they have officially released one video for this album so far (see video).
Initially I don't think this band had a very wide fanbase, however -whilst still being relatively unknown- they have acheived a much larger fan base due to the fact that wildly popular band 'Bon Iver's' lead singer Justin Vernon told Rolling Stone magazine "They're the best band I've ever heard." Also, Poliça's official video for 'Lay Your Cards Out' premiered on Jay-Z's blog 'life+times' (http://lifeandtimes.com/lifetimes-video-premier-polica-lay-your-cards-out). This would've allowed the band to reach a wider audience of people that wouldn't necessarily have listened to this genre of music in the first place.
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