Band of the Week: Polysics

[14-20 Shigatsu]
Polysics
Sounds Like: Experimental/Electronic/New Wave
Drinking Buddies: The Pillows, Daft Punk, Lucy and the Popsonics.
Synopsis: すべてに間違って行くビデオゲーム。 (A video game gone horribly wrong).
Makes You Want To...: ダンス; 演劇のビデオゲーム; 狂気に行きなさい.
[Myspace]



This month, Voilà! is featuring foreign bands!
1 日の週、聞くべき1 バンド。典型的なルーチンを知っている
This week, the featured artist is Polysics.


Trying to get that Japanese text up there was an adventure in itself. WHEW! But hey, now I can see Japanese words! Woo! If you haven't caught

Anyway, this week, we're featuring the wild, quirky quartet known as Polysics. These wild children hailing out of Tokyo, Japan have a taste for the unusual. Using tonnes of electronic noises, as well as the fast-paced, intense J-Rock one would expect from such experts in the field, Polysics breaks down heavily textured songs to lose your mind to.

Everything from guitar solos to wild bleeps and bloops from their synthesizers make Polysics sound like a deranged, out of control 8-bit video game. I say this in the most complimentary way possible! Polysics' music is very out there, but can have just about any dancing to the playful, wild J-Rock. They even site one of their biggest musical influences of that band Devo, who recorded "Whip It" back in the 80s. C'mon, you've got to respect that. And dance to it!

Polysics presently has... well you see they.... okay, I'll be frank, they have way too many albums to even begin to list and properly do them justice. Suffice it to say, they have a few noteworthy albums out, most prominently their Polysics or Die!!!!, but not forgetting to mention Now Is The Time! and Neu just to name a VERY few. Obviously they have a Myspace, but you should also check out their website... it has a lot more information than I could ever provide in such a small entry. The news from camp Polysics has been quite quiet as of late, but that can only mean delectable music is being conjured up. Or so we can hope!