Caroline Polachek

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Time for her own thread

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zEQJrggKgk

New single co-written & co-produced with Danny L Harle. I like this more than "Bunny" with a real Kate Bush vibe to the kids choir coda. 2022 album seems likely.

Indexed, Friday, 11 February 2022 16:48 (three years ago)

I don't know much about her, but it reminds me of a lot of '90s trip-hop adjacent stuff, like Golden Palominos with Lori Carson, that sort of stuff.

Josh in Chicago, Friday, 11 February 2022 17:02 (three years ago)

For those who are unfamiliar...
- Polachek was the lead singer of synth-pop band Chairlift who had 3 albums between 2008 and 2016. A couple songs to check out from that era are "Moth to the Flame" and "I Belong In Your Arms," which placed #77 and #8, respectively, in their years' ILM Tracks Polls. The album Something was #36 in the ILM 2012 poll.
- During that time, Polachek put out a solo album called Arcadia under the name Ramona Lisa. Right after Chairlift broke up, Polachek released an album under her initials CEP called Drawing the Target Around the Arrow in 2017. I haven't heard either of these and would be interested in others thoughts on these.
- Two years later she released Pang, working with PC Music's Danny L Harle--it placed 15th in the ILM Albums poll; "So Hot You're Hurting My Feelings" placed #34 (too low!) and "Door" placed #20 in the ILM tracks poll.

Indexed, Friday, 11 February 2022 17:31 (three years ago)

she just (minutes ago) posted a new cover of "long road home" by her recent collaborator opn

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUbfgRI8G38

roflrofl fight (voodoo chili), Friday, 11 February 2022 18:06 (three years ago)

I really dig this. Thanks.

immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Friday, 11 February 2022 20:38 (three years ago)

Damn, she's opening here tomorrow for Dua Lipa.

immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Friday, 11 February 2022 20:43 (three years ago)

Thanks for the heads up.

No Anal Staircase For You, Gotcha (I M Losted), Saturday, 12 February 2022 00:19 (three years ago)

I don’t see much overlap between fans of Polachek and Dua Lipa but I’d pay for that.

✖✖✖ (Moka), Saturday, 12 February 2022 06:03 (three years ago)

Not a huge fan of Danny as a solo artist, but definitely like him as a producer and the chemistry when paired with Polachek.

✖✖✖ (Moka), Saturday, 12 February 2022 06:06 (three years ago)

somehow "So Hot" passed me by at the time but I've more than made up for it over the last few months

sloop johnnin' skater (geoffreyess), Saturday, 12 February 2022 15:11 (three years ago)

i got really into her stuff a few months ago when I heard Bunny is a Rider.

akm, Sunday, 13 February 2022 20:35 (three years ago)

Not a huge fan of Danny as a solo artist, but definitely like him as a producer and the chemistry when paired with Polachek.

― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Saturday, February 12, 2022 12:06 AM (two days ago) bookmarkflaglink

Same

somehow "So Hot" passed me by at the time but I've more than made up for it over the last few months

― sloop johnnin' skater (geoffreyess), Saturday, February 12, 2022 9:11 AM (two days ago) bookmarkflaglink

Yeah it is amazing

Indexed, Monday, 14 February 2022 15:31 (three years ago)

SHYHMF is basically a Corrs song but I love it

boxedjoy, Friday, 18 February 2022 16:40 (three years ago)

one month passes...

featured on new track by Flume

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cDDp_uWFsI

Roz, Friday, 1 April 2022 07:21 (three years ago)

two weeks pass...

so hot hits like a pro tools tango in the night thing. it’s p good. sometimes her stuff seems a bit … optimized but i feel like something big could be on the horizon for her

flume track vox reminds me of the fifth element alien opera scene. find the production a bit grating

Vapor waif (uptown churl), Sunday, 17 April 2022 01:23 (three years ago)

Flume’s production in general is super obnoxious to me.

She makes a great pairing with Danny.

✖✖✖ (Moka), Sunday, 17 April 2022 03:08 (three years ago)

I think I said this on a chairlift thread but she strikes me as extremely academic, which I think is part of what you mean when you say stuff seems a bit "optimized". It's extremely informed in approach. It often feels to me like it shouldn't be working at all which is partly why I like it as much as I do.

akm, Sunday, 17 April 2022 03:54 (three years ago)

yeah academic and informed are good descriptors. she def has serious talent and range. saw her do an experimental / instrumental set once and thought she did better than those on the bill whose only gig is that sort of thing

Vapor waif (uptown churl), Sunday, 17 April 2022 04:46 (three years ago)

She is currently at the peak of her powers. She’s definitely talented and knows exactly what she wants her songs to sound like.

✖✖✖ (Moka), Sunday, 17 April 2022 05:13 (three years ago)

Every generation has its Kate Bush and I firmly believe Caroline Polachek is filling that role atm.

✖✖✖ (Moka), Sunday, 17 April 2022 05:15 (three years ago)

you have reached your maximum allotted Kate Bushes per generation (1)

imago, Sunday, 17 April 2022 09:03 (three years ago)

I wish Kate Bush would have made as good an album as Pang.

braised cod, Sunday, 17 April 2022 10:28 (three years ago)

max allotted bad takes per thread

nashwan, Sunday, 17 April 2022 11:42 (three years ago)

fair enough

braised cod, Sunday, 17 April 2022 12:25 (three years ago)

five months pass...

New song “sunset” out on monday.

Going with the live performance it slaps. Balearic 90’s flamenco pop thing

✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 13 October 2022 16:15 (two years ago)

Exciting! But we need a new album. I've worn out all the grooves on Pang.

The Ghost Club, Thursday, 13 October 2022 17:33 (two years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YBP-D6vQIA

really like this one

ufo, Monday, 17 October 2022 22:51 (two years ago)

first one I'm not enthused by in a while. It's alright I guess.

akm, Tuesday, 18 October 2022 04:17 (two years ago)

sunset[gerudo_valleygirl_mix].mp3 pic.twitter.com/ySMdnmaUJO

— Caroline Polachek (@carolineplz) October 22, 2022

ufo, Sunday, 23 October 2022 00:35 (two years ago)

I like So Hot You're Hurting my Feelings and work with Ice Choir

| (Latham Green), Sunday, 23 October 2022 02:17 (two years ago)

sunset[gerudo_valleygirl_mix].mp3

lol, first song that came to my mind too. I like this song a lot tho

Vinnie, Monday, 31 October 2022 07:24 (two years ago)

I LOOOOVE 'SUNSET'

ꙮ (map), Sunday, 13 November 2022 22:36 (two years ago)

this song feels like it could singlehandedly get me through the winter

ꙮ (map), Sunday, 13 November 2022 22:37 (two years ago)

I like it a lot too and also really like the very mid-00s bleak house Sofia Kourtesis mix of 'Sirens'

nashwan, Monday, 14 November 2022 09:23 (two years ago)

it reminds me of azoto, san salvador

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Akp38JIXiZU

fpsa, Monday, 14 November 2022 16:27 (two years ago)

two weeks pass...

another new single on the way next week. just release an album please

https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/news/caroline-polachek-announces-new-single-welcome-to-my-island

akm, Thursday, 1 December 2022 17:56 (two years ago)

Sounds like there's a new album, 'Desire, I Want to Turn Into You'.

Rolling Stone said that 'Bunny is a Rider' was the lead single, but

there are a lot of random things being said online about what’s on Desire, but unless you hear it from me it isn’t true 💋🐜🐜🐜

— Caroline Polachek (@carolineplz) December 5, 2022

aphoristical, Monday, 5 December 2022 20:01 (two years ago)

apple music has it as 12 tracks with "welcome to my island" being track 1, "bunny is a rider" being track 3, "sunset" being track 4, and "billions" as track 12 so...?

ufo, Monday, 5 December 2022 23:52 (two years ago)

If the quality of the rest of the album is as high as the previous 3 singles I don’t mind if she takes another year to release it.

✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 6 December 2022 00:29 (two years ago)

Oh fcuk i dont know if its an error but the song is available on spotify mx right now

✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 6 December 2022 00:30 (two years ago)

Yes, idk if they fucked up but it’s available right now. Don’t know if it’s only working in my country or its a worlwide fuckup. Here’s the link:

https://open.spotify.com/album/53LBDupH6C8cJvPEzH6nKI

Least interesting single so far on first listen - sounds like Caroline doing a Haim song - but it still has great production with some weird choices like that “vocal guitar solo” thing she does that makes it stand out from other 80’s pastiche.

✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 6 December 2022 00:40 (two years ago)

It’s on spotify as an EP with the 4 songs released so far, it might be a confirmation that Bunny is also considered as part of the same album.

✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 6 December 2022 00:41 (two years ago)

Maybe it’s a real guitar

✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 6 December 2022 00:42 (two years ago)

the single being out is intentional yeah

it's good

ufo, Tuesday, 6 December 2022 00:44 (two years ago)

I think Caroline's post was referring not so much to "Bunny..." being on the album, but to other unreleased songs, the titles of which have leaked.

monotony, Tuesday, 6 December 2022 00:53 (two years ago)

That’s some bad cover art right there

im a beacon of light (Spottie), Tuesday, 6 December 2022 01:02 (two years ago)

On the Billions single there’s a song called “long road home” with OPN that I don’t remember being there before?

Is that a new “hidden” track or has that always been there and I hadn’t noticed?

✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 6 December 2022 02:19 (two years ago)

Oh yeah apparently it has always been there… weird first time I see it

✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 6 December 2022 02:21 (two years ago)

That’s some bad cover art right there

― im a beacon of light (Spottie)

You mean the single or the album cover? I kind of like all the singles artwork but the actual album cover is not good imho and doesn’t follow the “all black” background of the singles. “Bunny is a rider” is the best one for me.

https://shop.carolinepolachek.com/products/desire-lp

✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 6 December 2022 02:25 (two years ago)

I kind of hate when album covers do fake “vinyl wear” or distressed textures. Idk if the plastic fold texture is part of the actual album cover but I hate it lol.

✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 6 December 2022 02:28 (two years ago)

Comments there say it is akin to yodeling.

The Lubitsch Touchscreen (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 26 April 2023 21:56 (two years ago)

Or sideways yodeling even.

The Lubitsch Touchscreen (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 26 April 2023 21:56 (two years ago)

She's flipping between her "head voice" and her "chest voice", which is exactly yodelling, she's just trained her head voice to be low-enough to be in the same range as her chest voice. It's not much different from what Dolores was doing in The Cranberries. It's pretty neat

flamboyant goon tie included, Wednesday, 26 April 2023 22:08 (two years ago)

https://iv1.lisimg.com/image/13860578/245full-madonna%3A-truth-or-dare-screenshot.jpg

flamboyant goon tie included, Wednesday, 26 April 2023 22:11 (two years ago)

It's not much different from what Dolores was doing in The Cranberries.

My wife has some musical theater training and this is exactly the reference point she used — "It's like in 'Zombie.'" (She also made the "head voice"/"chest voice" distinction.)

a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 26 April 2023 22:31 (two years ago)

very cool

Indexed, Wednesday, 26 April 2023 22:34 (two years ago)

Do we have an existing thread for discussion of head voice, chest voice, vibrato, etc?

The Lubitsch Touchscreen (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 26 April 2023 23:37 (two years ago)

This maybe: Is there a word for the opposite of falsetto?

The Lubitsch Touchscreen (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 27 April 2023 00:33 (two years ago)

The opposite of falsetto is when you sing through your butt, I call it fartsetto

Muad'Doob (Moodles), Thursday, 27 April 2023 00:38 (two years ago)

Thank you, Bart Simpson.

The Lubitsch Touchscreen (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 27 April 2023 01:15 (two years ago)

one month passes...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XYyDsl14E4

3 songs live on KEXP. Such a good performer.

✖✖✖ (Moka), Saturday, 17 June 2023 15:18 (two years ago)

wow, she's in fine voice.

the dreaded dependent claus (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 17 June 2023 15:21 (two years ago)

Her range as a singer has expanded dramatically since the Chairlift days

Muad'Doob (Moodles), Saturday, 17 June 2023 15:28 (two years ago)

two months pass...

I fuckin' love this album.

immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Thursday, 17 August 2023 02:21 (one year ago)

"Bunny is a Rider" is ace.

immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Thursday, 17 August 2023 02:21 (one year ago)

Probably my AOTY

Muad'Doob (Moodles), Thursday, 17 August 2023 02:23 (one year ago)

Wish there was no Grimes track tbh

✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 17 August 2023 04:47 (one year ago)

i forgot she was on it actually. I'm still not as hot on this album as I was on Pang but it's pretty good.

I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Thursday, 17 August 2023 18:23 (one year ago)

one month passes...

https://x.com/carolineplz/status/1706815548724822407?s=20

Indexed, Wednesday, 27 September 2023 15:46 (one year ago)

Tiny Desk Concertt NPR performance. Great control of her voice.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmnZHQNN5cc

✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 10 October 2023 15:00 (one year ago)

Wow, gotta say this is the most I've ever "gotten" CP, one of those times where the stripped down format really works.

The drummer is great, I knew him from his viral drum & bass instagram vids, and I'd love to know if he got the gig through that or if he's a working drummer who also happens to be big on social media.

Jordan s/t (Jordan), Tuesday, 10 October 2023 15:14 (one year ago)

Yeah amazing drummer and the stripped down setting makes her voice even more impressive.

✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 10 October 2023 15:24 (one year ago)

yeah it really highlights just how incredible her voice is. it makes me want to hear her do a more acoustic or orchestral album

i also really like the keyboard making acoustic guitar sounds alongside the actual acoustic guitars, great combo

ufo, Tuesday, 10 October 2023 15:50 (one year ago)

That gave me some early Dead Can Dance vibes

Jordan s/t (Jordan), Tuesday, 10 October 2023 15:59 (one year ago)

New song “Dang”, premiered via this excellent slide presentation on The Late Show:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UsIcDivsls

Roz, Wednesday, 18 October 2023 12:16 (one year ago)

That was awesome

✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 18 October 2023 12:58 (one year ago)

fun presentation, though I don't love the actual song, probably the most Chairlift-sounding of her solo career so far

Muad'Doob (Moodles), Wednesday, 18 October 2023 17:29 (one year ago)

"Dang" is fun, so much ear candy in it

Vinnie, Friday, 27 October 2023 18:20 (one year ago)

They reran that Colbert performance from last week in an otherwise new episode this week, so strong the buzz.

an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 27 October 2023 18:24 (one year ago)

She always impresses.

immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Friday, 27 October 2023 18:29 (one year ago)

one month passes...

she was fantastic live and played extra songs for the last show of the tour including an unplanned second "so hot"

i only wish she'd thrown in some chairlift songs too because they had some classics too

ufo, Wednesday, 13 December 2023 13:33 (one year ago)

one month passes...

New version of "Butterfly Net" with Weyes Blood from the forthcoming deluxe edition

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBK4qzZNgR0

Indexed, Wednesday, 7 February 2024 20:11 (one year ago)

well shit, their voices sound incredible together

Muad'Doob (Moodles), Wednesday, 7 February 2024 20:15 (one year ago)

gorgeous

Roz, Thursday, 8 February 2024 02:00 (one year ago)

the original was probably my favorite song on Desire, and this is a step up from that

Vinnie, Thursday, 8 February 2024 20:22 (one year ago)

"hopedrunk everasking" is incredible

butch wig (diamonddave85), Friday, 16 February 2024 17:01 (one year ago)

didn't realize people thought it was filler. i got stuck repeating that one on my first listen through of the album. if that's filler, i can't wait for the rest of the songs to open up with further listens

butch wig (diamonddave85), Friday, 16 February 2024 17:06 (one year ago)

three weeks pass...

I would have guessed "Spring Is Coming With a Strawberry in the Mouth" was an original song, but instead it's a cover and a surprisingly faithful one. glad she shone some light on that song, I like her version and the original

Vinnie, Sunday, 10 March 2024 21:04 (one year ago)

yeah I'd never heard that song either, original is so good (so is her cover).

I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Sunday, 10 March 2024 21:22 (one year ago)

Oh the original is great! Nice discovery!

Also it seems the original was produced by Bono which is… unexpected.

✖✖✖ (Moka), Monday, 11 March 2024 02:43 (one year ago)

Nice, got into the Operating Theatre song when it got a reissue last year - cool to hear this version.

Chewshabadoo, Monday, 11 March 2024 22:18 (one year ago)

omg immense tune. Hadn't heard of it.

this page says

the Mother Records label. Established by U2 in 1984 and initially intended to launch Irish bands, many of the acts – including this one – were subsequently unhappy about the label’s haphazard approach to releases and lack of promotion. The record was released as a die cut 7 inch with the two main tracks and a 12 inch EP with additional tracks – ‘Part of My Make-Up’ / ‘Atlantean’ / ‘Satanasa’. The Mother experience was for Doyle and the rest of the group a frustrating one with no promotional plan and no tour. After that Operating Theatre as a quasi pop project ‘just kind of fizzled out’ says Doyle.”

fuck you bono!

maf you one two (maffew12), Tuesday, 12 March 2024 00:59 (one year ago)

Oh now the Bono credit makes sense. Damn that sucks.

✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 12 March 2024 01:58 (one year ago)

one month passes...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmdKkUfpRew

really love this

ufo, Thursday, 2 May 2024 03:54 (one year ago)

three weeks pass...

I like that way more than most of the other 'recent' stuff!

kinder, Thursday, 23 May 2024 22:16 (one year ago)

seven months pass...

I would have guessed "Spring Is Coming With a Strawberry in the Mouth" was an original song, but instead it's a cover and a surprisingly faithful one. glad she shone some light on that song, I like her version and the original

― Vinnie, Sunday, March 10, 2024 4:04 PM (ten months ago) bookmarkflaglink

Missed this on release and discovered it on the track noms playlist. What a tune!

Indexed, Wednesday, 15 January 2025 14:39 (five months ago)

Starburned And Unkissed is the first moment I've seen it with her

imago, Wednesday, 15 January 2025 14:42 (five months ago)

it's an amazing song, used perfectly in the film

ivy., Wednesday, 15 January 2025 15:08 (five months ago)

in october i was really missing the girl i'm dating and i listened to that song like nine times in a row one day

ivy., Wednesday, 15 January 2025 15:08 (five months ago)

aw <3

imago, Wednesday, 15 January 2025 15:49 (five months ago)


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