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An Organ Thing of the Day, a quick one today, things to do again, places to be.  Today, Brighton based atmospheric rock (their description) five-piece Polar Son (FKA Porshyne) have shared a new single titled Listen. Probably their most interesting piece of music to date, we were kind of sitting on the fence until now.  The track follows the recent announcement of their new album Wax/Wane, which is due out 8th December. The news marks a new chapter for the band who returned last month with details of their name change.

Following recent singles Youth and Wax, the new track “Listen” shows a completely different side to Polar Son’s writing style. Combining cyclical math-inflected guitar riffing with brooding electronic soundscapes that creep and build around frontman Fergal Lyden’s “prog soaked, Thom Yorke-esque vocal lines. The track perfectly exemplifies how the band are able to traverse their heavier sensibilities stylistic boundaries, toying with dynamics and building into new territory which is as idiosyncratic as it is accessible”.

“The band’s earlier material has drawn references to the likes of Tool, Dredg, Radiohead, and Kyuss, but the new album sees them forge a sound that builds outwardly on this template. Tracks such as “Gangrene” see Polar Son orchestrate a progressive epic that features intricate riffing, ambient electronica, and epiphanic sax. Whereas “Listen” sees the band fully lean into the newly introduced electronic dynamic combining minimal math-rock riffing with dark drum machine-built beats, sub-bass, and almost euphoric synth sections – all underpinned by Lyden’s vocals which flex around the instrumentation. This can also be seen on “Wax” which showcases further diversity in the band’s evolution, combining heavy industrial instrumentation with angular guitars and hook heavy, rhythmic vocals.

Polar Son are not so much moving away from the sound that has seen them earn worldwide acclaim, but are making a direct statement that they’re not afraid to push the boundaries of their compositional abilities. Over the course of eight genre-bending tracks “Wax / Wane”, the band have forged a new path for themselves, one that gives them the freedom to explore and toy with every sonic tool at their disposal, to create a sound that almost immediately sounds like their own”.

Wax/Wane is out 8th December – more here

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