There are people in my life who’ve abandoned the sun of California for damper and colder climates and I’ll never understand why. This state is a dream with every landscape there and while we don’t have traditional weather, we do have bands like Polaris Rose. They’ve managed to capture the laid back ways, the sun rays and the demure of the Golden state on their album, OceanSongs.
While we don’t have hurricanes on the west coast, “Hurricane” is a treat. It’s like a case of indie pop derived from the ‘90s. It packs a punch in the most innocent kind of way. It sits atop the rest but not without the tenderness of “OceanEnding” far behind. Polaris Rose’s Peter Anthony and Madelynn Elyse like to give audiences a range of dynamics and those two tracks were the ones that played well for me, but I wasn’t too keen when it came to “Goddess.” It kept getting stuck in my head, but I’m not sure that means I was digging it. Maybe because the music on that one was a big harsher than the rest…
California is a spacious state with so many nooks and crannies to get lost in, but if you want to hear just a piece of what it’s like to live here…check out Polaris Rose – multifaceted, laid back and a bit of a spark when need be. You can grab their new album, OceanSongs, out now.
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