POLARIZE SHARE NEW SINGLE 'EUGENE'S CALLING' + ANNOUNCE LUCKY EYE EP OUT MARCH 31
Photo Credit: Tallulah Goos-Roisom
"Slinky, synthy, laconic good times."
- Zan Rowe, Double J
"...infectious, melodic rock that’s bursting with groove."
- Deafen County
"Bitta Pond, bitta Arctic Monkeys, but still completely Polarize. I've never thought of indie-rock as lush before."
- Abby Butler, triple j Unearthed
Polarize are expressive but calm, self-aware but not self-conscious, tight but not obnoxious. Today the Melbourne band share their new single ‘Eugene’s Calling’ and announce their Lucky Eye EP - out March 31 2021, featuring previously released tracks ‘Friends Again’ & ‘Big Old Kid’.
Of the track vocalist, Rudie Dodd says, “I really wanted to write a funky song with a big chorus. I was listening to bands like Ratatat and Parcels at the time, and they have lots of upbeat Daft Punk-esque songs. After recording it definitely became a Polarize song, but that was the vibe I had in my head while I was writing it.“
He continues, “It’s probably the song that makes the least amount of sense, but that was kind of the point. The original idea behind it was that it was a fabricated phone conversation with an androgynous girl named ‘Eugene’, where she’d always call and spit out the same old story. It never made any sense but you always had to listen.”
Taking on a palette of influences, from the British post-punk sounds of The Clash and New Order to MGMT and The Strokes, their music runs the gamut from celebratory to experimental to brooding, always getting you there with a rhythm section that is snugly in-the-pocket.
The forthcoming EP was written and recorded in Melbourne's north, mixed by Colin Leadbetter (Leah Senior, Whitley, Girlatones) and mastered by Mikey Young (Total Control, Eddy Current Suppression Ring). The 5 tracks come together to form a weekend soundtrack, taking you from the cool giddiness of pre-drinks and out into the night, from the sharehouse kitchen dancefloor to the post-party crash and Sunday comedown. The transitions are seamless. You’re in safe hands.