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from May 2023
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The Paramount Los Angeles, CA
Web: polartropica.com
Contact: info@coconutspaceship.com
Players: Polartropica, vocals, keyboard; Alex Noise, guitar; Andrew Lessman, drums
Jeanna Fournier, bass, background vocals
Material: Polartropica is quartet comprised of a bass, guitar, drums and fronted by Polartropica; a quirky, colorful entity in a butterfly costume that draws all the attention to herself. The music is slow, psychedelic, eerily melodic and unconventional; as if you were in a trance-like state. Pop music meets Yoko Ono, meets Frank Zappa, if you will. At certain points the band seemed like they wanted to break out into a rock & roll jam but held up just to maintain the integrity of Polartropic’s musical vision.
Musicianship: The musicianship was very good. Lessman is a very good drummer and he and Fournier had most of the songs locked down and on target to create a cloud-like, mind and mood-altering experience. Noise was on top of things with creepy sounds and intricate guitar voicings that just added to the, already, hallucinogenic mood. Polartropica danced around onstage and addressed the audience with vigor and strength, all the while crooning to them and batting her eyelids in a butterfly-like sense of self.
