Poliça shares new song "She Knows Me" - new album "Dreams Go" out 17 October

Today, Minneapolis-based band POLIÇA release new single, “She Knows Me”, taken from their forthcoming album, Dreams Go, out October 17 via Memphis Industries. On their sixth album, POLIÇA delivers their most emotionally resonant and texturally rich work to date—a poignant meditation on loss, resilience, and the fragile beauty of holding on.

On the heels of “Dreams Go”, described as “powerful” by Consequence, “She Knows Me” is about being known by someone. Channy Leaneagh explains, “To be intimately known at your worst and best—that’s the kind of love I know with you. I’ve heard people say we don’t want to be loved for who we are, but for who we want to be. But I’m never my best with you, and neither are you. I’m never who I want to be. And still, we love.”

She adds, “This song came out of the early Pachyderm sessions, but for about a year we paused working on the record—trying to figure out what we were even doing with ourselves—and during that time I started playing it on acoustic guitar. And eventually, it became this song. A long time ago, a music journalist in Minneapolis predicted we’d eventually add guitar to our music. So... here it is. Probably our last record, and it includes nylon strings, strummed by me.”

Since their emergence from Minneapolis’ vibrant underground in 2011, POLIÇA has carved out a singular space in electronic indie-pop, blending shadowy synths, pulsating rhythms, and the unmistakable vocal presence of Channy Leaneagh—a voice that bends and refracts like light through water, shaped by intricate processing yet deeply human at its core. Co-founded by producer Ryan Olson, the band’s alchemy has long been defined by its balance of warmth and detachment, with Chris Bierden’s melodic bass lines and the dueling drums of Ben Ivascu and Drew Christopherson anchoring their hypnotic sound.

Their upcoming LP, Dreams Go, is a collection of eight new songs recorded at Pachyderm Studio in Minnesota, marking the band’s final sessions with Bierden before he lost the ability to play bass due to his glioblastoma diagnosis. The record pulses with a raw, elegiac energy, a testament to the chemistry that defined POLIÇA’s first decade.

While Bierden can no longer perform live, POLIÇA presses forward with a new addition of Alex Nutter, reimagining themselves once more with a new touring lineup. Produced by Olson and featuring guest production by Stockholm-based techno producer Peder Mannerfelt, Dreams Go doesn’t just memorialize the past—it propels the band into the next phase of their evolution, proving that reinvention has always been part of their DNA.

Though born of grief, Dreams Go is anything but static. It breathes, shimmers, and ultimately insists on the power of making art in the face of uncertainty. Whether or not POLIÇA continues beyond this release, Dreams Go stands as a moving testament to the band’s creative bond—and to Bierden’s indelible role within it.