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,...
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...
Minneapolis-based band POLIÇA today announces news of their sixth album Dreams Go, due out October 17 via Memphis Industries. 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. Written and recorded in the shadow of bassist Chris Bierden’s glioblastoma diagnosis, the album is both elegy and act of preservation, capturing the band at a moment...
POLIÇA, the Minneapolis-based project of singer, Channy Leaneagh, producer, Ryan Olson, bassist, Chris Bierden and drummers, Ben Ivascu and Drew Christopherson have announced their new album 'Madness' is due June 3rd via Memphis Industries.
Recorded mostly from 2020-2021 in Ryan Olson’s Minneapolis studio with lyrics written and recorded by Channy Leaneagh, Madness is an experimental expansion of the 4 piece family band of Chris Bierden (bass), Drew Christopherson and Ben...
POLIÇA, the Minneapolis-based project of singer, Channy Leaneagh, producer, Ryan Olson, bassist, Chris Bierden and drummers, Ben Ivascu and Drew Christopherson have announced their new album 'Madness' is due June 3rd via Memphis Industries.
The first single from the album "Alive" is out as the first taster and Channy says of the track "Bad things happen, the fire goes out; even with the best flammables it stays dark until nothing...
Poliça today shared “Sea Without Blue”, a standout track from the band’s 2020 album When We Stay Alive, out via Memphis Industries. “Sea Without Blue” is dreamy electronic love song with band leader Channy’s distinct vocals paired with Chris Bierden’s emotive bass. Channy says of the song: “If love is a sea sometimes it's a sea full of plastic, bleached coral and without any blue; just grey and full of...
‘United Crushers’ (March 4 Memphis Industries) is POLIÇA’s third full length release and most remarkable album to date. The band, which includes Channy Leaneagh, dual drummers, Drew Christopherson and Ben Ivascu and Chris Beirden on bass with producer Ryan Olson at the helm, collectively wrote the album in Minneapolis in the winter of 2015 during their first true break from two years of touring. They recorded it at the renowned...
