Polevaulter confront and seduce with quartet of new disturbed dance-punk bangers ‘Descending’
Abrasive, inviting. Northern antagonists Polevaulter are designed to confront and seduce, to challenge then persuade.
Residing in the vibrant Leeds community, the trio make a certain noise. Abrasive in its immediacy, then enticing, competing human and electronic rhythms shake you into submission. Rich baritone vocals lure you with defeated optimism and narrative fantasy. Subhuman lows and the uncanny highs prick at your senses. Every body of work has been crafted by the band directly, carefully fermented until release. Welcome aboard, we’re all going down with the ship.
‘Serrated art-punk at its most perilous and electrified’ – BPMNY
‘An intoxicating and exhilarating experience’ – Bizzarre
The tech-no-wave three piece have taken their wears to the far end of the continent, with appearances at Left Of The Dial 2024 and multiple jaunts as far as Helsinki and Toulouse, they have deepened their synthetic roots into the European underground. Multiple sell out printings of acclaimed EPs ‘Content’ and ‘MOVE’ and the seismic debut album ‘Hang Wave’ have taken them to a new crest, now they are ready to dive deeper with ‘Descending’, a quartet of disturbed dance-punk bangers.
On the new EP, Polevaulter frontman Jon Franz said, “’Descending’ is our most coheshive and controlled EP, and also the most raw and direct. We wanted to reach people immediately, give them something to quickly digest and then say exactly what we wanted to say. The vocals start quick in each song. It progresses down through the EP into an anxious rave, the themes about being lied to all your lives and believing what you are told coming from power down to the working people. It’s our darkest and danciest EP I think.”
