Pollyanna

Sat Dec 18 2021 at 08:00 pm to 11:00 pm

PhilaMOCA | Philadelphia

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Pollyanna
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Pollyanna with Latewaves and Goings at PhilaMOCA
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pollyanna is an indie poptimism rock band. sad songs that sound happy.

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LATEWAVES was born on a warm New Jersey morning in 2016. Waking up on the beach after a long night, Shawna Grabowski (drums) and Mike Pellegrino (guitars/vox) decided to finally take action on their pact to start a band. After accosting longtime friend Howie Cohen (bass/vox), and a few EP’s and tours later, the band decided to put everything they had into creating their first full length, Hell to Pay, with the help of Brett Romnes (producer of Free Throw, Heart Attack Man, Hot Mulligan, Seaway) and Vinnie Caruana (The Movielife, I Am the Avalanche).

LATEWAVES sounds like what slamming a PBR and screaming at the top of your lungs feels like; cathartic yet suspiciously fun. Full of rage and attitude, LATEWAVES aren’t afraid to dive deep into topics like depression and anxiety because they know that everyone skims rock bottom from time to time.

Full of explosive, guitar driven riffs and satirical, self reflective lyrics, Hell to Pay offers a unique authenticity for listeners to connect with. It’s the candle you find in the junk drawer after your power gets shut off because you couldn’t afford the bill last month. It’s the backpack beer your friend offers you when you get to the show after a terrible day at work. It’s a good book you nuzzle into trying to forget the world. It’s a fun night and the rough morning that precedes it. It’s honest, articulate, and full of passion. It’s Hell to Pay.

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When Chris Kearney opened up his grandmother’s dance studio after Christmas 2017 to a band of longtime friends, the rest of Goings linked up seamlessly. The Philly band’s debut, a self-titled EP that mapped out influences from Motion City Soundtrack to the Dismemberment Plan, dripped with vibrant synth and textbook-grade time signatures. With an added commitment to expanded dynamics, their debut LP It’s For You shows off the group’s complete calling card: one that desperately seeks true togetherness in times of technological oversaturation. Don’t leave them hanging. Answer it.

All four members of Goings—Kearney, Jack Meidel, and Aidan and Keith Rogers—contributed to a highly collaborative, organic writing process which let arrangements explode past the confidence of alternative rock song structures. “W Blue-Sky Lives” gains its title from a technical glitch resulting in immortality in a digital world. The song brims with vitality, its guitar and synth intro building before spilling over into cascades of percussion and ambience. Other moments indebted to the band’s interest in arranging include the jagged restraint of “Haircut 1000” and the gurgling electronics of the title track. Both have cluttered narratives that hinge on the lives we mold for others despite what they lead for themselves. When mediated through digital streams and blinking screens, connection is anything but.

Perhaps the most telling advancement of Goings’ career thus far is the album closer, “Algorithm (Aidan’s Odyssey).” Over a backdrop that grows from texture to a climax of tectonic slides, the band confirms that everyone’s at the mercy of ones and zeroes, whether a computer’s equations or one’s mental math. With deft musical construction and a dizzying math-rock pedigree, at least Goings knows their number’s about to be called. Will you be on the other end?

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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

PhilaMOCA, 531 N. 12th Street, Philadelphia, United States

Tickets

USD 12.00 to USD 15.00

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