Skating Polly - Chaos County Line

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El Camino

“Irresistible pop-grunge anthems… The whole thing’s an absolute blast. After all, growing up doesn’t have to mean growing old.” – 4/5 Kerrang!

“The trademark harmonies have been taken to a new level. They highlight the maturing of a band that has been knocking on the door of greatness for way too long… Maybe now with this wonderful work Skating Polly will get the wider recognition they so richly deserve.” – Devolution Magazine

“Self-proclaimed “ugly pop” trio Skating Polly are getting good and ambitious this year… the band jangle and shake their way to power pop bliss.” – Paste

“(“Hickey King”)… a buoyant and mosh-y ode to the misguided romantic habits of weirdly possessive indie rock dudes.” – Guitar World

“Twisting brat-punk singalongs into crunchy hard rock exorcisms… Quite brilliant.” – Uncut

“… surprising delights were everywhere… I saw Skating Polly mesmerize the crowd with angsty, harmony-heavy rock songs and impressive acrobatics.” – The Stranger

“Loud and loose, fast and focused… transformed scourges into song with sneers that couldn’t couldn’t mask their infectious joy for playing… “ – Magnet

“Skating Polly is a force to be reckoned with, proving themselves to be one of the most dangerous bands today.” – For The Punks

“In the tradition of the PNW riot grrrl movement, Skating Polly did not hold back… Fading back and forth between the deep roots of rock and house-show punk,… went the hardest with a surging velocity, held back only an 11pm curfew.” – KPSU

Over the past decade, few artists have embodied the unbridled freedom of punk like Skating Polly. Formed when stepsisters Kelli Mayo and Peyton Bighorse were just 9 and 14, the Oklahoma-bred band have channeled their chameleonic musicality into a sound they call “ugly pop,” unruly and subversive and wildly melodic. With Kelli’s brother Kurtis Mayo joining on drums in 2017, they’ve also built a close-knit community of fans while earning the admiration of their musical forebears, a feat that’s found them collaborating with icons like X’s Exene Cervenka and Beat Happening’s Calvin Johnson, touring with Babes In Toyland, and starring as the subject of a feature-length documentary. On their double album Chaos County Line, Skating Polly reach a whole new level of self-possession, ultimately sharing their most expansive and emotionally powerful work to date.

The follow-up to 2018’s The Make It All Show, Chaos County Line finds Skating Polly working again with Brad Wood, the acclaimed producer behind indie-rock classics like Liz Phair’s Exile in Guyville. As their songs journey from art-punk to noise-rock to piano-driven power-pop, the band matches that musical complexity with a sharply honed narrative voice that manifests in countless forms (ultravivid poetry, diary-like confession, fearlessly detailed storytelling, etc.). Not only the outcome of their constant growth as songwriters, Chaos County Line’s scope and depth has much to do with Skating Polly’s newly heightened clarity of vision. “All these songs are the most special to me of anything I’ve ever written, and I think Kelli feels the same,” says Peyton. “In the past I didn’t always write with a clear purpose, but this time I knew exactly what I wanted to say. We both ended up writing about the most difficult emotional experiences we’ve ever been through, and instead of being terrified of saying exactly what I was feeling it just all came out so naturally.” (continue reading full bio on DISCO)

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