KELLEY POLAR NEEDS YOU TO HOLD ON

Three years after the release of his critically acclaimed, Morgan Geist-mixed debut album Love Songs of The Hanging Gardens, Kelley Polar returns on March 31st with I Need You To Hold On While The Sky Is Falling. The former New Yorker, now a semi-recluse in rural New Hampshire, has come up with a sumptuous, idiosyncratic eleven-tracker for Geist's Environ Records - full of his trademark ethereal vocal harmonies, crunchy disco rhythms and rich, swooping string arrangements. Among them are 'Chrysanthemum' and 'Rosenband', which both appeared on a 12" last year; a lyric from the latter gives the LP its title. We recently enjoyed a a little chat with Kelley about his bizarre life and fascinating work; in fact magazine [Download] password: nodatta.blogspot.com