Returning to Australia this July for the first time since bringing their life-affirming music to our shores in the summer of 2005, THE POLYPHONIC SPREE will play three east coast shows – the Metro Theatre in Sydney, the Hi-Fi Bar in Melbourne and Brisbane’s Tivoli before they delight crowds with their joyous, and spiritually uplifting performance at the sold out SPLENDOUR IN THE GRASS in Byron Bay early August.
They may have ditched the white robes (now memorialised in an emblem on their new outfit) for a darker, more worldly stage presence comprising of black fatigues and clip-on red crosses with hearts. Musically, THE POLYPHONIC SPREE still create the most euphoric, uplifting pop music imaginable and the sheer joy of their music is undeniably persuasive.
Like all genre-busters, they’re hard to describe, but one of the best phrases to illustrate THE POLYPHONIC SPREE is symphonic pop. Ringleader/composer/ shaman Tim DeLaughter is behind the whole thing, with a cohesive, relentlessly optimistic take on the world and all of its problems, with hope, rather than the ever-popular beast of nihilism, being its driving force. While it’s easy to get lost in the presentation of it all, the matching outfits, the ten-voice choir, the obscure instruments, THE POLYPHONIC SPREE is a pop band at heart, and so contagious is their enthusiasm, one listen, and you’ll be hooked on the happiness.
These shows are now your only chance to catch THE POLYPHONIC SPREE live this time round. Give in to the rapture of this musical community, and be drawn in to their infectious pop musicology, you’ll never look back.
TICKETS ON SALE THURSDAY 26 JUNE
