Show Preview: POLICA w/Nightlife The Pike Room, Thursday, May 10

Reminding me of the brilliant 6 Underground era Sneaker Pimps, POLICA began as a collaboration between fellow Gayngs' members Channy Casselle and Ryan Olson in June of 2011. By July they had completed 11 songs, made the key additions of drummers Ben Ivascu and Drew Christopherson, bass player Chris Bierdan, and headed into the studio. After Mike Noyce (Bon Iver) lent his voice on Lay Your Cards Out and Wandering Star, the record was brought to Austin, TX to be mixed with Jim Eno (Spoon). In a few days, the LP was completed and the band Poliça was formed. On stage, the original beats composed by Olson play amongst Channy’s passionate vocals & an intense rhythm section, that lead to a description somewhere in the area of electro-r&b goth-pop.

Last week POLICA made their late night television debut, performing "Leading to Death" on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon -  

Warming up the show will be Ann Arbor's synthpop duo Nightlife and Erno the Inferno. More info at the Crofoot website.