Pang

Description

Caroline Polachek has already lived an extraordinary life in music: her previous band Chairlift was formed in 2006 while Caroline was still in art school; and in 2008, the band was thrust into the spotlight when "Bruises" was synced in an iPod commercial as the Brooklyn indie scene was reaching its peak as an international export. Caroline's idiosyncratic vocal style and synth textures quickly became their sonic trademark, and continued to evolve through their three critically acclaimed albums into a new type of more modular pop experimentation. Caroline ventured into production in 2013, earning her first credit by writing and producing Beyoncé's self-titled album, nominated for Grammy Awards. Busy while making Chairlift's third (and final) album, "Moth," Caroline quietly encouraged two parallel projects: the baroque girl group Ramona Lisa and the minimal synth project CEP. Fluidly moving through radically different genres, Caroline has collaborated with dozens of artists (Blood Orange, SBTRKT, Charli XCX); sometimes writing, sometimes singing, sometimes directing videos, and sometimes all three. Chairlift disbanded in 2017 and Caroline feverishly began writing for her first solo project under her own name. For the first time, the DNA of these seemingly different projects fits together perfectly: the playfulness of Chairlift, the theatricality of Ramona Lisa, the futuristic glimmers of CEP, as well as a new mastery of her voice and a thick rolodex of enthusiastic collaborators. Two years spent frantically between the studio and a series of personal crossroads, "Pang" marks the beginning of a new chapter. It is the most ambitious, hardcore, and beautiful album of her career to date. With her characteristic "organic autotune" and liquid lyricism finally at center stage, the record firmly positions her as one of the most singular and captivating singers of a generation.