Not quite sure how I did this, but I totally forgot about this CD. Actually, it's more like I "lost," it than anything, and if I never found it that would have been a shame because North Carolina's Ploynya are a treasure to behold. This group of dream poppers are lost somewhere in the miasma from shoegazing's dust and have yet to emerge from it. While they might seem a bit dated, Plynya still fully embrace their influences give them a huge hug, run them through the Slumberland record processor and walk out with a fantastic record that goes by the name of Crop Rotation.
Creating ethereal songs that probably use more pedals than a fleet of 50 bicycles, Polynya play themselves into a heartbroken frenzy of noisy riffs and sighed vocals that sound like the best thing from 1992 you never heard. Andrea's vocals are so sweet, innocent, and alluring that she'll turn you into a puddle of mush with the way she enunciate's and coo's her way through Crop Rotation'ssongs. On the flip, the reverberations and resonations of Luke and Thom add a different dimension of drama to Polynya's songs. With those vocals in tow and the songs reaching skyward much of Crop Rotationbecomes a delectable delight of post-shoegazing indie pop that sounds something like Secret Shine at their Sarah Records best.
Polynya are a blissful delight and their songs are chillingly beautiful and rich with texture, depth, and complexity. They might be lost in the 90's, but when you can write songs as well as they do, it might not be worth moving forward. From the dark and stirring, "Fields," to the jaunty adorableness of, "People In Pictures," Crop Rotation is truly an impressive effort that I'm very glad I found.
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