PoliMorphic is a band based from Madison, Wisconsin. Starting out as a Beatles cover band, the band soon morphed a style into their vision. After months of basement jam sessions, the band emerged to begin performing at open mics and events around the city. These experiences helped motivate them to work on original material to better represent the members. Using foundations of jazz as well as elements of blues, funk, folk and alternative rock they were able to create their album Night & Day.
The album starts off with “Jazz Hands.” As the name suggests the song is a jazzy tune that has a really nice swing to it. The vocals are elegant yet strong enough adding a layer to the mellow sound. “Eclipse” has a build up in the beginning but it’s much slower compared to the previous track. Strong instrumentals and gentle vocals make this track lighter, while the message is a bit dire. As the season changes so do people’s personalities. The soothing song “Smoked Filled Room” casually waltzes onto the speakers. Powerful vocals accompanied by guitar makes the folk song about confessions quite impactful. “Ship At Sea” is a solid acoustic guitar song with good vocals. The lyrics touch on being free but at this point the overall sound of the entire album is more or less slow. Finally there is a change of pace a bit with the blues song “Hand To Heart.” It still holds a serious tone but the instrumentation at least gives a much-needed jolt to the album. The album comes to an end with the funky jam “Tulips.” It’s another jazzy track that brings a lot of emotion with the vocal range and a wonderful guitar solo. Night & Day allows PoliMorphic to explore emotions evoked by their personal life experiences. The album touches on themes such as love, loss, growth and pain. While “Jazz Hands” and “Tulips” are light and joyful, a majority of the songs embrace sadness. Perhaps that’s what life’s journey is all about, fun in the beginning, rough patches in the middle until you get to the end.
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