Olly Alexander - Polari (Feb 7)

Verandi

Verandi

Enrique Garcia said:
Was his Eurovision entry an absolute and unnecessary dumpster fire? Yes. But the way some of you do the absolute most to drag him when he has had some perfectly serviceable bops over the years and has tried to stay low key after Eurovision is just fucking weird.
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The albums have gotten progressively worse. The voice doesn't improve. The Eurovision multi-layered disaster is still fresh in memory.

He should have stayed hidden a bit longer and be back with something better. Easy peasy!
 
VeryPSB

VeryPSB

I rate Olly highly and enjoyed Night Call a lot more than Palo Santo (seemingly in the minority) but the new song is definitely lacking a hook despite the decent production.
 
colouroffensive

colouroffensive

He/Him
Beyond him never really developing his sound or imagery, let’s not forget some of the dislike for him stems from his tone deaf statement about music being the great solution to the genocide being inflicted on the people of Palestine, which is why he couldn’t/wouldn’t boycott or comment on “Israel’s” inclusion in Eurovision.
 
HEARTCORE

HEARTCORE

He's spoken a little about the album on his website and email.
I probably first heard the word Polari about fifteen years ago when I was a newly out homosexual, I knew it was some kind of ‘lost gay language’ but I didn’t take too much interest in gay history back then, looking to the past felt difficult. ‘Polari’ was a gay relic that I put alongside hanky codes, secret handshakes and Edna Everage. Ten years later I would play Ritchie in It’s A Sin and get to grapple with my gay identity in a way that totally transformed my life. I loved learning about queer history so much, it gave me a new way to understand myself. Now after more than a decade of releasing music as Years & Years, I’m about to release my first album under my own name. I asked myself… what is an Olly Alexander album? If I wanted to distil the purest essence of whatever it is inside of me, I needed to try something new.
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Many queer people will understand a penchant for secrets and codes, having had a backlog of thousands of years where we were unable to live openly. About 8 months or so into the writing process the topic of Polari came up in the studio and my north star (Polaris!) appeared. I dived into the fascinating history of Polari - and it really is SO fascinating!

Here was a story that spans centuries, filled with hidden meanings and forbidden love, a way to express yourself openly via a secret code. Polari became my guiding light, a place where I could travel through time and create music that took reference from the past and remix it into the future. I've always written songs about love, but I found myself with a new perspective beyond my own usual fears and insecurities. Polari came to encapsulate so many things to me, a creative practice, an artistic refuge - it was a voyage that led me to many surprises - much like the language itself. This album is a documentation of that journey and a celebration of being alive. Welcome to Polari.
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Also, album tracklist:
  1. Polari
  2. Cupid’s Bow
  3. I Know
  4. Shadow Of Love
  5. Make Me A Man
  6. Dizzy
  7. Archangel
  8. Miss You So Much
  9. When We Kiss
  10. Whisper In The Waves
  11. Beautiful
  12. Heal You
  13. Language
 
Hudvar

Hudvar

Love that bouncy bass but, like Dizzy, it climbs to the top of the lift chain and then rolls down a rather flat drop and while you want to put your hands up and scream you just...roll to a stop.
 
Island

Island

Staff member
Yeah this needs a proper chorus but I do like where the song is going. The production is great.
 
Trouble in Paradise

Trouble in Paradise

He/Him
OceanBlue said:
He can say: it includes the Eurovision entry "Dizzy"
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Maybe not the best way to sell it
 
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