Get Lost with Mike Polizze’s “Long Lost Solace Find” ? Out Today.
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Chet Baker knew best: when the world burns, sometimes you need to get lost. We can think of no better way to do so today than to listen to Mike Polizze‘s Long Lost Solace Find, out today worldwide, streaming and in shops actual and virtual. Pitchfork recommends you listen, calling the record “the sonic equivalent of a beer on the beach at sunset,” which sounds like the proper prescription for this weekend, provided you can find a safe, relatively empty beach.
Polizze‘s debut solo album—and his first release for Paradise of Bachelors—finds the erstwhile Purling Hiss (Drag City) frontman and Birds of Maya shredder stepping out from behind the wall of guitar noise into the bright sunshine. Performed entirely by Polizze with longtime friend Kurt Vile (largely live and acoustic) and recorded by War on Drugs engineer Jeff Zeigler, this intimate Philadelphia affair clarifies the bittersweet earworm melodicism of Dizzy Polizzy’s songwriting, revealing bona fide folk-pop chops. Long Lost Solace Find finally harvests the wild local honey from the buzzing hive of Hiss.
For more about the record, its Philadelphia genesis, and some Ben Franklin and hoagie jokes, read the album narrative.
The deluxe LP edition features 140g vinyl; heavy-duty board jacket; full-color inner sleeve and labels; and high-res Bandcamp download code. The deluxe transparent blue vinyl LP edition is limited to 650 copies. The CD edition features a gatefold board jacket with LP replica art.
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Long Lost Solace Find Is Uncut’s Album of the Month
Mike is the centerfold for Uncut Magazine’s September Album of the Month feature, with an 8/10 review by Louis Pattison and “Wishing Well” leading the covermount CD. Pick up the magazine to read the whole feature & interview, which digs deep into the album’s Philadelphia story.
8/10, Album of the Month. Shunning electric guitar shred and garage distortion in favor of languid fingerstyle acoustic music and heavy-lidded balladry, these 12 tracks feel on the surface light and casual, but scrutinized up close betray a deep artistry and care. It’s the sort of record that makes you wonder: where, exactly, has he been hiding this stuff? It’s clear that on Long Lost Solace Find, he’s uncovered a rich seam of songwriting, classic-sounding yet modern, unquestionably nostalgic in temperament but undeniably vital despite it. It’s beautifully recorded… unfurling with an unhurried spaciousness that feels like the perfect foil for Polizze’s casual, dizzy lyricism. Even when he’s at his most melancholy and hangdog, the songs themselves gleam like diamonds. – Uncut
More Acclaim for Long Lost Solace Find
The sound of the record approaches bliss: the sonic equivalent of a beer on the beach at sunset. It flows like a well-conceived song cycle and moves gracefully from one thought to the next. In [“Sit Down”], he describes sunlight as “laser beams through my hair,” which seems like a good summary of the world he builds through songs: intimate, warm, a little uncanny. – Pitchfork
4 stars. For anyone who digs the Philly scene of the War on Drugs, Kurt Vile, and Steve Gunn, Mike Polizze might be a comforting new discovery. Polizze has spent the last decade or so journeying from obliterating noise to slacker-pop, gradually peeling off layers of fuzz to expose a deft songcraft. That process has culminated in this very sweet debut… reminiscent of a bucolic J. Mascis and adroit Britfolk fingerpickers, and capable of a catchy alterna-hit when the mood takes him. – MOJO
I love this music so much. ‘Revelation’ is the summer jam I needed, and this is absolutely my summer record. I’m not just sayin’ that because Mike is my bro, and I happened to play and sing on it. I’m so proud and honored to have made the cut on five jams… So many of these songs give me chills. I think we all could use these catchy, beautiful jams in our respective quarantines (physical and mental)… I needed this shit! Mike Polizze is the guitar god of Philly, and Jeff Zeigler (recording king) knocked this one out the park, baby. – Kurt Vile
Exquisitely beautiful… It has the wondrous, enveloping quality of a daydream. – American Songwriter
The off-the-cuff nature of his voice makes everything sound so effortless, but the melodies are incredibly hearty. Its light (but not over-the-top) twang and Polizze’s grizzled warmth are a match made in heaven—especially during these summer months. It’s the sound of floating in a pool inner tube with your eyes closed on a sun-kissed afternoon—you have no idea what time it is or whether you’re sunburnt, and you don’t care. – Paste
Mike Polizze turns the hiss down to a hum and lets his soft side shine through. With fellow Philly luminary Kurt Vile in tow, he shapes [the album] into an azure swoon lit on clear skies, yet burdened with a slightly heavy heart. Polizze finds his own faded grace in his new digs, shaking off the yolk of fuzz for a surprisingly clear view of pop that’s littered with strums, horns, and sing-along choruses… The record cools the swamp of summer into the sweater-hugged nights of fall from the moment the needle hits the platter. – Raven Sings the Blues
RIYL: Purling Hiss, Birds of Maya, Kurt Vile, Steve Gunn, Nap Eyes, the War on Drugs, Ted Lucas, Daniel Johnston, Jonathan Richman, the Clean, the Kinks, Neil Young, the Grateful Dead.
