The collaboration of Channy Leaneagh (Roma di Luna) and Ryan Olson (GAYNGS) decided to move away from their classic sounds into a georgeous electronic experiment. What results is light and airy electro sounds underwritten by a soulful folk background. Poliça is full of opposition and plays with the ideas of dark and light. Needless to say the tracks are full of intrigue. The experimental use of autotune adds a starry, delicate, heartfelt electrovibe to the tracks. Did you love Bon Iver’s track “Woods”? Imagine that idea expanded on for an entire album. Channy Leaneagh uses the distortion to her advantage, manipulating it like an instrument to create swirling melodies that unravel beautifully. Poliça also features contributions from Mike Noyce (Bon Iver) and was mixed by Jim Eno of Spoon. Their debut album Give You the Ghost will be released on February 14. Also be sure to catch them at the Red Palace in DC on March 23 & Kung Fu Necktie in Philly on March 24. Channy took the time to answer some of our questions on their new supergroup venture:

KC: How did the formation of Poliça come about?

Poliça came out of me singing back-ups in Gayngs and spending too much time with Ryan. I sent him a few songs I had written and asked if he’d work with me and he said yep. It turned out that the two of us work pretty well together.

KC: What drove the decision to use autotune and at what part of the music making process did the decision come into play?

Affected vocals were a part of the “Poliça Policy” from the very begining. Poliça is r&b to me (or atleast I wish it was) and what would “I Wanna Be Your Man” be without vocal fx? I’m addicted to affected vocals and I ain’t going back.

KC: How would you describe the mood of Give You the Ghost?

The mood is lonely, lust and strange inside a smoke filled room steaming with summer heat; writing sessions going till 6am, manic delirium, self-hatred at it’s finest, paranoia and thrashing away at love and happiness.

KC: What do you consider to be major influences to your music?

Other performers and vocalist like Aliyah, Amel Larieux, Sam Cooke, Cat Power. I am most influenced by the people I write with, my perosnal history, present drama and my pitiful search for meaning.

KC: with so many effects and experimentations with electronic sounds do you find it difficult to translate your music to a live performance?

I don’t find it difficult; I find it the best use of my time next to writing songs. Me and Ryan (especially Ryan) think about performing the songs live from the start of the songwriting process.

KC: sweetlife.is is a site that celebrates the sweetlife: what we refer to as the intersection of music, lifestyle, food and style. We’re trying to figure our how to define this intersection. How would Poliça define the sweetlife?

I would add art and film to that list and then you would have something like “necessary relief for surviving a depressing and cruel world”.