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'violent games' continues the heavy on the drums theme, with duelling beats that intensify to machine gun-like levels, led by channy's urgent and cyclical vocals 'tremble at the taste of \/ tremble at the taste of \/ tremble at the taste of in his hands'. born out of the break-up of a recent relationship, the majority of give you the ghost reflects the difficulty of facing up to your mistakes and making peace with them; an exorcism via exciting new musical possibilities. rough trade east in-store - polica - thursday 12th july, 7pm\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Memphis Industries","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50432894730571,"sku":"348385","price":5.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/9dfe6269-20dd-4438-9eaf-e3d67c867a2d_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726874922"},{"product_id":"when-we-stay-alive","title":"When We Stay Alive","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen Poliça’s Channy Leaneagh fell off her roof while clearing ice in early 2018, she smashed her L1 vertebrae and battered her spine, leaving her in a brace with limited mobility for months. 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To create the album, Olson brought his favourite collaborators into his studio for all-night sessions. He’d then send Leaneagh the files to write lyrics to while recovering at home, which she’d record alone or with engineer Alex Proctor. Drummers Drew Christopherson and Ben Ivascu colored the songs with a new approach – drastically changing the rhythmic dynamic from previous efforts by creating an indistinguishable hybrid of live and electronic instrumentation - and bassist Chris Bierden provided a melody-laden low-end as well as more layered backing vocals than ever before. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Memphis Industries","offers":[{"title":"Clear | LP","offer_id":50465909244235,"sku":"1077970","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50465909047627,"sku":"1077967","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/848a4df2-e79f-45cc-9154-dcd3339641cc_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727298904"},{"product_id":"united-crushers","title":"United Crushers","description":"\u003cp\u003e'United Crushers' is Policia's third full length release and most remarkable album yet. 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