Pollens…
Is ensemble singing.
Is density and drone.
Is modal and polyrhythmic.
Is influenced by African trance and contemporary choral music.
Originally the duo project of Jeff Aaron Bryant and Hanna Benn with guest vocalists, Pollens blossomed in 2011 into a 6- and subsequently 7-member band of Cornish music school nerds. They quickly built a huge amount of buzz in Seattle, and would go on to tour Europe and the US (with friends The Cave Singers) and play multiple northwest music festivals.
Pollens has since relocated to Brooklyn, New York, where they are now a smaller group helmed by Bryant. They are signed to Hamburg label Tapete Records.
“A complicated six-headed organism blessed with supple vocal cords and the skill to arrange them into strikingly gorgeous shapes.” (The Stranger)
“An extraordinary new band” (Forced Exposure)
“Pollens don’t sound like any band I’ve heard before” (Three Imaginary Girls)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZaT2x5x8qI