Probably all but forgotten now, Polyrock are little more than a footnote in the annals of late Seventies and early Eighties Post Punk. All jerky rhythms and syncopated intensity, they released a couple of albums in the early Eighties which are very much of their time yet still reward being listened to forty years on.
Polyrock stood out, if at all, for their Philip Glass influence and connection. He appeared on both their albums. Otherwise they were part Talking Heads, part Feelies, part Wire, part Devo, part Pylon. Never entirely themselves but likeable enough anyhow. Their eponymous 1980 debut is the place to start.
The songs here are diverting though hardly outstanding but it's a record I'll return to and might visit Discogs to purchase. Much of the time they're 'doing the robot' thang, a preoccupation of the time/ A slightly repetitive compilation playlist on this theme could easily be compiled with them on it somewhere. Somehow what was considered 'adult' at the time seems rather innocent at this remove.
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