Polyglam recalls the rollercoaster thrills of young love on “Blue Heights”

From the moment the guitars come shining through in the opening seconds of Polyglam’s new single, “Blue Heights”, you know that you’re in the presence of a band comfortable expressing their wildest guitar-pop fantasies. Singer Allie Stamler’s voice is all reflective iridescence, while guitarist-keyboardist Rachel White and drummer-bassist John Sinclair build up the track around her, a whirlwind of gossamer textures and fuzzy contours. They operate within the same musical atmospheres as Alvvays and The Beths, painting a shimmering sunset of infectious harmonies and ringing guitar lines that stretch out to some distant point on the horizon. It’s a minor miracle of pop-rock hypnosis, and you’ll be humming it for days — if not longer. It’s the latest in a string of singles going back to 2023.

The band says that the song was “inspired by young love that exists solely in its own separate universe; a love that creates an intensity between two people that eclipses the world, but is fleeting by the time the sun comes up.”

Listen below.

 

“Blue Heights” it out now on Plant Sounds. Look for more from the band later this year. Follow them on X and Instagram