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Streight Angular

Boston, Massachusetts, United States | INDIE

Boston, Massachusetts, United States | INDIE
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"Nominated "BEST NEW ARTIST" Boston Music Awards"

Streight Angular is nominated "Best New Artist" 2011 Boston Music Awards - Boston Music Spotlight


"Nominated "BEST NEW ARTIST" Boston Music Awards"

Streight Angular is nominated "Best New Artist" 2011 Boston Music Awards - Boston Music Spotlight


"MP3 of the Week Boston Phoenix"

Streight Angular's single "Supermarché" was the Boston Phoenix's MP3 of the Week.
- Boston Phoenix


"MP3 of the Week Boston Phoenix"

Streight Angular's single "Supermarché" was the Boston Phoenix's MP3 of the Week.
- Boston Phoenix


"Streight Angular Reviews"

"Most of all, After and Before just feels like a good time. It's as if you have been invited to a party and everyone is singing and you just can't help but sing along. One of the best party vibes on this album comes from the closing track, "The Beginning of the End," which urges you to "drink the pop because it's cheaper than water." And that, in the end, is what Streight Angular is all about: fizzy and sweet, unlike the plain and dull tones of water." - Max Specht (Performer Magazine)

"Are You Ever Satisfied” is a musical journey through relationship psychology. The lovers’ exchange of “Are you ever satisfied/No I'm never satisfied” reaches hypnotic levels over a Pixies-esque alt-rock groove before frontman Al Polk crashes the spoken lyrical volley with a heavy, baritone-fed chorus. Then midway through, like most relationships, it gets messy...the track becomes fidgety, restless, and intentionally f*cked up, like a slowly disappearing Michael J. Fox playing guitar with Marvin Berry & the Starlighters during the climactic scene of Back to the Future. Before flying off the rails completely, it eases back into its boy vs. girl discourse about satisfaction. It’s a trip." - Boston Phoenix

Streight Angular is heavily influenced by the work of K Records founder Calvin Johnson. The band is signed to Polk Records, a record label that has the mission of building community and supporting the arts. - Performer Magazine, Boston Phoenix, Weekly Dig


"Streight Angular Reviews"

"Most of all, After and Before just feels like a good time. It's as if you have been invited to a party and everyone is singing and you just can't help but sing along. One of the best party vibes on this album comes from the closing track, "The Beginning of the End," which urges you to "drink the pop because it's cheaper than water." And that, in the end, is what Streight Angular is all about: fizzy and sweet, unlike the plain and dull tones of water." - Max Specht (Performer Magazine)

"Are You Ever Satisfied” is a musical journey through relationship psychology. The lovers’ exchange of “Are you ever satisfied/No I'm never satisfied” reaches hypnotic levels over a Pixies-esque alt-rock groove before frontman Al Polk crashes the spoken lyrical volley with a heavy, baritone-fed chorus. Then midway through, like most relationships, it gets messy...the track becomes fidgety, restless, and intentionally f*cked up, like a slowly disappearing Michael J. Fox playing guitar with Marvin Berry & the Starlighters during the climactic scene of Back to the Future. Before flying off the rails completely, it eases back into its boy vs. girl discourse about satisfaction. It’s a trip." - Boston Phoenix

Streight Angular is heavily influenced by the work of K Records founder Calvin Johnson. The band is signed to Polk Records, a record label that has the mission of building community and supporting the arts. - Performer Magazine, Boston Phoenix, Weekly Dig


Discography

After and Before LP
Everyone is Syncopated (Single)
Supermarché (Single)
Are You Ever Satisfied? (Single)
Oh, Oh, Oh, Baby (Single)
On the Washing Machine (Single)
Radiodead (Single)

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Streight Angular, winner of "Best Garage Rock Act" in the 2012 Boston Phoenix Music Poll, is a Boston indie band on Polk Records who play genre jumping songs with hints of social commentary that explode in DayGlo color soundscapes. Following in the footsteps of other Boston greats, namely the Pixies, StreightAngular have boy/girl vocals, have song titles like "Are You Ever Satisfied?" and "On the Washing Machine" and make music with enough broad appeal that any listener no matter what age, sex, or race is sure to enjoy and identify with. Nominated "BEST NEW ARTIST" 2011 Boston Music Awards.

Influences are Pixies, Talking Heads, Joy Division, Depeche Mode, Nirvana