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 Bonnaroo 2003 Artist Bios: Polyphonic Spree   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Since its inception, The Polyphonic Spree has shared stages with Grandaddy and Built To Spill, as well as hosting a number of their own "events" which have featured a demonstration by the Ft. Worth Zoo, an actual wedding live on stage, and a christmas pageant.
Not even a year old, The Polyphonic Spree and Tim DeLaughter won the best new act and local musician of the year in the Dallas Observer as well as the FW Weekly.
The Polyphonic Spree intend to enter the studio early 2002 to record their proper full length.
www.bonnaroo.com /2003/artists03/bio03_polyphonicspree.htm   (184 words)

  
 Article: The Polyphonic Spree   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Their subtle mix of arena-rock (without the arena), psychedelic, pop and indie rock make the Spree one of the most daring and compelling bands of the PAST decade, as far as HLMusic is concerned.
After that first show, the Spree were on a roll, booking shows in the U.K. like madmen (and madwomen), bringing their feel-good sound to the masses.
The Polyphonic Spree is one of the few bands out there that are trying to change that, by overtly challenging the minds of the masses and pushing envelopes in the most bizarre and dazzling fashions imaginable.
www.harlemlive.org /arts-culture/music/polyphonicspree   (1492 words)

  
 Interview with The Polyphonic Spree
Or at least it certainly sounds like it considering the almost nonstop success this year by The Polyphonic Spree, a 22-member rock band/choir/orchestra from Dallas that makes The 5th Dimension sound like a glee club.
Recoil chatted by phone with Julie Doyle, DeLaughter's wife and member of The Polyphonic Spree's choir, while she was at home in Dallas following the recording and mixing of the band's new album, which will receive its final touches this month and is due out early next year.
It was kind of a natural progression to say, 'Let's blend the music and the sound of something into the spirit of friendship and people that were creative and wanted to express themselves, whether they've actually done music or not.' And put that all together and you get something pretty different.
www.recoilmag.com /interviews/the_polyphonic_spree_1003.html   (973 words)

  
 The Polyphonic Spree - Together We're Heavy DVD-A Review
The Polyphonic Spree, a band consisting of over 20 members, led by Tripping Daisies frontman Tim DeLaughter, is going to have to do some serious math to divvy up the money should their latest album Together We’re Heavy recoup its expenses and become a financial success.
The sound of The Polyphonic Spree is a huge amalgamation of The Beatles, The Partridge Family, David Bowie, Pink Floyd and The Beach Boys.
The Polyphonic Spree is so unconventional that your expectations of a regular rock band are blown of the water from the moment you see them in their multi-colored robes on the album’s cover.
www.avrev.com /music/revs/polyphonic.shtml   (1155 words)

  
 The Polyphonic Spree   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
This is about the band, group, ensemble the Polyphonic Spree.
Polyphonic Spree have an extremely fun time playing music, and there cannot be anything wrong with that.
The Polyphonic Spree is famous for their white robes and the amount of members in the band (somewhere over 22).
www.nemov.net /web/polyphonic_spree.htm   (235 words)

  
 CNN.com - Music world gets a sonic baptism - May. 19, 2003
The Polyphonic Spree's East coast tour starts June 2, followed by a proper release of their last album "The Beginning of...
The Polyphonic Spree was DeLaughter's sonic vision -- a fusion of a choir, an orchestra and a pop band, all with their own distinct sounds married into one choral-symphonic pop group.
In the past year, The Polyphonic Spree has bounced back over to Britain and just begun to spread the exultant gospel throughout the United States.
cnn.com /2003/SHOWBIZ/Music/05/16/hln.hot.hit.polyphonic   (681 words)

  
 The Polyphonic Spree News
The Polyphonic Spree Eclectic symphonic pop outfit, the Polyphonic Spree, have announced their partnership with TVT to release The Fragile...
Dallas symphonic pop group The Polyphonic Spree, also known for their love of loose-fitting garb, have signed with TVT Records for their third full-length album, The Fragile Army.
Dallas-based and Texas-sized ensemble the Polyphonic Spree have singed on with TVT records to release their third LP, The Fragile Army.
www.topix.net /who/the-polyphonic-spree   (660 words)

  
 The Polyphonic Spree - Biography - AOL Music
Dallas symphonic pop group the Polyphonic Spree is less a band than a happening, in the 1960s sense of the word.
The Polyphonic Spree was founded by Tim DeLaughter, who led Tripping Daisy until 1999, when a drug overdose killed his bandmate, guitar player Wes Berggren.
They put together a demo titled The Beginning Stages of...the Polyphonic Spree and distributed it to fans during a holiday performance.
music.aol.com /artist/the-polyphonic-spree/529848/biography   (385 words)

  
 umusic.ca :: The Polyphonic Spree
The Polyphonic Spree came to life on July 15, 2000.
 In this case it is The Polyphonic Spree, the brainchild of Tim DeLaughter.
 The Polyphonic Spree is an ongoing experiment/ family with one man's vision and the talent of more than 2 dozen accomplished musicians/ voices propelling the venture.
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 Polyphonic Spree: The Beginning Stages of...: Pitchfork Record Review   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
In fact, the evening could have easily found the Polyphonic Spree upstaging any number of lesser headliners, were they not Built to Spill.
As it stands, the Polyphonic Spree are the musical approximation of saccharin, in that they make a great substitute for pure, unadulterated twee.
The premise for the group is admittedly genius, but if DeLaughter's goal is to distill their stage presence and the giddiness conjured at Spree performances onto compact disc, he and his Polyphonic friends will have to find a way to work around their music's seemingly necessary visual accompaniment.
www.pitchforkmedia.com /article/record_review/20967/Polyphonic_Spree_The_Beginning_Stages_of_   (822 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Together We Re Heavy: Music: Polyphonic Spree   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Feel-good band Polyphonic Spree are in fine form on their sophomore CD, "Together We're Heavy" -- it presents pretty much the same sound as in their debut, but more relaxed, polished and panoramic than before.
The Polyphonic Spree won their fans with their psychedelic feel-good pop, not to mention songs about how the "trees wanna grow," and assuring you that the world is a nice place and that "everything...
The Polyphonic Spree is brilliant as a conception, in fact, it's one of the most original, fun, and interesting ideas to hit music in the last 15 years.
www.amazon.ca /Together-We-Heavy-Polyphonic-Spree/dp/B0002IQ1QC   (1381 words)

  
 The Polyphonic Spree : interview
The Spree's musical output is, of course, vastly different from the mainstream norm in its devotional happiness and rocky bite.
That's what the Polyphonic Spree is - it's pretty sunny music, but it also has a rock side to it as well.
The Spree's second album is out on their own label again, and marks a confident maturation of the band.
www.musicomh.com /interviews/polyphonic-spree.htm   (1131 words)

  
 The Polyphonic Spree News - Page 2   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
When I saw that The Polyphonic Spree had a new EP coming out I jumped on it.The band has one of the more original, innovative sounds and styles around.
For those who are familiar with The Polyphonic Spree's live shows and have been to the outdoor stage at Emo's Austin, the first question you may be asking about their set on Thursday night may be this: "How the...
The Polyphonic Spree Advise You To Wait Thursday August 31, 2006 @ 07:00 PM By: ChartAttack.com Staff The Polyphonic Spree Many-membered Dallas, Texas symphonic pop ensemble The Polyphonic Spree are still...
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 betterPropaganda - free MP3 downloads The Polyphonic Spree
With The Polyphonic Spree, simple things have a way of turning grand.
Never Mind that Tim hadn't really played piano before ("I was kind of teaching myself and at the same time writing songs," he says), or that the band wasn't even thinking of a second record to follow up The Beginning of The Polyphonic Spree.
The original idea - a symphonic pop band, large in number, wearing robes so that all the members' different clothes styles wouldn't be a distraction - metamorphosed from the very minute it was put into practice.
www.betterpropaganda.com /artist_page.asp?id=415   (365 words)

  
 Amazon.com: The Beginning Stages Of...: Music: The Polyphonic Spree   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The Polyphonic Spree are deserving of the hype they've received from all corners of the music world, but The Beginning Stages Of...
Hopefully next time around, the Polyphonic Spree will be able to capture the intensity of their live shows on disc.
If polyphonic means, no two singers ever hit the same tone nor do the voices fit to the music, then well, its polyphonic.
www.amazon.com /Beginning-Stages-Polyphonic-Spree/dp/B00009V7TI   (1383 words)

  
 PCP : The Polyphonic Spree
One of the best parts of a Polyphonic Spree show is watching them file onto a stage.
Considering that most club stages are just barely large enough for three waif-ish guys, their guitars and their ironic cynicism, a 20-some-odd pieceband struggling to fit into the same space is a sight to see — if rock ‘n’ roll has a clown-car equivalent ….
Hearing their music, especially in person, is sort of like a baptism (which would explain the while robes) where all of the world’s evils and miseries are washed away by gleeful, joyous songs about bliss.
www.popculturepress.com /polyspree.html   (1464 words)

  
 VH1.com : The Polyphonic Spree : Polyphonic Spree Turn Their Attention Toward Movies, Ebenezer Scrooge - Urge Music ...
Earlier this year, Polyphonic Spree went into the studio with Brion — who regularly joins the members when they perform in his native Los Angeles — to record a cluster of covers for what was originally intended to be an EP.
Meanwhile, Polyphonic Spree are looking ahead to their third record, a possible concept album.
More closely on the horizon, the Polyphonic Spree are gearing up for an ambitious Christmas production called "The Polyphonic Spree Christmas Carol," which they hope to take on tour to major North American cities.
www.vh1.com /artists/news/1513652/11142005/polyphonic_spree.jhtml   (755 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Together We're Heavy: Music: The Polyphonic Spree   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The repetition of bits and pieces owes as much to 70s progressive rock as it does to the sampling and mixing of the 90s, and, like their stage show, infuses the listener with a silly grin on their face.
When they weren't scaring me with their Mexican jumping beans on Speed routine, I laughed as Tim tried desperately to validate the band as a musical spiritual enlightenment, rather than the stoned gimmicky tripe it actually is. In the live portion, the band jump around constantly, trying REALLY hard to enjoy themselves.
The loss of innocence is considered to be the true sign of adulthood, but the Polyphonic Spree make it a mission to prove otherwise.
www.amazon.com /Together-Were-Heavy-Polyphonic-Spree/dp/B0002IQ1QC   (2437 words)

  
 CNN.com - Embracing the spirit of the Polyphonic Spree - May. 13, 2003
DeLaughter is the man behind the Polyphonic Spree, a Dallas-based symphonic pop group he founded after his former band, Tripping Daisy, dissolved following the death of guitar player Wes Berggren.
the Polyphonic Spree," (Good Records) was recorded and mixed in three days as a demo album and released last year.
TMR chatted with DeLaughter about assembling the band and the inspiration for the unique sound of the Polyphonic Spree.
cnn.com /2003/SHOWBIZ/Music/05/13/mroom.polyphonic.spree   (891 words)

  
 The Polyphonic Spree Undercover Music Interviews
Polyphonic Spree has quickly established themselves as "Texan Symphonic" but the origins go back to the alt-rock of the mid 90's.
It was the formation of the 24 piece Polyphonic Spree.
Polyphonic Spree is part rock band, part choir.
www.undercover.com.au /idol/polyphonicspree2005.html   (231 words)

  
 The Polyphonic Spree: Wait EP: Pitchfork Record Review   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
"Until tomorrow," the Polyphonic Spree once promised, though tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow have crept by at a sure 'nuff petty pace in the two years since.
Besides, the Spree have clearly been doing their homework during the interim.
A third cover, "Sonic Bloom", best illustrates both where the Spree have been and where they may be headed on their forthcoming album.
www.pitchforkmedia.com /article/record_review/38747/The_Polyphonic_Spree_Wait_EP   (534 words)

  
 www.myspace.com/polyphonicspree
So the movers brought it over, and all of a sudden it was sitting in our bedroom and Tim just kind of went to the piano and left the guitar for a while and got really inspired.
I think weve come up with something that truly represents where The Polyphonic Spree are right now, he says, and thats what a record is supposed to do, be a kind of a snapshot of where that band is at that particular time.
Oh and by the way, the Spree Chorus girls are absolutely beautiful, I also must say the guitar player is sweet too, bravo to the flutist as well.
www.myspace.com /polyphonicspree   (2320 words)

  
 The Polyphonic Spree
More important than the size of the sound is its nuances: We hear the gentle fluttering of a flute when the song calls for it, or the harsh pounding of piano keys moments later, or the full force of the band as it sweeps over Tim's delightful quaver.
These songs, while ultimately hopeful, are deeper and darker than many would assume The Polyphonic Spree capable of creating.
What you see when all those people take the stage in their white, or newly rainbow-hued, robes is a what it can look like when you overcome struggle in life by keeping yourself open to its possibilities.
www.musicsyndicate.com /college/general6/spree_tracks.asp   (1241 words)

  
 betterPropaganda - free MP3 downloads The Polyphonic Spree
With The Polyphonic Spree, simple things have a way of turning grand.
Tim was "just writing, honestly, for our live shows," Julie says, "because we were already being asked to headline, and we only had 30 minutes of material because we hadn't been a band that long.
The original idea - a symphonic pop band, large in number, wearing robes so that all the members' different clothes styles wouldn't be a distraction - metamorphosed from the very minute it was put into practice.
betterpropaganda.com /artist_page.asp?id=415   (365 words)

  
 The Q Daily / News / The Polyphonic Spree derobe!
The Polyphonic Spree have de-robed into a new sexed-up all fl combat kit, with hearts, red crosses and a robed Polyphonic Spree embroidered logo.
The new look is all in aid of their forthcoming new album, The Fragile Army.
The band are to return on 7 November with q new digital-only EP Wait, which includes two tracks from the album I'm Calling and Mental Cabaret, along with covers of Nirvana’s Lithium, Love My Way by The Psychedelic Furs and Sonic Bloom by DeLaughter's former band, Tripping Daisy.
news.q4music.com /2006/11/the_polyphonic_spree_derobe.html   (249 words)

  
 The Polyphonic Spree - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The band generally consists of a 10-person choir, a pair of keyboardists, as well as a percussionist, drummer, bassist, guitarist, flautist, trumpeter, trombonist, violinist, violist, harpist, French horn player, a pedal steel player, theremin player, and an electronic effects person.
The reaction to the fledgling band was overwhelmingly positive.
The Fragile Army Blog - Weblog kept by band members during recording of 2007 release The Fragile Army.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Polyphonic_spree   (1147 words)

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