Polachek, a 37-year-old singer-songwriter-producer who emerged as part of synth-pop act Chairlift before striking out on her own, is touring in support of her excellent new album “Desire, I Want to Turn Into You.” That title served as the chorus of her opening number, “Welcome to My Island,” which set the tone for the night: a whistle register that can cut through the most crystalline synthesizers, hey-hey-hey fist pumps and a sensual approach to romantic devotion.
As the background projections changed, so did the songwriting touchstones, with Polachek and her three-piece band guiding a trip to “Tom’s Diner” and walking through a Savage Gardenwith the breakbeats and scintillating arpeggios of warehouse raves, her voice more automatic than Auto-Tuned. At one point, she performed “Crude Drawing of an Angel,” a smoldering song about intimacy and
Accompanying Polachek into the unknown was her sonic and aesthetic opposite, but equally talented singer-songwriter, in featured guest Ethel Cain. Instead of earthen geometry, Cain performed in front of a grainy loop that felt like B-roll from “True Detective” or “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre,” matching the Southern gothic vibes of her music.
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