Recorded in just two weeks and written instinctively following the demise of Channy's marriage, Poliça's debut album Give You The Ghost is a sometimes violent near-celebration of the end of something monumental, all wrapped up in guazy, claustrophobic post-rock R&B. It's not hugely surprising that the lyric Channy couldn't get out of her head when writing the album was "don't fuck with me, don't fuck with me" from Jai Paul's BTSTU; that track's similar mix of fragility and aggression is at the core of Poliça songs Form and the crushing Happy Be Fine.
I've listened to the Poliça album more than any other this year.
It is fantastic.