{"id":185,"date":"2014-05-01T12:19:26","date_gmt":"2014-05-01T12:19:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/?p=185"},"modified":"2022-05-24T11:52:49","modified_gmt":"2022-05-24T18:52:49","slug":"polica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/polica","title":{"rendered":"Episode 9: Poli\u00e7a"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"subhead\">&#8220;Smug&#8221;<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/SongExploder9.png\" alt=\"SongExploder9\" width=\"600\" height=\"298\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-186\" srcset=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/SongExploder9.png 600w, https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/SongExploder9-300x149.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" width=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/play.prx.org\/e?uf=https%3A%2F%2Ff.prxu.org%2Fsong-exploder%2Ffeed-rss.xml&#038;ge=bebd7284dd6c22a30a6fccd38da74d1e\"><\/iframe>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"download-links\">DOWNLOAD: <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/polica-smug\/id788236947?i=309087738&#038;mt=2?&#038;uo=4&#038;at=10lMg6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iTUNES<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/dovetail.prxu.org\/song-exploder\/055badca-d10e-4bbc-9423-98768672c985\/SongExploder9-Poli%25C3%25A7a-DT.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MP3<\/a><\/div>\n<p>Ryan Olson is a member of the band <a href=\"http:\/\/thisispolica.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Poli\u00e7a<\/a>. Though he doesn&#8217;t perform with them live, he put the band together, produces the songs, and co-writes them. I interviewed Ryan in his bedroom studio in Minneapolis. In this episode, he breaks down the song Smug, from their 2013 album Shulamith. He also talks about two pieces of equipment that have helped shape the sound of Poli\u00e7a, and how he was introduced to one of them by Justin Vernon of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bon_iver\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bon Iver<\/a>, and the other by <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dj_shadow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DJ Shadow<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For a transcript of this episode, <a href=\"http:\/\/songexploder.net\/transcripts\/polica-transcript.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here.<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"endsign\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Smug&#8221; DOWNLOAD: iTUNES \u00b7 MP3 Ryan Olson is a member of the band Poli\u00e7a. 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