Led by singer/songwriter Channy Leaneagh and producer Ryan Olson, Poliça blend dream pop, R&B, and electronic music into their own expressive style. Their 2012 debut, Give You the Ghost, was as emotional as it was experimental, balancing Leaneagh's heavily processed vocals and Olson's careening sounds in tear-blurred meditations on heartache. Later, Poliça brought more sonic clarity and lyrical edge to the declarations of independence of 2012's Shulamith and 2016's politically charged United Crushers. However, their skill at creating a mood never waned, and it was at the heart of the healing journey they traced on 2020's When We Stay Alive and 2022's Madness.