Josaleigh Pollett Is Haunted By Poltergeist

Salt Lake City’s Josaleigh Pollett returns with ‘Radio Player’, an electronics-infused and poltergeist-inspired new single. Here, Josaleigh is reunited with long-time collaborator Jordan Watko (Crowd Shy) for the first time since Jordan’s relocation to Japan, making this their first recorded output since 2023’s highly acclaimed ‘In the Garden, By the Weeds’, which NPR Music’s Bob Boilen featured on All Songs Considered.

Despite the distance between them, the pair opted to make their first cross-continent collaboration more ambitious and exploratory than what had come before. Merging analogue atmospherics, indie rock drive, and pop melodies, ‘Radio Player’ feels haunting, claustrophobic, and cathartic.

Speaking on their return, Josaleigh comments “Radio Player is a song about memory and fear, loosely based on seeing the movie Poltergeist at too young an age. It is a journey through the hallways of childhood that we leave a light on within. A pink light flickers on and beckons the listener through, releasing them changed and covered in ectoplasm five minutes later”.

Listen to 'Radio Player' here

The Noisy have announced The Secret Ingredient is Even More Meat, a deluxe edition of their acclaimed debut album. Released today via Audio Antihero (Frog / Avery Friedman / Magana / CIAO MALZ), this expanded collection features new and reimagined songs from the Philadelphia-based group and will be accompanied by a series of new music videos.

Fronted by poet Sara Mae Henke (they/them), The Noisy has built a loyal following in  Philadelphia’s music scene, as well as in drag and fashion through collaborations with artists like Miss Thing, Avery Goodname (Camp Wannakiki), Wet Betty, and Jasmine Schulte (designer for Mannequin Pussy, Pom Pom Squad) for music video cameos, live variety show performances, and countless fabulous looks. This blend of music, performance art and queer nightlife make The Noisy a visual experience as much as a sonic one. In spring 2023, The Noisy released ‘Morricone’ with a Strega Nona-meets-Clint Eastwood music video and launched a successful crowdfunding campaign for their debut album, The Secret Ingredient is More Meat, produced by Jacob Lawter (Slow and Steady) and in collaboration with Josh Sorrells (Easy Does It), Ash Baker (Bugs Baker), and Nyleen Perez (Pueblo Now).

Loaded with new material, the aptly titled The Secret Ingredient is Even More Meat features reimaginings of ‘Tony Soprano’ and ‘Neckline’, the original single version of ‘Morricone’, a radio session for New York’s WVKR, and ‘Nightshade’, an unreleased new song.

In addition to the upcoming deluxe reissue, The Noisy are currently working on LP2, while Sara Mae also recently published their award-winning second poetry chapbook, Phantasmagossip, through YesYes Books, which they promoted with a multi-state reading tour.