On June 2nd, Town Ballroom (681 Main St) will
feature a Battle of the Bands presented by Zee’s Property Services. After
checking out the numerous battling bands competing, I stumbled upon Victory for
Poland. This Amherst based indie-pop act was formed in 2010 by Tylor Colby and
Cian Harrigan and has steadily grown in both members and sound in the past two
years. Although this sextet seems to be barely out of high school (or still
in?), their influences are notably mature (Neutral Milk Hotel, Modest Mouse).
I would confidently describe them as a healthy mix of Los Campesinos!, Vampire
Weekend, and Ra Ra Riot. I was surprised
this band of multiple multi-instrumentalists have not been more talked about,
but maybe that’s because I am probably ten years older than their oldest
member. Victory for Poland is both talented and
unique to the Buffalo scene and here’s your chance to check them out.
nice find mike!
the shortness of the song is very punk, yet the vocals is Strokes-like, with a good blending of instruments and layered sounds. a mature sound from a young band- very rare!
sounds really good