POLYSICS Live!

Earlier this week on Sunday, my friend and I went to see POLYSICS perform live at the Abbey Pub. In the past, I've read that their lives are a lot of fun because they're so energetic. And DAMN WAS IT A LOT OF FUN.



Performances started at 9PM, but POLYSICS was apparently the main act, so they started at 11PM. They were preceded by Black Gold and Jaguar Love. Nothing against them, but they seemed and sounded more like the start-up garage bands while POLYSICS was like...on a totally different level. I don't go to performances like these, so I'm at a loss for words and comparisons, but man they were really awesome.



Before the show began, my friend and I saw the frontman Hiroyuki Hayashi (aka Hiro) at the tables selling albums, vinyls, and various other souvenirs. I really think we were the only ones there at the time who knew who he was because when we started asking for autographed albums and pictures, everyone else around did too. It looked like they were going, "Oh, it looks like this person's worth taking pictures with" or something. I dunno.



Later on, we saw him standing in the back, watching Black Gold perform. I tapped his shoulder and asked him would he play "I My Me Mine" and all he could say was, "Secret!" with a smile. It was pretty awesome. He did ultimately play "I My Me Mine" - I like to think that he obliged my request, but I know that's very unlikely because that's like one of their best songs...haha.

I still can't believe I saw them perform. It's almost surreal. So far this week, there has been two mornings where I wake up, drowsily thinking to myself, "Damn that concert was awesome." I highly recommend POLYSICS to anyone and everyone because in my opinion, their music is impossible to hate. You can maybe not like it, but there is no way you can hate it I can't wait for them to come back!

I embedded a YouTube video of two of their best songs, both of which they played, edited back-to-back.

POLYSICS - I My Me Mine
POLYSICS - Electric Surfin' Go Go