Polyenso

Polyenso is an American experimental rock band based in St. Petersburg, Florida, United States. The band is composed of lead vocalist and keyboardist Brennan Taulbee, multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Alexander Schultz, and percussionist Denny Agosto. The band's members were all at one point in American post-hardcore band Oceana, but moved to lighter, more uplifting music under the name Polyenso in 2012. Their sound is a blend of indie rock, electronic, folk, jazz, and hip-hop. They released their debut album, One Big Particular Loop, on January 22, 2013. On October 16, 2015, the band released EP1 featuring four tracks from their upcoming second album, Pure in the Plastic. The album, released on April 1, 2016, featured a more pop-inspired sound, without the trumpet playing of their debut album. Later that year, Alternative Press named the band one of the Top 16 Bands to Watch.

Polyenso is an American experimental rock band based in St. Petersburg, Florida, United States. The band is composed of lead vocalist and keyboardist Brennan Taulbee, multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Alexander Schultz, and percussionist Denny Agosto. The band's members were all at one point in American post-hardcore band Oceana, but moved to lighter, more uplifting music under the name Polyenso in 2012. Their sound is a blend of indie rock, electronic, folk, jazz, and hip-hop. They released their debut album, One Big Particular Loop, on January 22, 2013. On October 16, 2015, the band released EP1 featuring four tracks from their upcoming second album, Pure in the Plastic. The album, released on April 1, 2016, featured a more pop-inspired sound, without the trumpet playing of their debut album. Later that year, Alternative Press named the band one of the Top 16 Bands to Watch. ==Oceana== The band formed as Oceana in 2007¹ and beginning with a post-hardcore sound. They were signed to Rise Records, which released their debut album titled The Tide on March 4, 2008, followed by the album Birth.Eater on May 19, 2009. The original members of Oceana had previously been in other bands in the Tampa - St. Petersburg area such as Noreen, and Aissur Ahtom. In 2008, Oceana released their debut album "The Tide" through Rise Records. Shortly after the album release the vocalist, Keith Jones, left the band for personal reasons. The band then picked up Brennan Taulbee who contributed both screaming and clean vocals. In a recent interview, Taulbee said that he was supposed to play keyboards and third guitar for the band's upcoming release but due to the departure of Jones, Brennan filled in the role as Oceana's frontman. Soon after the vocalist change, Oceana released a single demo track titled 'Creations' which was Brennan's debut as front man. They released their second album, entitled Birth.Eater on May 26 through Rise Records. The band was set to tour alongside Silverstein, Poison the Well, and The Sleeping. On April 3, at midnight, they released two new tracks from their upcoming release "Birth.Eater" entitled "Mother Love", and "The Family Disease". Birth.Eater reached No. 48 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart. In mid 2009 the band filmed their first ever music video for the song "The Family Disease" of Birth.Eater album. However it took them more than half a year to release it due to the sudden breakup few weeks later. ==Members== Brennan Taulbee - lead vocals, guitar, piano (since 2008) Alex Schultz - guitar, backing vocals (2007–2009, since 2010) Denny Agosto - drums, backing vocals (since 2008) Former Keith Jones - lead vocals (2007–2008) (was in Decoder and Wolf:Speak, currently in Chandelier) James O'Brien - drums, (2007–2008) Robert Davis - bass (2007–2009) Jack Burns - guitars (2007–2010) (Currently in Sleepwave) Hunter Moore - keyboards, vocals (2011) Kolby Crider - bass (2009-2014) ==Discography== ===Studio albums=== ===EPs=== ===Singles=== ===Demos=== ===Music videos=== ===Album appearances=== ==References==

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