Biography
Philly musician Mike Polizze shifted away from the ragged fuzz rock that defined his long-running Purling Hiss project once he chose to record under his own name. Where his earlier reputation rested on grunge-informed loudness, the 2020 solo debut Long Lost Solace Find presented a mellow collection of acoustic folk-rock instead.
Having relocated from Media, Pennsylvania, to Philadelphia in 2004, Polizze immediately formed the band Birds of Maya. A few years afterward he launched Purling Hiss as a markedly noisier solo outlet, later expanding it from grainy home-recorded albums into a full-fledged touring band whose releases appeared on Drag City. From 2009 through 2016 he maintained activity with both groups while occasionally adding guitar to friends’ projects and one-off experiments. The 2020 album Long Lost Solace Find marked the first release under Polizze’s given name; its largely acoustic material included contributions from longtime friend Kurt Vile and came out on the Paradise of Bachelors label in July of that year.
Having relocated from Media, Pennsylvania, to Philadelphia in 2004, Polizze immediately formed the band Birds of Maya. A few years afterward he launched Purling Hiss as a markedly noisier solo outlet, later expanding it from grainy home-recorded albums into a full-fledged touring band whose releases appeared on Drag City. From 2009 through 2016 he maintained activity with both groups while occasionally adding guitar to friends’ projects and one-off experiments. The 2020 album Long Lost Solace Find marked the first release under Polizze’s given name; its largely acoustic material included contributions from longtime friend Kurt Vile and came out on the Paradise of Bachelors label in July of that year.
Albums
Singles
