Line #29 Music/Polyphia


1	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/polyphia_press_2019.jpg]]
2	[[caption-width-right:350:"We play rap music with guitars."[[note]]From Left to Right: Clay Aeschliman, Tim Henson, Clay Gober, Scott [=LePage=][[/note]] ]]
3	Polyphia is a Dallas-based ProgressiveRock band started in 2010. Initially started as a pure djent band that got big through a viral video on [=YouTube=] and subsequent covers, they branched out from their first couple of [=EP=]s and first album as a band willing to experiment with pop elements while also keeping the tight, djenty feel while mixing progressive elements and math rock time signatures and progressions into their sound, creating a unique and upbeat sound.
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5	And then in 2017, [[NewSoundAlbum ''[=TheMostHated=]'']] EP dropped, marking a hard left turn in their sound.
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7	''[=TheMostHated=]'' incorporated trap beats, pop synths, and drum machines into their sound, creating a weird but very original take on their contemporaries, and it was such a wild success that they haven't looked back since, releasing their next album and their next five singles using this formula, and they don't appear to be slowing down whatsoever.
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9	They are also characterized by their deeply [[DeadpanSnarker un-serious-but-serious personas]], especially Tim and Scott, who basically spend interviews and videos messing around and telling jokes when they aren't playing.
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11	!!!Band Members
12	* Tim Henson - Guitar
13	* Scott [=LePage=] - Guitar
14	* Clay Gober - Bass
15	* Clay Aeschliman - Drums
16	!!!Discography
17	* ''Resurrect (Demo)'' - (2011)
18	* ''Inspire '' - EP, 2013
19	* ''Muse'' - 2014, re-released in 2015
20	* ''Renaissance'' - 2016
21	* ''[[GenreShift [=TheMostHated=]]]'' - EP, 2017
22	* ''New Levels New Devils'' - 2018
23	* ''Remember That You Will Die'' - 2022
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25	!!Polyphia and their music contains examples of:
26	* AvantGardeMetal: A standout case of a band pushing the boundaries of ProgressiveRock and ProgressiveMetal to such an extent that they [[ZigzaggedTrope overlap and weave into each other]]
27	* DeadpanSnarker: The whole band is this. They insisted on calling themselves "true ChristianMetal"...while releasing their intentionally raunchiest video.
28	* DudeLooksLikeALady: Tim is an extremely attractive, young, fashionable looking guy.
29	* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Go listen to their first couple of [=EPs=] and first album after listening to ''Renaissance'' or anything after that. You'd think an entirely different band made them.
30	* GenreBusting: Their blend of {{djent}} and {{math rock}} with trap beats and pop sensibilities is very unusual.
31	* {{Instrumentals}}: All but two of their songs don't feature a singer.
32	* NewSoundAlbum: ''[=TheMostHated=]'' was a hard GenreShift into LighterAndSofter but no less technical and creative musical territory.
33	* OneSteveLimit: Averted. Both their drummer and bassist are named Clay.
34	* ProgressiveRock / ProgressiveMetal
35	* RereleaseTheSong: ''LIT'' is actually ''Light'' from ''Renaissance'', but re-orchestrated and with additional trap/pop elements, and as a result it sounds extremely different.
36	* SpecialGuest:
37	** New Levels New Devils features Lewis Grant appears on ''Look But Don't Touch'', [[Music/{{Covet}} Yvette Young]] on featured in "Rich Kids", CHON guitarists Mario Camarena and Erick Hansel on "Yas", Jason Richardson on "Nasty", and Ichika Nito on "Death Note".
38	** ''Remember That You Will Die'' takes it up to eleven: vocalist Sophia Black appears on "ABC", Brasstracks is featured in "Genesis", keyboardist Anomalie appears on "The Audacity",[[Music/{{Deftones}} Chino Moreno]] sings in "Bloodbath", [[AWildRapperAppears Lil West]] has a rap verse at the end of "Chimera", rapper $NOT appears in [[PrecisionFStrike "Fuck Around and Find Out"]], rapper Killstation appears in "Memento Mori" and Music/SteveVai takes a solo at the climax of "Ego Death".

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