Search - Polly Moller :: Diogenes

You may recall that Diogenes, the Greek Cynical philosopher, was said to travel the land by day and night holding a lit lantern, in search of an honest man. According to the legend he never found one. It's this legend that led Polly Moller to name her third album after the ancient philosopher...it echoes many of the traumas she suffered while writing the songs on the album. New sounds crop up everywhere on Diogenes. Polly took up the guitar as a songwriting tool after her flute-induced shoulder injury become too painful -- adding a tightness, accessibility, and radio-friendliness to several new songs: "Synaesthesia", "Cellular Hill", "John Mockingbird", and "Three Quarters (Nubanusit & Contoocook)". Polly also included the disturbingly traditional sound of the autoharp on two tracks -- the dark and driving "Stark Weather" and the atmospheric "Plaquemine Brulée". "I'm known for my fascination with Celtic music," Polly admits. "There is one Celtic-inspired tune on Diogenes, called 'Go Home'. It's psycho Irish music. It starts out traditional and slowly gets more and more disturbed, as the song's main character wrestles with the misogynist message of the song." Diogenes was recorded in Eugene, Oregon at Lucky Dog Studio, with new collaborator Jeff Davis as engineer.