Salt Lake City-based indie singer-songwriter Josaleigh Pollett shares her new single “Radio Player,” an electronics-infused and Poltergeist-inspired track. Here, Josaleigh is reunited with long-time collaborator Jordan Watko (Crowd Shy) for the first time since Jordan’s relocation to Japan, making this their first recorded output since 2023’s highly acclaimed In the Garden, By the Weeds.
Despite the distance between them, the pair opted to make their first cross-continent collaboration more ambitious and exploratory than what came before. Initially finding acclaim in 2020 with their No Woman Is the Sea album, before going on to share bills with St. Vincent, Torres, Deep Sea Diver, DeVotchKa, Mini Trees, Hibou, and Kilby Block Party, “Radio Player” sees their sound continue to evolve. This new slow-burning single merges analogue atmospherics, indie rock drive, and pop melodies to create something that feels haunting, claustrophobic, and cathartic.
“‘Radio Player’ is a song about memory and fear, loosely based on seeing the movie Poltergeist at too young an age. It is a journey through the hallways of childhood that we leave a light on within. A pink light flickers on and beckons the listener through, releasing them changed and covered in ectoplasm five minutes later.“
