Past Shows
October 23, 2009
So here’s a little list of the Polemarch’s shows thus far..
2008
15.8. 2008 Tampere, Indie Knockout, Kirjastotalon puisto w/ On Volcano, Frivolvol, Endrive
2009
31.1. Tampere, Huuma
17.2. Jyväskylä, Lutakko w/ novembersoundsbetter
18.2. Helsinki, Semifinal w/ Lighthouse Project, Sixtus
19.2. Tampere, Vastavirta w/ Lighthouse Project, Sixtus
20.2. Turku, TVO w/ Lighthouse Project, Sixtus, Rites Of The Youth
21.2. Pori, Baarikaappi w/ Lighthouse Project, Sixtus,
27.2. Helsinki, Oranssi w/ Goon, St. Brenda
7.3. Oulu, Ykän Pub w/ Vene, The Enemy Pilot
26.3. Helsinki, Lepakkomies w/ Life Giving Waters, The Enemy Pilot
15.4. Tampere, Vastavirta w/ Another Sinking Ships, The Enemy Pilot
30.4. Tampere, Kirjastotalon Puisto Wappukonsertti
1.5. Helsinki, Semifinal w/ Hero Dishonest, The Enemy Pilot
14.5. Tampere, Yo- talo w/ Another Sinking Ship, Vinokäyrä
20.5. Helsinki, Dubrovnik w/ Radar, The Lariots
6.6. Kokemäki, Vastavirtarock w/ Cause For Effect, Rex Willer etc..
26.6. Turku, Klubi Summer In The City Festival w/ Meleeh, Rubik, Frivolvol, Immanu El, Last Days Of April etc…
24.9. St. Petersburg (RUS) Zhelezny Lev w/ Aurora, Nervion, Rocket Power
25.9. Pskov (RUS), TIR- Club
26.9. Riga (Lt) Clup Depo w/ Evade, Crocodile Steve, ГТО, Place Of Fear
27.9. Tallinn (EST), Follow Your Dreams Studios
9.10. Helsinki, Oranssi w/ The Knob, The Enemy Pilot
22.10. Helsinki, Henry’s Pub w/ Ghost Brigade, The Enemy Pilot
14.11. Helsinki, Semifinal w/ Abduktio, St. Hood
From St. Petersburg, Pskov, Riga and Tallinn 24.9.- 28.9.
October 8, 2009
Woke up 5:40, at thursday morning 24.9., picked up stuffs from rehearsal room and started driving towards Vaalimaa- border. First stop at ABC- Kotka where having a delicius breakfasts at Hesburger.
Finnish border was quick, but the Russian one… uuuh. They kept us there 4 hours, just because of some useless papers weren’t filled exactly right! And of course none of the officers spoke finnish or english. grrrreat.
Well, we had to drove onehundredinglass to St. Petersburg, we picked Dima (our promotor) up somewhere at St. Petersburgs rush. He guided us to a venue called Zelezniy Lev bar, which was pretty small but nice place. So we took our stuff in, watched an antifa- movie and two bands shows before us (both where pretty good!), we played our show, which went ok i think, took our stuff out and left to our accommodation place.
Next day we had some time to walk around St. Petersburg before we headed our killer-van to 300 km (6 hours) south to Pskov. F.ex. we managed to see some bears at the St. Pete’s centre .. yep.. that’s possible only in Russia.
St. Petersburg
A show in Pskov was in a place called TIR- club and we were the only band playing there. So we had a lot of time to do a decent sound check and damn there was a good sounds at a stage! Honestly i can say, we have never had better stage sounds! So it was very nice to play there though place was pretty big and there was maybe 40-50 people. At least we saw some moshpit and berrypickin there and after the show Polemarch draw their first autographs /../ .. to a harsh and adult russian men!
Couple of hours sleep at the stage next to the drum set that night …aaah. In the morning we started driving to Riga at 7 am. First hours felt like driving at the landscapes of Lord of the Rings, just waiting some headless riders to come and get us.
This time border-hassles went well, though our car was the only one why they brought a x-ray truck there…. But the officers were very nice this time. They just wondered why we are having so little amount of vodka with us though we are coming from RUSSIA!
Next show was at Clup Depo in Riga. It seemed like every finnish rock band has already been there. LApko and Disco Ensemble- stickers were everywhere at the venue. There were 5 bands playing that night. We played as fourth. The last band was some kind of cheap latvian version of Floggin Molly. And the bands before us… i can say nothing.. cause i didn’t listen them so well.
Riga
Riga photos by Ewa
I took some 8 h sleep at our hostel and woke up very refreshing. Other guys had some Rigan nightlife research till 5:30 am that night.
Sooo, sunday 27.9. we headed to Tallinn, Estonia where we had a show at Follow your Dreams studio (rehearsal room). The place was full. Everyone didn’t fit in but during our set, it felt like half of the crowd just disappeared somewhere 
Luckily we heard that they had to make it to the last bus…. so necessarily it wasn’t because of our playing… but who knows 
Anyway it seemed that we started playing too late. So, it was a very nice place for us to play and everything seemed very ok, but it left a little bit a bad taste in my mouth after all. Definitely the weakest show from us on a tour. Maybe because of exhaustion and awful guitar-sounds.
After the show, a girl who spoke only russian gave us a good place to sleep nearby the venue.
Tallinn photo by Skot
Monday we chilled at Tallinn etc. and took a ferry to home.
So, as a whole, our first little russian & baltic tour was very nice, should i say an instructive experience. Shows were good, it was nice to hang out with the guys those days, got some new friends on the road and things like that.
Cant wait to get back on the road (abroad) again!
np. ZZ-TOP – greatest hits
No thanks to:
- russian border-officers
- russian roads
- junkies in Tallinn who tried to steal our stuff
- a parking place guard in tallinn’s harbor’s guarded parking place, who just read newspapers at his little box, while junkies are breaking windows from a car next to our car.
- estonian police
- tallinn’s bus timetable system
- hesburger
Big thanks to:
- Dima
- Dima’s friends who gave us a place to sleep.. and their blind kitty
- Ewa for pictures
- Henri K. the salesman
- Serko, Skot and a girl who gave us a place to sleep
- a gentleman who called a police to a harbor’s parking place
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Russia & baltia..
August 26, 2009
We have first Polemarch shows abroad in September:
24.9. St Petersburg
25.9. Pskov
26.9. Riga
(27.9. TBA Estonia)
So come to those shows and bring all your friends with you!!
A Static Future EP
August 26, 2009
1. red tape and a black box
2. the moon was our compass
3. a static future
mail us polemarchband@gmail.com if you want a copy
New songs have been made!
April 26, 2009
On this weekend, we finished 3 new songs on our lowbudget rehearsal- gaff recordingsessions. We like em!
We would like to have them out on a vinyl but let’s see how the things will go.
Some quality pics from this weekend…
Tim likes Andy’s closet…
Elliott Smith also featured in one of our new songs..
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vocals yet to come
April 2, 2009
We recorded all the instruments to our upcoming summer release with our friend Andy “Antti” Loponen… so, some srääämzzz-sessions should happen soon…
We aim to put a record out on june.
Valtteri has a new apartment.. (…pool & sauna & everything cool!) So go visit him! He’ll have a housewarmingparty on xx.xx. xx o’clock.
Cheers
Sauli//
Tours, Shows, recordings…
February 10, 2009
Some news from a Polemarch’s encampment.
- We made a booking contract (for shows in Finland) with Myhouse Booking Agency.
- We made really nice posters. Keep your eyes open.
- We have some shows confirmed:
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Lutakon Kahvila w/ Novembersoundsbetter | Jyväskylä | ||
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Semifinal w/ Lighthouse Project, Sixtus | Helsinki | ||
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Vastavirta-Klubi w/ Lighthouse Project, Sixtus | Tampere | ||
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TVO w/ Lighthouse Project, Sixtus, Rites Of The Youth | Turku | ||
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Baarikaappi w/ Lighthouse Project, Sixtus, Crucial Inch | Pori | ||
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Oranssi w/ Goon (+2?) | Helsinki | ||
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Lepakkomies w/ Life Giving Waters & The Enemy Pilot | Helsinki | ||
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Vastavirta-klubi w/ The Enemy Pilot, Another Sinking Ship | Tampere | ||
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TVO w/ The Enemy Pilot & Another Sinking Ship | Turku | ||
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Dubrovnik (Club Mosaiikki) | Helsinki |
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- We have written alot of new songs and we are planning to record some of them soon .. beginning next month (march) Yiii! So we have a summer release ‘09 in our minds. Prepare!
La Fiesta De Disfraces
November 13, 2008
… is a name of our debut EP. There’s altogether 5 songs in a nice jewelcase packet and it cost 5 euros + 1e postage. We refer you to buy it and support independent music that way.
There’s information on our myspace site ( www.myspace.com/polemarchmusic) for how to make an order from us.
We are so anxious to wait to play these and some new songs live.
Ugh
Married To The Zeitgeist, Soon To Be A Widow
October 9, 2008
…And alas, we have a song from the upcoming ep on our myspace profile, check it out: http://www.myspace.com/polemarchmusic
I’d suggest you also download the song so we get plays on last.fm.
Download from here: http://www.mikseri.net/artists/?id=112811
Enjoy.
The lyrics (by Tim, Sauli came up with the song title):
Roaming through a barren wasteland
a road paved with self-betrayal and deceit.
Throught the ruins of lost innocence
the shipwreck of burnt-out youth culture.
Join the party, our celebration
of plastic smiles and plastic passion.
Stylish haircuts to masquerade
the void of real content.
Mayday! Mayday! We’re crashing down!
This place is collapsing from its own weight!
Pretty numb bodies twitching around
to the rythm of deception…
Kings and queens… Thieves and whores…
Celebrate… The decadence.
Soulless mass-produced fashion zombies
dancing to the death rattle of individualism
This is the soundtrack of our youth
taken away and sold.
So we sing and dance to the same old songs again.
this is the soundtrack to our youth
taken away and sold.
It’s finished
September 14, 2008
Aaah.. We had our last weekend in Turku with Veli-Matti and we got some super sweet sounds on tape which can be heard on our upcoming record. We are definitely content with it’s sound so far.
But now, we can only sit and wait…
