Olly Alexander, “Polari.” It’s no simple task to start anew after being associated with another project for over a decade, but that’s just what Olly Alexander set out to do. Polari Olly Alexander Polydor, Feb. 7 8/10 Get the album on Amazon Music. The former lead of electro-pop group Years…

When Years & Years released their last album, Palo Santo, nearly four years ago, they were a trio. In the subsequent years, the group went through various changes resulting in a new version of Years & Years for third album Night Call. It’s now just lead singer Olly Alexander, exerting…

Pet Shop Boys sounded futuristic when they broke onto the music scene in 1984 with their first single, “West End Girls.” The London duo used a relatively simple synthesizer, a Korg MS-10, to craft lush and sophisticated soundscapes, which singer Neil Tennant populated with the silky razor blade of…