Polly Mackey and the Pleasure Principle are swinging into 2010 with a bang! Yesterday, Polly Mackey and the Pleasure Principle ranked 7th on Myspace UK's Alternative Music charts, beating major label bands such as 3OH!3, Death Cab For Cutie, and The Editors. What makes this such big news? Firstly, Polly Mackey and the Pleasure Principle is the only unsigned band in the top 30 on the Myspace charts. Secondly, the ranks are based on the amount of plays on a band's profile compared to the day before. This means that Polly Mackey and the Pleasure Principle have the 7th largest play increase per day in all of Myspace UK. Big deal? I think so. The band also ranks 32nd overall on the Myspace UK Music Charts, placing above the Arctic Monkeys and Paramore.
Of course, this isn't exactly a surprise. After SXSW 2009, where the band played several official showcases, they returned home and won a competition against 1700 other European bands to play the FIB Heineken Festival in Benicassim, Spain alongside Oasis, The Killers and Kings of Leon. The band also played at the Liverpool Soundcity Music Festival and headlined Liverpool's Red Festival.
2010 looks to be a promising year for Polly and the guys; with an invitation to play as an official showcasing band at SXSW 2010 and a spot at the HMV festival, the band is already looking at a massively successful year. Armed with a collection of new songs and experience gained from playing over 80 venues across the UK, Polly Mackey and the Pleasure Principle are already well on their way to becoming one of the most influential bands of 2010.
2010 looks to be a promising year for Polly and the guys; with an invitation to play as an official showcasing band at SXSW 2010 and a spot at the HMV festival, the band is already looking at a massively successful year. Armed with a collection of new songs and experience gained from playing over 80 venues across the UK, Polly Mackey and the Pleasure Principle are already well on their way to becoming one of the most influential bands of 2010.
That's a good call from over there in TX. I happen to be very local to this band, but without being biased by that, they really are bleeding excellent and just getting better all the time. I've seen them twice - once a few months back, and once very recently with the new line up.
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