Polaris

Formation and Early Days (2008-2011)
Callum James and Scott Bassett learned guitar in the same school and have been making music for years afterward. The first band was formed at University with housemates under the name 'Stereotypical Acid', the music being as weird as the name.

The name changed to 'Painting Bus Stops' and a direction set in place after a drunk night out where band members came across a few tins on paint and a few bus stops in Cardiff City Centre. The music was classed as rock but had influences from every genre, this time people had started paying attention and PBS were soon getting local airplay on radio stations from self produced demos and supporting bigger bands such as Attack! Attack!.

In 2011 they were recording with established producer Todd Campbell and put together their first EP 'Pub.Club.Home Alone'. Before releasing it they were repeatedly told to change their name if they wanted to be taken seriously by Todd and Romesh Dodangoda, they eventually caved and decided to end the 'Painting Bus Stops' chapter but not before having hit single 'Alone in the Crowd' played on Jen Longs BBC Introducing Radio 1 show.

Current Activity
With band members dropping like flies as people moved out of the city after university, Scott and Callum auditioned Alex Price on drums and snapped him up in 2012. They then auditioned singers until they settled on singer/songwriter Paul Evans in 2013, later recruiting childhood friend and Scotts stepbrother David Varty on bass.

The boys went about putting together a set list of previous songs readapted, as well as new material for live shows. They played their first show with Colours of One at Clwb Ifor Bach in November 2013. 'Live and Learn' was the first song written and the first to be recorded with Will Davies(Attack! Attack!) that features as a bonus track on the self titled EP.

After writing more songs, booking shows and building an online presense, Polaris entered the studio with Todd Campbell in early 2014 to record Polaris in Stompbox studios.

On June 13th Polaris headlined thier EP Release show in The Moon Club, Cardiff and have been working on new material since

Style and Influences
Rock/Alt Rock

A few influences are Mallory Knox, ADTR, Deaf Havana, Brand New, Don Broco

Current Members

 * Paul Evans - Vocals (2013-present)
 * Callum James - Guitar/Backing Vox (2008-present)
 * Scott Bassett - Guitar/Backing Vox (2008-present)
 * Alex Price - Drums (2012-present)
 * David Varty - Bass (2013-Present)

Past Members

 * Richard Protheroe - Vocals (2008-2013)
 * Andrew Hillier - Bass (2010-2013)
 * Josh Norton-Cox - Drums (2008-2012)
 * Nathan Barrett - Bass (2008-2010)

Singles

 * Alone in the Crowd (2011)
 * Young and Naive (2012)
 * Live and Learn (2013)

EPs


 * Pub.Club.Home Alone (2012)
 * Polaris (2014)

Links
www.facebook.com/polarisbanduk

www.twitter.com/wearepolaris