Margot Polo releases “Let’s Get Out”!
“Let’s Get Out” is an anthemic summer road trip track for fans of Foster the People, The Weekend, COIN, and Glass Animals. The song drops on Friday, August 9th, in advance of a five-song EP, coming this fall. Margot Polo is the solo project of David Provenzano (Fialta/Sherwood). To mix this track and the rest of his forthcoming EP, Provenzano tapped Los Angeles producer Brad Wood. Wood has worked on albums for numerous award-winning rock acts over the last three decades, including Smashing Pumpkins, The Bangles, Liz Phair, Say Anything, and Pete Yorn. “Working with Brad has been incredible”, Provenzano says. “Our goal with this single was to make the choruses sound huge and fun, something to sing along to. We aimed to stay true to Margot Polo’s synth pop roots, but with some more organic, alternative rock overtones”.
Provenzano says that lyrically, this song is summer escapism with a hefty dose of millennial malaise thrown in. “There’s a line in the song about ‘going west on Highway 1.’ This is bit of a dark joke; everyone in California knows Highway 1 goes north to south. If you go west it means you’re toppling over the cliffs”. The line was inspired by a passage in an 1985 Amy Hempel story called Tonight is a Favor to Holly, about two girls who live on the ocean in Southern California and use the beach as an excuse to remain stagnant in life. Ultimately, one of the girls drives away, only to realize she wants to head back to the beach.
Provenzano says the story resonates with him. “So, I’m settled in this really nice, sunny beachtown with a job, a wife, pets. It’s easy to feel stuck here sometimes, especially when I compare to what life was like when I was touring full time in my twenties. Living life in motion is hard, but it gives you this feeling of being totally free and light, unmoored from petty concerns andextra baggage. Now, in my 30s, I’m in love and making music and trying to live my dream. I also go to Costco on Saturday mornings and prune rose bushes. This is a battle that I wage half-heartedly. It’s like, do I really want to take more creative risks and get out there, or do I want to sit at home and drink wine and watch the Bachelor with my dog? I talk about my wife in this song, in the bridge. She’s always trying to motivate me to get out of the house and try new things. I have the hardest time breaking out of my ruts. Sometimes, we have to just get in the car and drive the fuck away from California. Leave it all behind and find that freedom on the road like we did when we were twenty-three”.
California-based indie electro-pop act Margot Polo of Fialta and Sherwood. His knack for writing infectious pop hooks was revealed on the last two albums, with songs written or co-written, and co-produced by Polo seeing substantial radio and TV play and Shadow of a Drought reaching No.10 on Billboard’s Heatseekers chart. As a solo artist and producer, Provenzano leans even further into the world of the electro-synth power anthem, turning to 90’s and early-2000’s pop and R&B for inspiration while ditching any hint of the philosophical in favor of fun, tongue-in-cheek lyrics. In the summer of 2017, Provenzano put out the first single in a series of songs released that year. Then in August of 2018, came the single “Dance With Me”, a slick, synth-laced and upbeat dance gem. Overall, these tracks betray a welcome range of influences, lifting elements from Foster The People, The Weekend, Jr. Jr., Tame Impala and Glass Animals, forging a fresh pop sound that’s both nostalgic and modern.
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