Polly Paulusma

小簡介
在Polly Paulusma的MYSPACE上看到樂隊(duì)的成員列表時，我張大嘴巴細(xì)細(xì)數(shù)了下她一個人究竟擔(dān)當(dāng)了多少角色，十二項(xiàng)~！從她官網(wǎng)上礫小、繁雜的文字來看，這是一個極具個性與活力的女人，聽她的歌，一定不能忽視她所想要表現(xiàn)的精神主旨，與我上張寫的Alexa Wilkinson不同，雖然Polly Paulusma也是用每一首歌在告訴你一個故事，但她卻是想告訴你：也許你也能在她的音樂里找到相同的悲傷~！

Polly Paulusma是個出生于英國的唱作人，從小便顯示出她叛逆、獨(dú)立、堅(jiān)強(qiáng)的個性，2004年第一次嘗試做為唱作人出版了她的DEBUT，復(fù)古味道的封面，彰顯著她獨(dú)特的個性聲音，特別值得一提的是，這張專輯里有四首歌，嘗試了無打擊樂、無吉他的弦樂四重奏，比較有個性（07年新專輯里好象沒有，可惜）。
by Katherine Fulton
British singer/songwriter Polly Paulusma began her musical career -- with reluctance -- by way of childhood piano lessons. By the age of ten, she had co-opted the melody of a Paul McCartney song and substituted her own lyrics. Though it was Paulusma's first songwriting effort, it would not be her last. Inspired by the "baggy" music scene of the early '90s, as well as artists Joni Mitchell and Nick Drake, a now teenaged Paulusma learned guitar and began performing for friends at school. She began writing her own songs, but put this activity on hold while attending college. (She did continue to perform as a member of a soul-funk cover band.) After graduation, Paulusma resumed performing her own material, but only as a hobby -- convinced that she could not make a career with her music, she tried a number of different ventures, including returning to school to earn a Ph.D. (she dropped out after one term), working as a researcher at the BBC World Service, and placing a novel manuscript with a literary agent. However, none of these activities were as fulfilling as her music; by the time she was invited to sing backing vocals for the Ben & Jason album Ten Songs About You, she had decided to return to music full-time. After two years of playing solo acoustic gigs, she released her first album, Scissors in My Pocket, in 2004. Sadly, her excitement over her debut would be cut short a mere two weeks after its release -- while touring in support of the album, Paulusma suffered the first of two miscarriages. The losses brought her close to abandoning music altogether, but instead she channeled her sorrow into songwriting. While recording her second album, Paulusma discovered that she was pregnant once again, and in November 2006 she gave birth to a daughter. Fingers & Thumbs was released in 2007.