Polyenso

Polyenso
Polyenso performing at the Corona Theatre in Montreal
Background information
Also known as	Oceana (2007–2012)
Origin	St. Petersburg, Florida, U.S.
Genres	Experimental rock, indie rock, post-hardcore (early)
Years active	2007–present
Labels	Rise Tone Tree Dog Radio Other People
Members	Brennan Taulbee Alexander Schultz Denny Agosto
Past members	Keith Jones Jack Burns Michael Norris James O'Brien Robbie Davis Hunter Moore Christian Matthews Keller

Polyenso is an American experimental rock band based in St. Petersburg, Florida, United States.

The band is composed of lead vocalist and keyboardist Brennan Taulbee, multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Alexander Schultz, and percussionist Denny Agosto. The band's members were all at one point in American post-hardcore band Oceana, but moved to lighter, more uplifting music under the name Polyenso in 2012. Their sound is a blend of indie rock, electronic, folk, jazz, and hip-hop.

They released their debut album, One Big Particular Loop, on January 22, 2013. On October 16, 2015, the band released EP1 featuring four tracks from their upcoming second album, Pure in the Plastic. The album, released on April 1, 2016, featured a more pop-inspired sound, without the trumpet playing of their debut album.

Later that year, Alternative Press named the band one of the Top 16 Bands to Watch.

Oceana

In late 2009 Brennan and Denny Agosto have unveiled a new project titled "TROME" (The Rest Of Mother Earth) which was to feature softer, indie-rock music and have released a new demo without a permanent title.

Back to life

Shortly after the reformation the band finally released the music video for 'The Family Disease' which can be watched on their official Myspace page. In January 2010 Alex Schultz was reported playing a show with the band, with some sources saying that he has joined back. On January 25 the band went on to record their new EP. The EP was released May 11, 2010 exclusively through Hot Topic, and it's entitled "Clean Head".

On April 26, 2012 Oceana released a live video of their new song filmed by filmmaker Ryan Zarra for St. Pete Beat.

Members

• Brennan Taulbee - lead vocals, guitar, piano (since 2008)
• Alex Schultz - guitar, backing vocals (2007–2009, since 2010)
• Denny Agosto - drums, backing vocals (since 2008)

Former

• Keith Jones - lead vocals (2007–2008) (was in Decoder and Wolf:Speak, currently in Chandelier)
• James O'Brien - drums, (2007–2008)
• Robert Davis - bass (2007–2009)
• Mike Kremposky- guitars (2009-2009)
• Jack Burns - guitars (2007–2010) (Currently in Sleepwave)
• Hunter Moore - keyboards, vocals (2011)
• Kolby Crider - bass (2009-2014)

Discography

Studio albums

Title	Release date	Label
The Tide	March 4, 2008	Rise
Birth.Eater	May 26, 2009	Rise
One Big Particular Loop	January 22, 2013	self-released
Pure in the Plastic	April 1, 2016	Tone Tree

EPs

Title	Release Date
Clean Head	May 11, 2010
EP1	October 16, 2015
Year of the Dog	January 18, 2019

Singles

Title	Release Date
Pocket Knife Shadow	October 15, 2021

Demos

Title	Release date	Label
Creations	July 25, 2008	Rise

Music videos

Video	Year	Director(s)
"The Family Disease"	2009	Caleb Mallery
"Best Of Friends"	2015	James Lano & Alexander Schultz
"Soda Pop Fiction"	2015	Ryan Shuck
"17 New Years"	2016	Masood Ahmed

Album appearances

Member	Album				Instrument
	The Tide	Birth.Eater	Clean Head EP	One Big Particular Loop
Keith Jones	Y	N	N	N	Vocals
Alex Schultz	Y	Y	Y	Y	Guitar, Vocals
Jack Burns	Y	Y	Y	N	Guitar
Robbie Davis	Y	Y	N	N	Bass
James O'Brien	Y	N	N	N	Drums, Vocals
Brennan Taulbee	N	Y	Y	Y	Vocals
Denny Agosto	N	Y	Y	Y	Drums
Kolby Crider	N	N	Y	Y	Bass