Torch rock:  
1. (n) a term that refers to a heavier version of the traditional jazz or blues structured style.

Carey Head –Vocals, Guitar, Keyboard
Kevin Weber – Drums, Percussion
Daniel Stevenson – Bass
Matthew Charles Heulitt – Guitar

Pollux is a four-piece "torch-rock" band based in San Francisco, CA.  Their influences include Jeff Buckley, Radiohead, and Rufus Wainwright. 

Pollux's vocalist Carey Head can be compared to a modern Jeff Buckley or Thom Yorke, soaring above the dynamic drumming of Kevin Weber, the Stax-inspired grooves of Daniel Stevenson, and the ambient, layered guitars of Matthew Charles Heulitt.  Head effortlessly changes the mood and the sound from song to song, jumping from acoustic and electric guitars, to Rhodes piano, and then back again throughout the set.  Pollux pulls the listener in by creating subtle, melodic textures and catchy grooves that vault into larger-than-life sections reminiscent of Led Zeppelin.

The title song of Pollux's debut album "For The Ghost" is a lament about escaping the trappings of a sedentary life.  It begins ethereally, but quickly charges forward with explosive guitars and a driving rhythm section.   This song structure sets a theme for the rest of the album, with lyrical motifs ranging from disillusionment ("Wish, "Over and Over") to death and rebirth ("This is the Red Sea").  

Performing locally and internationally, Pollux has played many well-known venues like The Great American Music Hall and Cafe du Nord in San Francisco, Club Midway in New York, The Winston in Amsterdam, and The Wilmington Arms in London.