Antoine Diligent

The new album "La Forma" is out now!


New Jersey native Anthony Polcino has been an artist and musician on the scene in Los Angeles for the better part of almost two decades. After years of touring, late night TV appearances, and a spot in Rolling Stone as the lead guitarist in then Epic Records indie rockers <a href="spotify:album:3vJ978KfzppAv2ugNz4DT5" data-name="Low vs Diamond">Low vs Diamond</a> (2006 - 2010), he went on to form various other solo projects and bands including: his first solo project <a href="spotify:artist:5Nu2ryjlPXrzmyApaiKJRj" data-name="Soft Pipes">Soft Pipes</a> (2010 - 2013) which landed in Showtime&#39;s <a href="spotify:playlist:3IrhtOBoywPRj4pxXOAVsF" data-name="Shameless US Soundtrack (S1-S9)">Shameless US Soundtrack (S1-S9)</a>, his dance-punk band <a href="spotify:artist:5lLVKjjJOSjTQhi5Ai1ntB" data-name="Beat Club">Beat Club</a> (2012 - 2015) co-founded with Jeff Kite of Julian Casablancas’ art rockers <a href="spotify:artist:4nUBBtLtzqZGpdiynTJbYJ" data-name="The Voidz">The Voidz</a>, and <a href="spotify:artist:4pQ4SXUk2L6TdRKses8hjp" data-name="WORLDS">WORLDS</a> (2017-2019), a dream-pop duo with Erica Driscoll of LA indie-pop act <a href="spotify:artist:5ySYeIhqg4Rfs5tjteVMz3" data-name="Blondfire">Blondfire</a>.


In 2016 he created the alter ego <a href="spotify:artist:4NLacqRh2y0cshyc7znuoP" data-name="Antoine Diligent">Antoine Diligent</a> and released his seminal debut <a href="spotify:album:0TIGwBSzch15mk9shqKBBW" data-name="Futurisms">Futurisms</a>, a spacey, psych-rock opus that could have soundtracked the latest Blade Runner film. Several versions of singles (<a href="spotify:album:5wkyDHfWfZzn1YEZtzPf8T" data-name="Nobody Loves U (WYL)">Nobody Loves U (WYL)</a>, <a href="spotify:album:2gkeC45sXEOZ8w6LpB0lO0" data-name="Chissà Perché">Chissà Perché</a>) intended for the second album La Forma were released in 2019. In early 2020 after a stint touring with <a href="spotify:artist:4mO4aGO6u29UyR6XLZR9XW" data-name="The New Pornographers">The New Pornographers</a>, the completion of the album was put on hold as Polcino moved north to the Napa countryside, got married, and designed a successful boutique fragrance brand, Thin Wild Mercury, with his now wife, the perfumer. In addition to music, Polcino is also a graphic designer and painter. His graphic designs can be seen on nearly every album and single cover for his many project releases.