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Polash Larsen is a Bengali-Australian songwriter, singer and guitarist who works primarily in roots genres such as Soul, Funk, Blues, Reggae and Rocksteady. Between 2003 and 2012 he was a member of Indigenous rock band The Grenadines. During this period, the group was nominated for a Deadly Award, he wrote songs, sang and played guitar as well as contributing to management of the band. In 2014 he founded comedy funk party band The Offtopics and has released two EPs and three singles with future releases planned for the band. He has collaborated and performed with artists such as Mutti Mutti soul singer Kutcha Edwards, country artist Michael Meeking, The Short Order Schefs (for a tribute to the late Toots Hibbert) and Namibian-Australian Hip Hop artist One Sixth. In 2020 he teamed up with theatrical sound designer, 90’s British trip-hop survivor and local drinking buddy Darius Kedros to record a solo EP “Polash From The Garden”. The EP was recorded under strict lockdown conditions making a virtue of the restrictions brought about by the Victorian Covid response. In various parallel lives Polash has been a dramaturg, taught scriptwriting and arts management and is a premiership winning hockey coach. He lives in Brunswick.