Caroline Polachek Talks About Her Influences, Her Bandmates and Boulder

Caroline Polachek is about a month into her tour — the only time of year she has a semblance of a scheduled routine, she says. When she’s not on the road, she’s floating between her homes in London and Los Angeles, working on slick, electronic-infused ballads that have made her a unique standout in modern pop music.

That tour will be coming to the Mission Ballroom on Sunday, May 14, and according to Polachek, the performances just keep getting better. “We really hit our stride in the last few weeks, and the shows are feeling really, really, really special,” she says.

“I’ve got an incredible trio of bandmates: a drummer called Russell Holzman, who is sort of known for playing drum and bass; a bassist named Maya Laner, who has her own project that I’m an obsessive fan of, which is…