Now in its twelfth year, OFF Festival in Katowice continues to cement its position as one of the best festivals in Europe for eclectic music lovers. Culture.pl presents some recommendations for a festival where the audience is spoilt for choice.
UK gig alert! We’re glad to announce that we will play in The Lexington, London on September 2.
The last track, ‘Picture Yourself’, on this remastered reissue of the third album by this Gdansk-based group, serves a triumphant and anthemic close to an approach converging indie-rock sensibilities with a clearly more experimental yearnings.
See you in Szczecin on the 1th of July.
Released in 2015, the album Headache made quiet a storm in Poland and especially abroad. It garnered universal praise, from The Quietus, through Sub Pop’s Jonathan Poneman, to Sasha Frere-Jones, who, in a post for the LA Times, hailed Headache as one of the year’s top records.
See you in Sopot on the 14th of June.
A case of discovery and reactivation then as Headache, Trupa Trupa‘s third release, first came into existence on the ‘Blue Tapes & X-Ray’ imprint. When Stéphane Grégoire met the four-piece in their Polish homeland, a copy was quickly thrust into his palm and a love affair soon blossomed.
Trupa Trupa’s surrealist Headache proves that psychedelic and post-rock can peacefully co-exist. With an unconventional approach Trupa Trupa deliver thoughtful surprising works infused with tenderness. Although experimentation roams wild and free throughout there is an emotional core that ties the album together.
Zoveel muziek horen we normaal gesproken niet uit Gdansk, een voormalige Hanzestad in het noordoosten van Polen. Maar nu is er Trupa Trupa, en hoe.
Il arrive parfois que certains albums mettent un peu de temps à nous parvenir. Parfois, ils nous parviennent même jamais. Il suffit d’un peu de hasard, un peu de chance, être là au bon moment ou presque.
Poisseux et crépusculaire, Headache nous a cueilli par surprise. Une méthode de roublard, peut-être, mais qui a le mérite d’être assumée et de porter ses fruits avec une innocence naturelle.
See you in Warsaw on the 11th of February.
Listen to Europe’s best new acts according to Festival Europavox. Playlist includes our song Snow from Headache.
Sorti il y a un an, l’album “Headache” des Polonais Trupa Trupa a reçu à l’automne dernier un joli coup de projecteur grâce au label français Ici d’ailleurs.
New compilation from Tristan Bath of Spool’s Out and The Quietus, features a live recording from Trupa Trupa set at the Café OTO!
Er zijn weinig festivals waar je Poolse, Duitse of Portugese bands een podium kunt zien delen, maar op Eurosonic in Groningen – dit keer goed voor ruim 40.000 bezoekers – overheerst al jaren de pan-Europese gedachte. Tijdens de slotavond raakten we vooral overweldigd door de scheermesgitaren van Trupa Trupa en de verbluffende klaviercapriolen van Martin Kohlstedt.
Interview with Artur Rojek (OFF Festival) in the #ESNS17 magazine including some of his picks from the Polish music scene. Very nice indeed.
What bands should you see in Eurosonic? Which ones are going to be big? These ones, of course.
Headache remastered among the best international albums (No 1) of 2016 by Greg Bod from Radio U / Le Cabinet Des Curiosités.
Ottimo rilancio per il terzo disco dei polacchi Trupa Trupa, pubblicato originariamente nel 2015 dalla Blue Tape & X-Ray rec.