The acclaimed Polish quartet Trupa Trupa have released a new album B FLAT A, their most epic and visceral statement to date. With it Trupa Trupa look to confront evil; exploring, in singer Grzegorz Kwiatkowski’s words, “the wasteland of human nature where hatred and genocide are not just distant reverberations of Central European history but still resonate in contemporary reality.”
The band is set to embark on a North American tour this spring making stops in Philadelphia, New York, Chicago, LA and many more (full dates below).
TRUPA TRUPA TOUR DATES
04.28 – Philadelphia, PA – PhilaMOCA
04.29 – New York, NY – Mercury Lounge
04.30 – Washington DC – DC9
05.03 – Tue Detroit, MI – Third Man
05.04 – Chicago, IL – Schubas
05.05 – Minneapolis, MN – 7th St Entry
05.07 – Portland, OR – Doug Fir
05.08 – Seattle, WA – Barboza
05.11 – San Francisco, CA – Cafe du Nord
05.12 – Los Angeles, CA – Moroccan Lounge
PRESS
“Trupa Trupa come bearing a message that resonates.”
Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone
“One of the best rock bands doing business now is from Gdansk, Poland.”
Sasha Frere-Jones, Los Angeles Time
“Songs that feel like dreams, charged with spasms of noise, gut-punch bass lines and hypnotic melodies.”
Greg Kot, Chicago Tribune
FULL BIO
Trupa Trupa is an art-rock, psychedelic post punk band from Gdańsk, Poland. According to Metro, they are combining post-punk and psych with skill. “The Beatles sing Joy Division oversimplifies them but doesn’t misrepresent them”. According to The Guardian, “the band’s music blends off kilter melodies, dense instrumentation and lyrical explorations of the darkest side of the human condition”. The Times compares them to Sonic Youth, Radiohead and the Manchester scene in the 80s. According to Mojo, their “gripping and energetic record packs a serious punch”. KEXP highlights “ominous guitars, stern rhythms and haunting melodies” and The Quietus agrees. As Pitchfork describes, “Trupa Trupa are the rare dystopian post-punk band to embrace optimism and
levity as necessary survival mechanisms. They may not have the perfect prescription for a better world, but they welcome you to imagine one together”. Trupa Trupa are Grzegorz Kwiatkowski, Tomek Pawluczuk, Wojtek Juchniewicz and Rafal Wojczal. They made their first international appearance in 2015 with the album “Headache” published by a British label Blue Tapes and X-Ray Records. A year later they signed to French Ici d’ailleurs, to release a remastered version of “Headache” on vinyl. In 2017 the band recorded and put out “Jolly New Songs” published additionally on a Japanese label Moorworks. In 2019 Sub Pop released Trupa Trupa’s single “Dream About”. The same year the band was also featured on a cassette split with a Texan alternative legend The Suspirians, published by an American label Whited Sepulchre Records. In September 2019 the group published “Of the Sun” album. The release was a result of international cooperation of Glitterbeat Records (Europe), Lovitt Records (USA), Moorworks (Japan) and Antena Krzyku (Poland). In March 2020 the labels published the band’s EP “I’ll find”. The new album B FLAT A is out now! Trupa Trupa has been featured in line-ups of a number of significant festivals worldwide, including: Primavera Sound, Desert Daze, Rockaway Beach, SXSW, and Iceland Airwaves to name just a few. Amidst of the pandemic TT also took part in a legendary NPR Tiny Desk session. Their tracks were featured on BBC 6 Music, played by Iggy Pop, Mary Anne Hobbs, Steve Lamacq and Gideon Coe. Henry Rollins presents TT on his shows regularly. The latest Trupa Trupa releases got some notable airplay also on The Current, WFMU, KEXP and NPR.
The tour is co-organized by the Adam Mickiewicz Institute and co-financed by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage of The Republic of Poland. Presented in partnership with the Polish Cultural Institute New York and Polish Embassy in Washington.
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