„Grzegorz Kwiatkowski (s. 1984) on Gdanskissa asuva runoilija ja rock-muusikko. Hän on julkaissut kuusi runokokoelmaa. Runoja on käännetty englanniksi ja saksaksi. Hän on myös laulaja yhtyeessä Trupa Trupa, jonka uusi, psykedeelistä rockia sisältävä levy ”Jolly New Songs” on ilmestynyt syksyllä 2017.
„I’m with C these days — vocal-based rock music can pretty much go suck a lemon, because I just have some sort of medulla oblongata–based involuntary function to scratch with non-rock releases. Read: give me experimental or give me death! (Or, uh, at least something better to listen to.)
Trupa Trupa wystąpi w marcu na SXSW – największym na świecie muzycznym festiwalu showcasowym odbywającym się w Austin w Teksasie.
„De Poolse groep Trupa Trupa uit Gdańsk timmert sinds 2009 op geheel eigen wijze aan de weg. Na twee albums in eigen beheer, lijken ze met hun derde Headache (2015) ook over de landsgrenzen een publiek aan te boren. En terecht, want hun eigengereide mix van psychedelica, krautrock, symfonische rock, folk, cold wave, surf, garagerock en noise mag er wezen.
„Jolly New Songs, το τέταρτο άλμπουμ των Πολωνών Trupa Trupa – ενός post-punk-psych κουαρτέτου- εμπεριέχει πλήθος αισθητικών εναλλαγών και αλλά κυρίως ρυθμών.
„Nutro una insana passione per i dischi recuperati sul finire dell’anno. Ogni anno mi capita di innamorarmi di un disco appena prima di stilare una ideale classifica dei migliori dell’annata trascorsa, e anche il 2017 non è stato differente dagli anni precedenti.
„Avec Jolly New Songs, les Polonais de Trupa Trupa dévoilent déjà leur quatrième long-format. Au moment de présenter cette sortie, leurs bagages sont pourtant lestés d’un élément absent jusqu’alors : la pression.
„Venu tout droit de Gdansk, le groupe Trupa Trupa nous présente son dernier album intitulé « Jolly New Songs ». Brillant et étrange mélange entre clair et obscur, oscillant entre les différentes gammes de gris et sa palette si singulière, forment malgré tout un son cohérent.
„Trupa Trupa are an avant-psych-post-punk band from Gdańsk, Poland. Their 2015 album, ‘Headache’ (Blue Tapes/X-Ray Records) brought their skewed take on underground rock to the attention of respected voyagers such as Tristan Bath at The Quietus (“always clever, often beautiful and at times very angry guitar music that defies definition”) and Sasha Frere Jones of the LA Times (“one of the best rock bands doing business right now”).
„OK, I know there’s some of you out there that don’t give a flying turntable arm stylus about an artist’s nationality, if the sounds are good, they’re good. Right? The merits of this approach aint something I’m about to ponder, discuss, or disagree with here, and in fact I do agree that if it’s worth listening to, what does it matter what nationality the band are? However, when a band as good as Trupa Trupa (from Poland!) remain under the radar for too long, questions need to be asked. Whatever the question, the answer will always be the same; “Go listen to ‘Jolly New Songs’”