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„Trupa Trupa, a rock band from Gdansk, are a strange bunch. And they’ve made a strange, brilliant record. The oddness they project isn’t anything obtuse or difficult or academic, or (you suspect) planned. In the main you can sing along to these “jolly” songs, as Jolly New Songs is a record packed with phrases and licks that become earworms, passages that create vivid and empathetic dream scenarios, and spruce blasts of noise that give a real sense of energy.

„Trupa Trupa croit savoir qu’un artiste, c’est quelqu’un de torturé. En tout cas, c’est ce qui ressort de ces Jolly New Songs, à l’aide d’une rythmique toujours sur la brèche, prête à bondir… vers un gouffre de mélancolie.

„As Gdańsk, Poland-based band, Trupa Trupa, gear up to release their third record, Jolly New Songs, on Friday, October 27th, there’s a tangible sense of excitement for audiophiles and poetry-lovers alike. It’s a much-needed vibe for today’s musical landscape: feelings of triumph make the tracks feel like anthems for a culture who needs this poetry to sooth them — a mother’s milk for our mal-nourished global psyche.

„Rumpelnder Bass, Kennzeichen für Postpunk-infizierte Sounds, die aber im Falle dieser Band aus Gdansk meist mit psychedelischer Note versehen sind. Das lässt einen schon nach dem Opener »Against Breaking Heart of a Breaking Heart Beauty«, eine Art Anti-Lovesong, dabeibleiben und staunen.

„Coffin is the second single from Gdansk based Trupa Trupa’s upcoming fourth album Jolly New Songs. Made by band members Tomek Pawluczuk and Wojtek Juchniewicz – the video evokes the track’s title, putting us in an enclosed space. Images of broken branches and power stations flash before our eyes building to a beautiful crescendo alongside the songs post-rock guitars and drums.”

Jameson Kergozou, www.thefourohfive.com

„Sortie après sortie, l’itinéraire de Trupa Trupa s’apparente à un conte de fée pop et contemporain. Il y a deux ans de cela, Trupa Trupa était inconnu au bataillon, cantonné à sa ville de Gdansk (Pologne).