Trupa Trupa is 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 and Wojtek Juchniewicz. 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”.
Latest album B FLAT A was released in February 2022 by Glitterbeat Records and Antena Krzyku (Poland).
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.
TT also took part in a legendary NPR Tiny Desk session and BBC Radio 6 music session.
Their tracks were featured on BBC 6 Music, played by Iggy Pop, Marc Riley, 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.
On February 21, 2023, the experimental and limited cassette “ttt” was released, which was very well received by critics: “One of the most important bands to emerge from Europe in the last decade.” (Monolith Cocktail), and which has been broadcast many times on BBC Radio 6 music.
On September 5, 2023, Glitterbeat Records released the single “Thrill” along with the accompanying video by visual artist Adam Witkowski. Also in September, BBC 6 Music announced the second Trupa Trupa LIVE session on Riley&Coe show, which will take place on January 8, 2024.
On September 5, 2023, the movie “Green Border” directed by Agnieszka Holland premiered at the Venice Film Festival. It featured Trupa Trupa’s ”Headache” as part of the soundtrack. The film was awarded the Special Jury Prize in Venice.
