Poland's hotly-tipped experimental rock ensemble delivers a potent, galvanizing fifth album. Almost every song on Of The Sun -the magnetic fifth album from the Polish quartetTrupa Trupa -lands like an anthem, with barbed hooks driven by an italicized rhythm section and a chimera of crisscrossing harmonies. Throughout itspropulsive 12-song sequence, this is an album that never lets up. From the relentlessly pulsing “Long Time Ago” to the deep glisten of “Longing,” Of The Sun is an unbroken string of hits in Trupa Trupa’s idiosyncratic, self-made universe.But just beneaththe surface of these often bright and always indelible songs, there is a world teeming with nihilistic considerations, slyly dark humor, and survivalist self-assurances -all subtly nestled into bold refrains and reflected back via complex, secret textures.Complex emotions ripple through Of The Sun, a radiant album about the damnation of mortality.
“Trupa Trupa continue to hit the mark as they experiment with simplification without excising the art from their rock.”
-- 8/10 The Line Of Best Fit
"It’s not often a band comes along and grabs you so completely you anticipate each release with relish.
The first track from the highly anticipated Autumn release is Remainder. A scuzzy distant beat propelling it forward and upwards with a simple melody, immediately accessible with frantic slashing guitars and Barrett’esque vocal. It’s short and punchy, not outstaying its welcome – a taster for what’s to come."
-- Louder Than War
"Overlapping voices, beautiful guitar cadences and a spellbinding syncopation of bass guitar and drums captivate with their thoughtful innovation. From the dreamy Angle to the magnificently pulsating Long Time Ago, their lyrical mantras, studiously minimalistic, are deliberately left inconclusive or ambivalent. A revelation.”
-- Morning Star
“We can call that intelligent noise”
-- 5/6 Magic
1. Dream About
2. Mangle
3. Another Day
4. Angle
5. Longing
6. Remainder
7. Anyhow
8. Long Time Ago
9. Of the Sun
10. Glory
11. Turn
12. Satellite
