{"product_id":"trupa-trupa_of-the-sun_2020_mdl","title":"Of The Sun","description":"Almost every song on 'Of The Sun' – the fifth magnetic album from Polish quartet Trupa Trupa – behaves like an anthem, with barbed hooks boasting an italicised rhythm section and a chimera of criss-crossing harmonies. During “Dream About”, a honeyed falsetto teeters atop a menacing bassline; the thrill of their separation is so hypnotic it makes the title phrase an existential mantra, a lifeline. The distorted, snarling “Mangle” rumbles then lifts skywards, its wild-eyed cries and phosphorescent guitar soaring like a winter sun. “Angle” is a pensive acoustic reverie, with chiming harmonics swirling like smoke trails around the refrain. Throughout its propulsive 12-song sequence, this album never lets up. From the relentlessly-beating title track to the deep shimmer of “Longing”, 'Of The Sun' is an unbroken suite of hits from Trupa Trupa’s created universe. But just beneath the surface of these often brilliant and always indelible songs, there’s a world teeming with nihilistic considerations, sly humour and guarantees of survival, all subtly nested in audacious choruses and refracted through intricate, secret textures. In the breathtaking rush of “Remainder”, for instance, the band chant “Well, that didn’t take place” over and over for three minutes, refusing to define it so the emptiness applies to everything. And though “Long Time Ago” thrashes like a psychedelic riot, corroded washes of noise seep beneath the hook, betraying the sense of utter oblivion at the song’s heart. “It’s pretending to be nice,” laughs singer Grzegorz Kwiatkowski, a native of the band’s northern Polish hometown along the Baltic Sea in Gdansk. “But really, it’s not nice. These are contemplative songs about extremes. Sometimes I talk about vital pessimism. We cherish our freedom, but the place we come from is also a grim reminder of the evil people are capable of. We cannot forget it. We cannot justify it. We need to remember and not be indifferent.” The setting of Gdansk is a crucial philosophical and aesthetic touchstone for Trupa Trupa. A city with convoluted histories of German and Polish domination and self-sovereignty, it is a living testament to the turnaround of human endeavour. It’s also the homeland of Arthur Schopenhauer, a philosopher whose system of metaphysical will inspired Nietzsche and, in turn, Trupa Trupa. Klaus Kinski was born nearby, too.","brand":"Trupa Trupa","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55312126771544,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0898\/4943\/0360\/files\/4030433608012.jpg?v=1760405272","url":"https:\/\/vinyles.com\/en\/products\/trupa-trupa_of-the-sun_2020_mdl","provider":"Vinyles.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}