Dates: 21 – 25 May 2025, various locations across the UK

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”. The previous album, “B FLAT A”, was released in February 2022 by Glitterbeat Records and Antena Krzyku (Poland). On February 21, 2023, the experimental and limited-edition cassette “ttt” was released to critical acclaim: “One of the most important bands to emerge from Europe in the last decade.” (Monolith Cocktail). The cassette also received multiple airplays on BBC Radio 6 Music. On September 5, 2023, the single “Thrill” was released under the Glitterbeat Records label, accompanied by a music video created by visual artist Adam Witkowski.

On February 21st of this year, the band released the album ”Mourners”, produced by Nick Launay, one of the world’s most renowned music producers (Nick Cave, Idles, Amy and The Sniffers). Released by Glitterbeat Records, the album has been met with critical acclaim, with praise from The New York Times, Rolling Stone, Brooklyn Vegan, BBC, to name just a few. The band is currently on tour, presenting this release, with shows across the USA and Europe.

Line up and tickets below:

May 21 – BBC 6 Music Live Session
May 22 – Jericho Tavern, Oxford
May 23 – Footsteps Festival, Oslo Hackney, London
May 24 – Bearded Theory Festival, Catton Park in Derbyshire
May 25 – New Continental, Preston