Bluetrain

Punk and Freud

I don’t know if Pink Freud is commonly known outside of Poland, but they’ve recently released a new album called “Punk Freud”, which happens to be the fourth in their career, and in my opinion, also happens to be the best. Why’s that? Becuase it’s the bravest one.

Their form of a simple trio (Ziętek — trumpet and electronic noises, Mazolewski — bass, Staruszkiewicz — drums) grew up, and shows a significant progress since their last album. Their music is still fresh and funny, but it got some lightness I wasn’t able to hear in their previous records. Mazolewski’s bass guitar still goes deeply down, but with their supporting musicians limited to a minimum (only some strings in one or two pieces) the group gained a new, a little more harsh and fast sound. They’re still transforming Ziętek’s trumpet electronically, they’re doing some experiments with free improvisations and they’re getting more and more characteristic with each composition we listen. I think they’ve managed to achieve somthing very difficult: they’ve taken what’s best in fusion and electronic jazz, and combined it with their yass roots. And that, my dear readers, puts them on top of my favourite young polish jazz musicians.

Have fun listening to “Dziwny jest ten kraj” (in Polish: “Strange is this country”, via Youtube), the first track of their newest album.