Hańba! - 1939 (2019) EN

In Poland every fab of good music probably knows what Hańba! is about. So we are in the year 1939 and so the new EP by the Kraków-based yard orchestra is called accordingly. But this time there are some fresh things so the band still go forward.

So firstly, there's the album's theme - the sea. And although the rebellious anthems didn't suddenly change into sea shanties (the closer being Płyną okręty ("The Ships Are Sailing") with the phenomenally (unfortunately) all-time-valid lyrics by the poet Władysław Szlengel), the theme is tangible from time to time. Also in the beautiful cover art. Secondly, the band invite the folk trio Sutari who appear in two songs. It is probably Hańba!'s first collaborative work and it seems that although the projects are 80 years apart, there's a clear connection between them.

On the other hand, everything Hańba! got famous for is still audible. Obviously, adapting poetry into punk songs. Obviously, melody and energy of the angry music that was created before its history . Obviously the anti-war, anti-fascist and anti-establishment themes served often in surprising ways (Łowy ("Hunt")). And for the English-speakers, you can go through the band's Bandcamp page as there are translations of the poems/lyrics. Worth it.

1939 costs 4 EUR (15 PLN).

Hańba! - Będą Bić! (2017) EN

Check: Płyną okręty

Country: Poland

Genre: retro punk

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