Adam Piętak systematically builds on his stage persona of Królówczana Smuga, developing the art and music behind it. The proud citizen of the eastern Poland, Piętak creates his freak folk music basing it on rough, industrial sounds - nothing changed here. However, Sport Patriotyzm Militaria is still special in some ways.
The most important one being that the new songs are more... songs than noisy tracks. There's more lyrics, more catchy melodies. The songs are now ready to be performed by the audience during the live gigs, something that wasn't so obvious before. Especially that the artist skillfully plays with the industrial melodies the whole thing is built upon, adding quirky references to traditional music (as in HUHUHA with a Polish children song played in the middle despite the track's gloomy atmosphere). Additionally, Piętak is really good at modulating his sound so there's a multitude of vocals present, often encapsulated in a single song. The music is also more saturated with little decorations like additional samples.
Besides the curious mashup of the folk and the modern, Piętak is really good at writing lyrics. They are structured like simple folk songs, perhaps sometimes even like nursery rhymes, but the content is much less carefree. The songs handle the current situation in Poland from the social perspective (Sport Patriotyzm Militaria ("Sport Patriotism Military Equipment")) or the approach to environment as presented by the Polish government (To nie jest las dla starych drzew ("No Forest for Old Trees")) for instance. All this is filled with pop culture references - sometimes more obscure, sometimes very straightforward as covering a Polish punk band Siekiera's song that closes the album.
Sport Patriotyzm Militaria costs 5.5 EUR (25 PLN).
Check: To nie jest las dla starych drzew
Country: Poland
Genre: industrial freak folk
Label: Requiem Records
