Of the Sun

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Of the Sun
Of the Sun (album).jpg
Studio album by
Trupa Trupa
Released13 September 2019 (2019-09-13)
Length42:30
Label Glitterbeat (Europe)
Lovitt (USA) [1]
Trupa Trupa chronology
Jolly New Songs
(2017)		Of the Sun
(2019)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 81/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
Chicago Tribune Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Clash 7/10 [4]
The Line of Best Fit 8/10 [5]
Paste 7.6/10 [6]

Of the Sun is the fifth studio album by Polish band Trupa Trupa. It was released on 13 September 2019 under Giltterbeat Records.

Contents

The album focuses on the issues that Europe faces, including populism and the holocaust. [7]

Critical reception

Of the Sun was met with universal acclaim reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 81, based on 7 reviews. [2]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Dream About"3:43
2."Mangle"3:00
3."Another Day"4:16
4."Angle"2:18
5."Longing"4:23
6."Remainder"3:02
7."Anyhow"2:24
8."Long Time Ago"2:51
9."Of the Sun"4:53
10."Glory"3:04
11."Turn"1:53
12."Satellite"6:43

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References

  1. ↑ "Of the Sun by Trupa Trupa". Apple Music . Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  2. 1 2 "Metacritic Review". Metacritic . Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  3. ↑ Kot, Greg (9 October 2019). "Album review wrap-up: Nick Cave transforms, the Highwomen rise, Tool returns, and more". Chicago Tribune . Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  4. ↑ "Clash Magazine Review". Clash . 17 September 2019. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  5. ↑ King, Ian (12 September 2019). "Gdansk band Trupa Trupa continue to push the envelope on Of The Sun". The Line of Best Fit . Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  6. ↑ Schonfield, Zach (11 September 2019). "Trupa Trupa Convert Historical Trauma into Post-Punk Catharsis on Of The Sun". Paste . Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  7. ↑ Marszalek, Julian (29 November 2019). "Trupa Trupa: the Polish post-punk band confronting the Holocaust". The Guardian . Retrieved 21 April 2020.
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