If anyone asks me what's the Polish dreamy scene’s biggest gem to be discovered, I’ll always say it’s
@r0savert0v . It can hardly be described how ethereally beautiful the Warsaw band's music is. Definitely one more focused on the dense atmosphere and slowcore pace than the melodies, but when the latter appear, they are absolute bangers (in the most dreamy sense) as in the gig’s last song, ”All We Have Must Be Enough”. And this description is even more apt for Rosa Vertov’s live performances. Slow and atmospheric, mesmerizing ceremonies that are not staged nor faked, the musicians just make their music this way. And it has to be stated that the three ladies definitely display the feminine element in their art, especially in the moments when all of them contribute to the vocals (some sung, some spoken, some only vocalised) to create the folk-like whispering chaos among the noisy music. But this element is also visible in the light work and even the merch table arrangement (they even sell their own perfume and it is gorgeous!).
The Dream Psych Night, as the event was called, was opened by Gdynia-based
@black.mynah led by Joanna Kucharska, a member of a handful of well-known bands from the Tricity area, including Kiev Office and Lonker See. Their music blends indie rock with some dreamy elements. I liked the parts with vocalisations and heavier synthwork more than the guitar-riff-heavy ones. But the whole night was mostly dedicated to the last band, Gdańsk’s
@bazgrolki.band who had just released their new album “Przełamując fale” and wanted to share it with the world. It’s not a debut album, but the dramatic shift in their music style, from indie pop-rock songs into shoegazey, psychedelic feasts, says otherwise. Even the art style of the album covers couldn’t be any more different. And I love the change: their performance was both heavy and airy at the same time, the shoegazey walls of guitar sound, ethereal vocals and psychedelia-inspired trance-inducing passages couldn’t work any better. I will write more on “Przełamując fale” more soon.
