FINK TREE, the alternative rock band is part of a thriving music scene in Poznań, Poland
Fink Tree band members Mikołaj
Adamczewski, Maciej Nowotarski, and Krzysztof Waligórski
could hear each other’s guitar practice
through open windows of their housing estate. Fast forward to 2019 and the
Poznań band is rolling out new music and
taking it on the road. Launched in 2014,
Fink Tree has since welcomed percussionist Filip Kucharski and has gained
a wide following in Poland and abroad.
The band has played several shows and
festivals Mikołaj is a prolific songwriter; he says he writes two or three songs
a day. “Not all of them are genius,” he
admitted with a laugh. However, he and
the rest of Fink Tree are proud of the singles like Kosmos, I feel, sinner. Perhaps
like the song’s theme, Fink Tree may also
be entering a new period. Above is one of
the band’s popular songs from last year
called Sinner. Shot in Kraków, this was
the band’s first music video.
Over the past year, they’ve focused on
publicity and touring around Poland. As
with their new song, the band may also
be entering a new phase, one in which
they will focus on creating new music before taking to the road again. Mikoaj said
that touring can be a drag, but it’s also
deeply fulfilling for him. On tour, he said
he feels “like a family on the bus. The
day after a gig I feel like I enjoy my life
because it’s exactly what I want to do.”
Touring comes with great adventures
as well as near disasters. Once the band
nearly lost all their equipment on their
way to Warsaw as the back doors of their
cheap rental van failed and swung open
threatening to sling their instruments on
the highway.
Their manager had to spring to action and
rescue their stuff. Fink Tree plans to focus on making new music and hit the road
again soon. The local indie rock band is
part of a thriving music scene here in
Poznań. One of the main challenges for
bands now is to get their name out there.
Mikołaj cites a bit of a catch 22. “In order to be heard,” he said,” you have to
be famous, and in order to be famous,
you have to be heard.” Part of their strategy is to team up with other local artists
and help each other out. Instead of being
adversarial, they’re actively building a
community of musicians. Several band
members have other projects. Mikołaj
also collaborates with fellow local musician, Naliah, where he sings backup
vocals.
You can found more about the Fink Tree on February 2019 Issue at here
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