Komety

Komety is a Warsaw-based band formed by Lesław in 2002, and the group’s official biography describes it as one of the key Polish alternative acts of the twenty-first century. At the same time, some media sources point to 2003 as the effective starting point, because that is when the name Komety clearly entered public circulation. The band grew directly out of Partia, the earlier group associated with Lesław and Arkus. Even so, Komety did not function as a simple continuation of that project, because they quickly developed their own language by combining rock, punk rock, rockabilly and a more literary lyrical sensibility than most guitar bands in the same space. The first clearly confirmed activity under the...