At a recent concert, Karol overheard somebody yell out, “I feel like I’m in Ontario.” The concert was happening in Warsaw, Poland. It seems that Poland is getting a little dose of musical Canada. Nestled somewhere between North Bay, Ontario and Warsaw sit Paula and Karol, who are helping define the multinational nature of Canadian music.
Inspired by Canadian kitchen parties, acoustic instrumentations, and music collectives while growing up in North Bay, and later Guelph, Ontario, Paula moved to Warsaw to study and a few years later met Karol. The two sat in his kitchen, high on musical inspiration and their love for folk rock, and started creating pop songs on Karol’s guitar, and Paula’s violin. Now a year later, Polish music press is dubbing them the ‘musical discovery of 2009’ and a band that’s truly ‘not Polish, but somehow... Canadian.’ The band imported the glockenspiel, a bit of casiotone beats, a Martin guitar, clunky violin playing, word-of-mouth appeal, and positive energy to rock Warsaw at sold-out concerts.
Inspired by Canadian kitchen parties, acoustic instrumentations, and music collectives while growing up in North Bay, and later Guelph, Ontario, Paula moved to Warsaw to study and a few years later met Karol. Together they’ve been creating folky-pop soundtracks to bike in the streets rather than to roll-in-the-hay to. Their honest lyrics and create truly pop narratives - capturing moments and relationships entangled in love, life, growth, and loss.
In the spring and summer of 2010, Paula and Karol played in cities and larger festivals in and around Poland, Germany, and even Iceland. Throughout the year they started playing with a larger hyped up squad of keeners, including Zocha Moruś (bass), Staszek Wróbel (drums and stand up bass), Igor Nikiforow (harmonium, melodica and drums), and Krzysiek Pozarowski (bass).
After releasing a self-produced EP in December 2009, they joined forces with Warsaw record label LADO to release their debut LP exactly a year later. “Overshare” is an hyper-mix of folk, country, disco, indie pop, and classic rock and thanks to a slew of guest musicians, the 10-track release features a banjo, a mini-moog, a trumpet, harmonium, a Rhodes, and various claps and shouts that make for a one-of-a-kind, wacky, eclectic feast of honest energy and moving sound.