For many years, Marcin Świetlicki has been the unquestioned hero of the poetic and rock scene, confirming his great talent with each new book. Świetlicki describes a reality filled with products of mass culture, and the main theme of his poetry is always opposition to the commonness of life. In Muzyka środka / Middle-of-the-Road Music, his latest volume of poems, Świetlicki extracts tender and delicate tones from poetry. He carefully balances out a sense of alienation with self-irony, while tacky everyday existence becomes a source of reflection on the accidental and transient nature of life.