Where The Oceans End

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艺人: Cocoon
语种: 英语
厂牌: Sober & Gentle
发行时间: 2010年10月25日
专辑类别: 录音室专辑

专辑介绍

★法国流行民谣双人组合第二张清新专辑★

★引用童话故事与幻想创意如舞台剧般精彩演出★

民谣诗歌化为奇幻，清新曲调唱出纯真寓言

法国folk双人组又一次的浪漫吟唱

还记得首《My Friends All Died In A Plane Crash》所带来耸动曲名和轻柔曲风的冲突趣味吗？来自法国，由Mark Imbeaud和Daumail and Morgane所组成的团体Cocoon这次不再玩黑色幽默，取而代之的，是将专辑化为一则纯真浪漫、反映人们一步步成长转变的魔幻童话，随着音乐奔流，我们也将在海洋的尽头看到故事的结尾。

而故事是这样子的：一个小男遇到了一隻年老，名叫Yum Yum的鲸鱼。Yum Yum的意思其实就是Miam Miam－－婴儿吃东西的声音，而老鲸鱼Yum Yum的专长也正好就是吃下人类的梦魇和烦恼，让他们能够快乐起来。小男孩乘在Yum Yum的背上，游历世界的所有海洋，随着这个旅程的进行，时间流逝，小男孩也日渐长大成了大人。一旦变成大人，似乎旅行就得结束，他也必须做出一些决定......Cocoon以超写实风格建构出了一个奇妙的绘本世界，但最终的意涵还是回到了每个人长大成人时的心境变化和阵痛感受。

此次专辑分别在布列塔尼、伦敦与巴黎进行录音工作，Cocoon希望製作品质更加完美，因而从各地延请来专业的人员协助完成各项精细的製作细节。不但找来了曾和英国Tirp-Hop三杰之一的Tricky合作过的Ian Caple担任製作人，在编曲上，他们也另行觅得Tindersticks乐团成员Dickon Hinchliffe协助编曲事宜，于是我们便很清楚地在开场曲《Sushi》的絃乐裡嗅出了几分颇具Tindersticks调调的，既阴鬱又带有少许诡谲感的味道。而Cocoon自己则依旧维持着那份清新的简单爽朗，一如歌曲《Comets》他们拿着最擅长的乌克丽丽微笑弹奏，瞬间就倾洩而出一首美丽的作品；《Dee Doo》与《Dolphins》在轻快之馀，也带着些许快乐冒险的情绪。此外，《Oh My God》曲末渐地强烈的音乐铺陈，同样带来许多新鲜的感觉。Cocoon继续在唱民谣，但是深度与层次都要比过去来得更加丰富多变。

看着封面漂浮的鲸鱼云朵，或许我们都需要一趟自我追寻之旅，请Yum Yum和我们一起分享人生中的心情。

(文/L君)

The second album by the French duo of Mark Daumail and Morgane Imbeaud has a bit more of a U.K. focus than the debut — not necessarily a matter of language, but the production from Ian Caple and arrangements from Dickon Hinchliffe of Tindersticks put a certain stamp on it (as opening song "Sushi" demonstrates, with the lush, slightly spooky strings audibly within the realm of Hinchliffe's interests). Daumail and Imbeaud's own work is on the one hand a familiar kind of early 21st century folk/indie/(pick a term, any term) — the cheery ukulele on "Comets" says as much, as does its shift into a full-bodied drum-heavy punch on the choruses. It's all brisk, well performed, and equal parts sprightly and reflective — nothing too surprising in the end, it's a second album by a band clearly working in a vein rather than fully staking out a spot of its own. Songs like "Dee Doo" and "Dolphins" race along, just waiting to soundtrack some sort of sweet video montage from a recent film, and it doesn't even have to be (500) Days of Summer. But those elements that are their own remain enjoyable — Imbeaud's singing has a deeper, just melancholic undertow even at the band's most energetic, well suited to match the larger arrangements on a song like "Yum Yum" — and nowhere near as twee as the title might suggest. If Daumail is not as distinct in comparison he's still enjoyable enough, and his understated lead on the increasingly dramatic build of "Oh My God" provides a surprisingly strong anchor. Where the band goes next isn't yet clear, but there's space for it to make a stronger mark in the future.

Where The Oceans End

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