My Propeller

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共4首歌曲

艺人: Arctic Monkeys
语种: 英语
厂牌: Domino Recording Co
发行时间: 2010年03月22日
专辑类别: EP、单曲

专辑介绍

Arctic Monkeys的前两张专辑Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not (2006) 和Favourite Worst Nightmare (2007)为乐队赢得了不少荣誉，前者成为英国最畅销的专辑而后者更是在发行不到一周的情况下就横霸英国专辑排行榜榜首。那时，Arctic Monkeys以快速多变的音乐节奏及极具爆发力的嗓音给我们留下了深刻印象。但是随着2009年Humbug的发行，乐队给我们展示了一个更为沉稳的形象，音乐也有了明显的变化，乐队秉承了他们复古的传统，尝试放慢节奏，甚至连歌词都略带忧郁的气息。My Propeller，乐队时隔半年多在2010年发行的最新EP专辑，专辑囊括4四首歌曲，其中包括选自Humbug的My Propeller及其它三首最新单曲。

An ominous, heavy rumbling that has darkness at its heart starts ‘My Propeller’, before slowing and lurching with menace. It sounds like a distant cousin of ‘Do Me A Favour’, the standout track from the band’s previous album Favourite Worst Nightmare, only there is something much more sinister at work.

“If you can summon the strength, tow me” is the opening line, almost mumbled by a bereft Alex Turner as opposed to sung, cast as a hopelessly obsessed stalker with rapidly failing stability. This is not ‘I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor’. It is here that the presence of producer Josh Homme can be felt. There’s a heavy intensity and an imposing mood that wasn’t there before. The song is noticeably more muscular, and better for it.

Turner claims “It’s a necessary evil, no cause for emergency” as the brooding tune continues. Suddenly, like a sputtering propeller, the song shudders to a halt. Then the best bit arrives. The drums pound and a demonic, finally cracked Turner sings “My propeller won’t spin and I can’t get it started on my own; when are you arriving?”

Turner somehow makes it sound like an order rather than a question as a noise like a whirring ghost train brings the song to a close, for good this time. Much has been made of the band’s change of direction, and that previous single ‘Cornerstone’ is the new album’s highlight. In truth that song could have slotted comfortably onto the last album but ‘My Propeller’ is the sound of the new. And it works. Go on, give it another spin.

My Propeller

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