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艺人
The Horrors
语种
英语
厂牌
XL Recordings
发行时间
2014年05月05日
专辑类别
录音室专辑

专辑介绍

★2009年水星音乐奖提名、NME年度最佳专辑得主新作★

★Portishead班底、葛莱美奖得主Craig Silvey操盘制作★

★加入80合成电子编曲,The Horrors至今最具跳舞色彩作品★

我相信The Horrors应该是在懵懂的情况下发行首张大碟《Strange House》,从那之后,他们犹如脱胎换骨般带来了《Primary Colours》,一张可以名列十年内「最佳唱片」的制作典范。我们可以归功于Portishead创作灵魂Geoff Barrow的入主制作,却不能忽略掉Faris Badwan、Rhys Webb一班人的才华,否则便不会有三年前《Skying》的更进一步,一下子再度跳开了《Primary Colours》的New Wave、Post-Punk框架。

The Horrors必不会再走一趟《Skying》的路线,即使首支曝光歌曲〈I See You〉类似《Primary Colours》开场曲〈Mirror's Image〉,也有〈Still Life〉的层层80音乐残影,却不能忽视The Horrors日益偏向New Order或早期Tears for Fears曲调的发展,诚如主唱Faris Badwan受访时所言,这张历时十五个月录製的新作,将会是一张充满「欢乐」并且能「跳舞」的作品。除了一贯浩瀚铺排的序曲〈Chasing Shadows〉外,〈First Day of Spring〉将视野拉至迷幻音乐的场域,而〈So Now You Know〉一如Faris Badwan的说法,就像是製作〈Still Life〉时期的情绪,只是这回把合成器音量推得跟吉他一样;〈In And Out of Sight〉整体的乐器铺排十足Disco,〈Jealous Sun〉粗暴的音量则回返至《Primary Colours》、甚至《Strange House》时期的Glam形象,至于〈Falling Star〉倒像是〈In And Out of Sight〉未完成的「二部」,合成器的运用也极其80之声。

一向不太注重歌词书写的The Horrors,这回〈Change Your Mind〉倒有几分Morrissey的叨唆;而〈Mind And Yours〉则又将倒视镜拉回90年代初Britpop的蓬勃景致;尾曲〈Sleepwalk〉则让人想起〈Do You Remember〉,只是今天Faris Badwan的形象与嗓音已不再那麽Punk。我原来期待的〈Moving Further Away〉那沉长的Krautrock迷幻公路已不复见,只能退回去舞池随着〈I See You〉摆动身体;我相信这是Faris Badwan脑海里的《Luminous》光谱。(boyethAn)

Inspired by luminaries as eclectic as The Beatles, Brian Eno, and J Dilla, The Horrors fourth album Luminous will be released May 6 on indie label XL Recordings. Luminous took over 15 months to record in East London, and was produced by Craig Silvey, who has also worked with the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Arcade Fire, and The National.

The Horrors last album, 2011s Skying, charted at number five on the UK Albums Chart. Receiving accolades from publications such as NME, BBC, and Q, Skying represented a commercial breakthrough for the group that has been together for almost ten years.


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