Venus on Earth
- 艺人
- Dengue Fever
- 语种
- 英语
- 厂牌
- M80
- 发行时间
- 2008年01月22日
- 专辑类别
- 录音室专辑
专辑介绍
by Jeff Tamarkin
Three albums in the novelty has worn off, but Dengue Fever has smartly chosen to keep evolving. While that means their unquestionably unique offering no longer startles, it's no less riveting -- Venus on Earth is at once the band's most accessible and most varied release. A recap: when first heard from in 2003 on their self-titled debut, Dengue Fever was like no other band, a bunch of L.A. hipsters fronted by a Cambodian-born woman, Chhom Nimol, who paid homage to that Asian nation's pre-Pol Pot cheesy psychedelic-cum-lounge-surf-garage pop sound of the '60s/early '70s, music obscure enough that only a tiny handful of Americans could honestly claim to have known the first thing about it -- certainly, the source material spun outside of the orbit of the so-called core world music audience. By the second album, 2005's Escape from Dragon House, Dengue Fever had tossed in a few more disparate elements, and with Nimol's high-range vocals riding atop this internationalist admixture and a basic alt-rock sensibility as a guiding force (minus the faux alt-rock attitude), Dengue Fever attracted an audience and garnered critical praise. For Venus on Earth, the mainstream beckons, or comes as close to beckoning as it's ever going to for a band as non-mainstream as Dengue Fever. Nimol's vocals are as beguiling as ever, Ethan Holtzman's Farfisa organ still swirls, Zac Holtzman's guitars still chime and chunk, and Paul Dreux Smith's drums clang happily along. With horns provided by David Ralicke and bass from Senon Gaius Williams, Dengue Fever has softened some of the rougher edges, injected some serious soul, and added more swing to their thing. &Oceans of Venus& could be an outtake from the first B-52's album, &Clipped Wings& a lost Blondie tune, and &Woman in the Shoes& is just one of the most cuddly pop songs in ages. The groovelicious Nimol-Zac Holtzman duet &Tiger Phone Card,& a tale of a long distance Phnom Penh-NYC romance, is the pop smash Yoko Ono might have had in an alternate universe. Drenched in reverb, soaked in sweat, marinated in some phantom historical moment yet tethered to the now, Dengue Fever is more innovative and resourceful than 99-percent of the bands that receive 99 times the publicity.
热门评论
- @66风儿：Dengue Fever是登格热的意思，是洛杉矶的一支乐团，特色是有个在柬埔寨出生的主唱，以及经常在舞台上让女主唱出糗的五位美籍另类摇滚乐手。在这支乐团新专辑《凡间的维纳斯》的封面上，留长胡子、戴著护目镜的吉他手柴克‧霍兹曼骑著一部速克达，主唱秋妮莫端庄地侧坐在后座，这是柬埔寨良家女孩坐机车穿梭金边街道时的方式。登革热擅长以令人料想不到的方式融合1960年代柬埔寨流行乐、摇滚和其他音乐，很符合这个形象。中规中矩、聪明，以及喜好挖苦的独立摇滚迅速转换，彼此的界线全都变得模糊。
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