Cry

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共9首歌曲

艺人: Cigarettes After Sex
语种: 英语
厂牌: Partisan Records
发行时间: 2019年10月25日
专辑类别: 录音室专辑

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“我总是有意识地避开录音室，” Cigarettes After Sex的主唱Greg Gonzalez说道：“在世上某个开敞的角落完成录制总会给专辑带来别样的感受。录制地点的特质或氛围就像是某种未知因素，它会成为专辑情感表达中至关重要的一环。

声音和环境的巧妙结合的确塑成了Cigarettes After Sex 第二张全新专辑《Cry》的灵魂。录制于西班牙马略卡岛上一座令人艳羡的宅邸，《Cry》用极简的笔触描绘出曼妙的线条与柔媚的光线，让人在这般声音图景中感到难以言喻的美丽、情迷意乱的渴望。受到岛上鲜活色彩和新鲜环境的感染，Gonzalez常常在与鼓手Jacob Tomsky、贝斯手Randy Miller和键盘手Phillip Tubbs录音前几分钟才写好歌曲。他亲自操刀录音及制作工作，将重心聚焦于捕捉现场表演的氛围，并从录音环境和乐队成员间的交流中获取灵感，探索录音素材的可能。

收录九首歌曲的《Cry》虽然精练，但仍有着难以掩盖的深度。五零年代末、六零年代初流行乐的浪漫氛围只是专辑中容易察觉的要素，Gonzalez此番的尝试还远不止如此；回溯自己童年在德克萨斯州埃尔帕索度过的时光，他从九十年代特哈诺（Tejano）音乐天后Selena和主流乡村歌手Shania Twain等经典音乐人身上汲取到诸多灵感。除了旋律上的花费的心思，Gonzalez在歌词创作上也不遗余力地进行着革新。他毫无畏惧与窘迫，以类似Henry Miller或Leonard Cohen的直白方式坦诚勾画时常露骨的爱欲交缠场面。Gonzalez创作时好比一个电影人，他用细腻、有着电影质感的方式捕捉不易察觉的时刻，并设法从平凡中提炼深刻的意义。

“I’ve always avoided studios,” says Cigarettes After Sex frontman Greg Gonzalez. “There’s something special about recording out in the world, some kind of X-factor that comes from the character and atmosphere of wherever it is that you’re working that becomes essential to the feeling of the music.”

That marriage of sound and setting is the heart and soul of Cry, Cigarettes After Sex’s riveting sophomore album. Recorded in a stunning house on the Spanish island of Mallorca, the collection reflects the uneasy beauty, erotic longing, and stark minimalism of the space, all smooth lines and soft light. Energized by the fresh palette and setting, Gonzalez would write songs just minutes before recording them with the band—drummer Jacob Tomsky, bassist Randy Miller, and keyboardist Phillip Tubbs. He engineered and produced the sessions himself, with an emphasis on capturing live performances and exploring the material together in dialogue with the house and with each other.

Clocking in at nine songs, Cry is a compact collection, but its brevity belies its depth. While the band’s sound may be most associated with the romantic pop music of the late 50’s and early 60’s, Gonzalez pushes into more unexpected sonic territory on Cry, reaching back to his childhood in El Paso, Texas, to draw subtle melodic influence from 90’s Tejano stars like Selena and mainstream pop country artists like Shania Twain. Gonzalez pushes himself lyrically on the album, too, tackling sex with the graphic frankness of Henry Miller or Leonard Cohen as he renders unabashed, sometimes explicitly erotic scenes with a casual candor. Writing with a filmmaker’s eye, he captures tiny moments with a rich, cinematic detail that manages to locate the profound within the mundane.

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