Couples
- 艺人
- The Long Blondes
- 语种
- 英语
- 厂牌
- Rough Trade
- 发行时间
- 2008年05月06日
- 专辑类别
- 录音室专辑
专辑介绍
2006年The Long Blondes俨然成为了第二个Yeah Yeah Yeahs或是说新世纪的Blondie。主唱Kate Jackson的性感和时尚不知道让多少人喷干了鼻血。建议看看他们的现场或是MV。
新专辑受Pet Shop Boys，Blondie和Pulp影响颇深。《Guilt》无法让我不想起Blondie,《Here Comes the Serious Bit》是最承袭了乐队的最初的流畅和动能的一首。虽然整体或许不如2006年的那张热辣,却有着一种聪慧的叙述感,于是说这张Kate的声音表达也变得更加成熟，更具张力，可以把握各种歌曲。特别推荐《Erin O'Connor》《Going to Hell 》和《Here Comes the Serious Bit》。
The Long Blondes have had a makeover. Which might seem par for the course considering their fiery, acclaimed debut album Someone to Drive You Home saw their sense of retro chic kept at least equivalent to their Sheffield Blondie shtick. But they emerge from the inter-album dry-ice expanse devoid of many of those rough edges that defined and made them so alluring in the first instance--more Jackie Onassis than Oxfam--friends and family stand agog at the transformation. They're certainly no less sassy, au contraire, but there is a new found seriousness all over Couples. Last time, beneath their second-generation Britpop wrapping and Elastica/Pulp impulses, snuck a sense of synthesised control evoking hometown forbearers Heaven 17. This time around that impression is flipped. The clean lines and neon minimalism of "Century" and "Round the Hairpin" are more Ladytron than typical Long Blondes and "Too Clever By Half", essentially a husky falsetto prevented from floating off into the ether by a slow, sultry bass-line, is so slick it could be mistaken for recent ultra-stylised Kylie. The brilliant, full-throttle Roxy Music glam rattling of "I'm Going to Hell" is a reasonable meeting-point between the two albums, but their tight command of the musical onslaught is now quite arresting. This new-found sophistication, coupled with Erol Alkan's tremendously vibrant production, ensures that Couples probably does come out as twice the album to its predecessor. --James Berry
Product Description
Familiar retro influences, like Pet Shop Boys, Blondie, and Pulp are recalled but not imitated, resulting in an original and relevant sophomore album. With their signature down-to-earth narratives forming intelligent and sharp observations about romance and life, one might get an impression of a group with their feet firmly on the ground. These lyrics, however, are set to a rich, synthy, electronic sound that suggest the moment New Order's eardrums first vibrated to house and disco in NYC, 1981. "The Long Blondes' Kate Jackson sings like she has amazing taste in lipstick, delivering smart, sex-as-a-weapon lyrics with a swaggering smirk that conveys both glam-charged confidence and femme-specific vulnerability" - Spin.
最新简评（共3条）
- @翼想天开：Too Clever By Half
- @叶公瑾(我还没想好要写什么...)：Kate Jackson的性感和时尚不知道让多少人喷干了鼻血
- @MONINI：最喜欢too clever by half