【恋夏500日】、【没问题先生】正妹主角柔伊黛丝香奈Zooey Deschanel与摇滚鬼才M. Ward,连手打造第二张音乐结晶
娇俏美貌与傲人才情一次奉上,让摇滚青年魂牵梦萦的超丰盛精神粮食
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贵为好莱坞新生代当红女星,拥有娇俏的美貌与身段,以及无数影迷的欢呼崇拜,是否还有什么更值得妳去追逐实践?有的,「柔伊黛丝香奈Zooey Deschanel」选择与乐坛鬼才M. Ward共组一支双人乐队,发行她压箱多年的优质创作。许多人因为【成名在望Almost Famous】这部电影,初识柔伊黛丝香奈,后来她陆续在【没问题先生Yes Man】与【恋夏500日500 Days of Summer】等片出任女主角,以清新自然的演出迷倒一大票男性影迷。因为【The Go-Getter】导演的撮合,柔伊与独立乐坛鬼才M. Ward有了音乐上的第一类接触,M. Ward进而得知,柔伊私下拥有一定数量的音乐创作。仔细听过试唱带后,他发现这些作品的质量,早已远远超过许多专业歌手的水平。相谈甚欢的两人,决定进行更进一步的合作,柔伊除了填词谱曲与主唱,还下场弹奏钢琴等乐器,至于在独立乐坛已享有盛名的M. Ward,则发挥出神入化的吉他演奏功力与监制长才。柔伊不希望己身的明星光环,模糊了两人的发片焦点,因此特别在「谦逊、低调、匿名」的原则下,为乐队取了「她和他乐团She & Him」这个团名。2008年他们发表首张专辑《Volume One》,首周即空降全美告示牌排行榜第81名,并在Paste Magazine该年的年终票选活动中,夺下「年度最佳专辑#1」头衔。突然之间,大家才惊觉,柔伊过去所怀抱的音乐梦想,在身体力行之后,原来是这样一片花团锦簇的傲人景象。
有了首张专辑亮眼的成绩,She & Him在大家的期待之下,带来第二张创作大碟《好事成双Volume Two》,这次柔伊愈见成熟自信,两人在和声的运用上已臻完美,柔美雅致的弦乐亦更见份量。本次照例依循上次的合作模式,除了两首翻唱歌曲外,其余创作全数出自柔伊的手笔,并交由M. Ward全权监制。本张专辑分别在洛衫矶与俄勒冈州波特兰两地录音,期间邀请多位音乐人共襄盛举,除了有M. Ward亲自下场伴唱,歌手Mike Coykendall也在多首曲目中帮腔献声。优美爽朗的和音在本张专辑中,扮演十分重要的角色,藉此他们得以营造出昔日经典流行歌曲的层次感,以首支主打单曲〈In The Sun〉为例,特别邀请独立流行组合Tilly and the Wall前来唱合,让整首歌曲洋溢一片复古欢乐的特殊情调。多部合唱的清唱歌曲〈If You Can’t Sleep〉,则美得像首圣歌,完全突显柔伊纯净沉稳的嗓音,更证明她不受拘束的创作实力。本张专辑中,柔伊还特别翻唱NRBQ 1977年的单曲〈Ridin’ In My Car〉,以及由Skeeter Davis唱红的〈Gonna Get Along Without You Now〉,揭露她与众不同的怀旧品味。
聆听《Volume Two》,彷如享受一段没有尾声的春天,即使偶尔落下毛毛细雨,抬起头来就能看见阳光下的那道彩虹,当然也少不了柔伊那抹迷人的微笑。
Volume Two is the second album by She & Him, a collaboration between M. Ward and actress Zooey Deschanel. It is scheduled for release on March 17, 2010 by P-Vine Records in Japan, March 23, 2010 by Merge Records in US, and on April 5, 2010 by Double Six Records in UK.
The album's track listing was announced on December 8, 2009. "In the Sun" was published online by Pitchfork Media on January 22, 2010 and was released as a single with "I Can Hear Music" on February 23, 2010
On 9 February 2010, She & Him were interviewed on BBC 6 Music and performed "Thieves" and "Gonna Get Along without You Now" from the not-yet-released album. Two versions of the song "Thieves" were were made available on-line. One was that played for the BBC interview and two weeks later Stereogum premiered the studio version from the album