The End of History
- 艺人
- Fionn Regan
- 语种
- 英语
- 厂牌
- Bella Union
- 发行时间
- 2006年08月07日
- 专辑类别
- 录音室专辑
专辑介绍
by Stewart Mason
The debut album by Irish-born, British-based singer/songwriter Fionn Regan was first released in the U.K. by ex-Cocteau Twins bassist Simon Raymonde's dream pop imprint Bella Union, before being picked up for U.S. distribution by the rootsy alt-country label Lost Highway. Impressively, it's a good fit for both labels. Regan keeps one foot in the singer/songwriter tradition -- comparisons to Damien Rice and Nick Drake are ubiquitous in his reviews, and for good reason -- but Regan's interest in specific soundscapes for their emotional resonances is a subtle but important philosophical link to the Cocteau Twins' sound for sounds' sake aesthetic. Regan recorded the majority of The End of History in a disused stone barn, live to a portable recorder. The natural reverb adds warmth to these often skeletal songs, most with little more accompaniment than Regan's acoustic guitar and practically whispered vocals. The sense of intimacy thus engendered adds weight to songs that might have otherwise seemed ethereally light, but at his best, Regan proves himself an immensely skilled songwriter. "I have become an aerial view of a coastal town that you once knew" is a startlingly apt image in the lovely lost-love lament "Be Good or Be Gone," and Regan's debut single "Put a Penny in the Slot" is an instant classic ranking with such wry slices of U.K. folk-rock as Lloyd Cole and the Commotions' "Perfect Skin" (right down to Regan's echoing of Cole's trademark habit of dropping authors' names in his lyrics, Paul Auster and Saul Bellow in this case) and any number of Richard Thompson's romantic character studies. The End of History suggests that a major talent may be brewing here.
最新简评（共6条）
- @未知生物：(۶ૈ ۜ ᵒ̌▱๋ᵒ̌ )۶ૈ=͟͟͞͞ `ワ°)・;’.
- @长青(榕树长青)：不错哦！
- @B-B-B-Side(Love Mucic)：来自爱尔兰的民谣歌手Fionn Regan，温和略带沙哑的嗓音搭配民谣木吉他的轻快演绎出一曲曲清新小调，很适合冬日听得专辑，赞一个。
- @minmin小妮子(永远在寻找能唤醒我耳朵的...)：be good or be gone
- @童童(天长地久有时尽。)：他的声音很适合唱清新民谣，很好听，有质感，很干净的感觉。个人比较喜欢第一张唱片。
- @阿光：好的，Be Good or Be Gone