The People's Record

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共10首歌曲

艺人: Club 8
语种: 英语
厂牌: labrador
发行时间: 2010年05月18日
专辑类别: 录音室专辑

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当第一首歌曲Western Hospitality 轻快的旋律跃起，接连曲曲不间断南美和非洲传送的热情热力，还有古巴敲击乐手助阵而来的全新第七张专辑The People's Record，总是清新飘逸的瑞典男女二人组合Club 8，与曾一手打造The Concretes复古迷人声响因而闻名的制作人Jari Haapalainen，一同把乐队旅游至巴西的阳光体验，取来融合冰冷北欧的浪漫行径，将乐队出道以来前面六张专辑历史的包袱，带至全然新颖的境界。然而Club 8词曲创作者Johan Angergård 和女主音Karolina Komstedt也绝对不是像Stan Getz与Astrud Gilberto那般地爵士森巴，亦或是轻松摇摆的Bossa Nova曲风，专辑The People's Record中引人入胜乐器音符的繁复交替，不论是来自于西非民族音乐影响，到一点点迪斯可舞曲和Kraut-Rock里重复小节的借用，整张专辑乐型走向远比英国乐队Stereolab和Broadcast的实验极微理论更加亲人，像是歌曲Shape Up！与后首Be Mad, Get Ill, Be Still的缤纷溜转，Back To A的手鼓跟吉他与Like Me萨克斯風清扬可人，以及Dancing With The Mentally Ill的叠步雷鬼，让永远甜美的Club 8，又多了鲜明深刻的印记。听见The People's Record专辑里丰富求变的新声音，可以了解Club 8在梦幻印象框架下想要突破的企图，到底在以往从欧美80/90年代旧唱片找寻灵感的同时，此次相异类别音乐素材的结合取用，无疑是相当奇妙且成功的尝试，更为自身厂牌Labrador添上另一种听觉感触的性格转化。

by Tim Sendra

While Club 8 has always maintained a pretty steady sound and identity as a dreamily melancholy band, the half of the duo responsible for the music has pursued a more unpredictable path in his solo project, the Legends. On each of their records Johan Angergård has been like a musical sponge soaking up his current interest, whether it was noise pop, synth pop, or post-punk, and then re-creating it with uncanny precision. Up until now, there have only been hints of this skill in Club 8’s output. That all changes on their 2010 release The People’s Record, which shows the result of Angergård and Club 8’s vocalist Karolina Komstedt’s discovery of, and subsequent love for, West African pop of the late '60s and '70s. Unlike their contemporaries who use African sounds as a flavoring device, the duo immerses themselves fully in the sound right down to the tone of the organ. Angergård’s guitar work in particular is authentic to the point where it’s hard to believe he hasn’t been playing in this style for years. While you could be cynical and say this embrace of such a hip reference point was a marketing ploy of some kind, it’s hard to listen to the joy and energy that come bursting out of the grooves and see it as anything other than a labor of love. You could also doubt that they could make it all work, given the detached and cool feel of past Club 8 records, but somehow Komstedt’s airy and sweet vocals sound perfect when blended with the warm-as-the-sun rhythms, bubbling guitars, and wonderfully cheesy organ. It helps that these are some of the best songs they’ve written: "Western Hospitality," "Shape Up!," and "We’re All Going to Die" would be good even if played on toy pianos and recorders. The uptempo songs are full of life and happiness, the few slow songs have a subdued grace that is trademark Club 8, and when taken together, they add up to the band’s best record to date. Certainly it’s the record that takes the most chances and has the most highly developed sense of adventure; that it succeeds so fully is a mark of both the note-perfect production, Angergård’s musical abilities, and Komstedt’s enchanting and surprisingly soulful vocals. Oh, and the songs!

The People's Record

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