Tribes

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来自伦敦Camden的乐队Tribes是英国新近上升势头正猛的乐队之一，自年初开始得到各大电台的热捧，正在进行全国巡演中，并将于今夏前往日本巡演。于2013解散。

Before everyone gets too exercised – or do we mean exorcised? – by Brother, it's probably worth saving some of your ire for Camden's Tribes, who bear the same relation to Nirvana that Brother do to Oasis – that is, they are in hoc to them up to their necks (lucky the collars on their plaid shirts are loose). With their mumbling vocals and growly guitars, facial fuzz and general air of dishevelment, Tribes appear to worship at the altar of Cobain and Co. Their track Whenever couldn't be more Nevermind-ish if it tried, which presumably it won't do because exertion would be antithetical to the slacker ethos. From the title ("Whatever" was probably too obvious, even for them) to the opening quiet bit that is just the right side of soft, ie it makes you realise the loud bit is coming, we are basically in National Lampoon territory. Do they still have National Lampoon? It was a US satirical magazine of the 70s that, at its peak of parodic popularity, had movie spin-offs such as Animal House and Class Reunion. If it is still going, they could make a grunge-era comedy about a Seattle high school where Kurt (played by Owen Wilson) gets revenge on the lead jock (played by Seth Rogan) by sleeping with his sister (played by Courtney Love). And Tribes could provide the soundtrack. Their songs have choruses that sound like the bit in Smells Like Teen Spirit where Kurt went, "Hello, hello, hello", in that sardonic droney manner that suggested sardonicism was his way of dealing with anguish and pain. He would have droned for America had he heard Tribes.

Of course, we're being unfair because, as is often the case in these situations – and this goes for Brother, too – the neat one-line anti-pitch ("They're the new Nirvana") doesn't tell the full story. Remember, Tribes are from London, and some of their music sounds as though it was made in the capital in the period AD – After Doherty. It's got that loose, shambling, lackadaisical quality. Also, the band got together in summer 2009 after the guitarist was caught trying to steal the drummer's wallet, which is very Libs. And they love the city, although they haven't quite got round to inventing anything quite as spurious as that Albion bollocks Doh boy and his faithful sidekick Borat spent their early careers peddling. No, they're too busy getting drunk with Juliette Lewis (true story) and writing songs about discovering your girlfriend's a lesbian. Oh, and supporting Pixies. Funnily enough, on some of their demos they sound less like Pixies than they do T-Rex, such is the quavery nature of the singer's voice. Apart from the ones where they sound like Nirvana. Did we mention that they sound like Nirvana? Forget National Lampoon, has someone informed the Onion?

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