“如果你喜欢“The Sundays”和“Mazzy Star”的韵味,Red House Painters和
Grant Lee Buffalo的歌词意境,还有The Cure和Coldplay充满大气的吉他音色,
你一定会爱上Trespassers William,仙乐般质感的女声独立乐队。”
以上这段美誉来自CD Baby网站对Trespassers William的概括,事实确实如此,
一点都没夸张,Trespassers William是继Denali,Ilya,Racermason之后又一支低
调的美国独立女声乐队。融合了Indie, Folk, Shoegaze,Dreampop等多种元素,
鼓在敲打节奏上有Trip-Hop的忧郁情绪,个别曲目在结构编排上又有Post Rock
的绵绵不绝的迷幻感。这样的一个女声乐队怎么不叫人爱煞呢?
2006年,Trespassers William又带来了他们第三张专辑《Having》,
不同于前两张专辑偏重民谣化的取向,新专辑开始更多的融合了Shoegaze,
Post Rock的风格。新专辑封套的色彩运用也突破了以往单色调的惯例,庭院中的那
些星星点点小花在窗外背景高楼大厦的反衬下显得如此的清越独立。
就连配合演出做的宣传海报都极其漂亮:穿着红裙白底黄花T恤的长发女子将吉他砸开,
但飞溅出来的却是无数小蝌蚪般奇异的可爱小生物,墨绿和水草绿的底色与裙子上的
大红底子颜色相互映衬,有一种莫名的感伤和忧郁,而这也正是Trespassers William的
音乐带给听者的情绪。
第四首的“Eyes Like Bottles”是整张专辑的分水岭,隐约的简约吉他勾线,苍茫的氛围,
Post Rock与Shoegaze的韵味开始慢慢浮现。接下来的“I Don't Mind”是最让人惊喜的作品,
开场就是漂亮的Post Rock式吉他旋涡,结尾高潮时Anna-Lynne清澈声音被迷雾一般的
Shoegaze吉他重重叠叠包围着,最后在干净的清亮吉他缓缓落幕。类似作品还有
“Matching Weight”和“My Hands Up”。
忧伤而缓慢的鼓击,女主唱Anna-Lynne平静的叙述,就这样慢慢的渗透到你的肌肤中,
再缓缓进入到骨髓里,越是表面的平静吟唱越是说不出的悲伤,
如同一种隐藏在克制背后曾经巨大的痛苦,只能自己慢慢疗伤,却无法向他人启齿。
文/高尔吉亚
电影《给鲍比.朗的情歌》中一首插曲,当即将离开的帕茜坐在车站开始看妈妈留给她的麦卡勒斯的小说《心是孤独的猎手》的时候,来自美国南加州的indie团Trespassers William的《Different Starts》在Postrock音色的缓慢推进下如同雾气一样升起,那些尘封的记忆被Anna-lynne williams梦幻般的歌声打开,帕茜一口气看完了《心是孤独的猎手》,决定留下,重新回到了母亲留下的房子里。
So you'd sing a lullaby to get me to sleep
So it's no surprise my eyes are never heavy
For i've not seen you in the flesh for so long
That i'm not sure we would know each other at all
Oh the weight it must be light wherever you are
And i know you don't think twice wherever you are
Oh the weight it must be light wherever you are
And i know you don't think twice wherever you are
So i will hum alone, too far from you
All that i say now is nothing to you
We will lie under different stars
I am where i am and you're where you are, you're where you are.
Oh the weight it must be light wherever you are
And i know you don' t think twice wherever you are
And i'd ask if you're all right wherever you are
And do you think of me, you might, wherever you are.
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