busy for slouchy

忙於這週跟上週的新貨,除了先前blog過的超級失落重發再版外,新增的有the brilliant corners將growing up absurd和what's in a word兩張迷你專輯與fruit machine四曲ep合成一張cd,皆為樂隊85年至86年間絕版已久的錄音,相信不久後樂隊與Amelia Fletcher (新曲可至fortuna pop廠牌下載)合作的Why Do You Have To Go Out With Him When You Could Go Out With Me? (video)也會有再版的一天,而alistair fitchett為another sunny day cd內頁的撰序,還有當時各個單曲review的插圖,所有pop/punk/twee/anorak的完美詮釋,一首單曲僅需叭啦流行旋律和吉他清脆噪音就能包含青春一切.

而最近lonelady的immaterial黑膠7吋發行,也是酷到不行的好單曲,當然paul morley的怪文絕對有加分推薦的作用,對於曾喜歡他文章的自己來說有點小小不適應,但這位曼城女傑回歸所帶來的新聲音無疑是相當刺激,單調卻很有力道的行進節奏,以及吉他微爆閃爍的刷彈,讓人非常期待她明年的首張專輯.進入官網首頁留下mail即可下載這首主打歌.

另外angular新成立的副牌Rare Breed Discs,旗下第一張發行即為前the long blondes團員,還有slow down tallahassee和navvy的主將所組成The Bon Bon Club的3吋cdr單曲Sex on Fire,依然延續之前翻玩風格,此次的對象分別是fleetwood mac, dubstar還有kings of leon,不僅與原曲大異其趣,唱片設計也具巧思趣緻,又剛提到的angular廠牌,旗下全女樂隊wetdog第二張新專輯的首支7吋新單曲lower leg也同時到貨.

接下來便是Cats For Peru首張專輯Attack Of The Pitching Machine,樂隊音樂明快且很有戲劇性的起伏,又愛在節奏間加進了許多古古怪怪,從80年代來sheffield總是不缺這樣個性鮮明的聲音,最明顯的例子就是還未走紅前的pulp,但Cats For Peru的主音Ad Follet可是多了一把可假音可渾厚的好歌喉,而難以定義的樂型風格與豐沛情感的宣洩,專輯Attack Of The Pitching Machine讓自己聽到sheffield另一種英式旋律的可能.輯內"Asleep In Monaco" 與 "The Bearded One"兩首mp3可到TheeSPC廠牌下載.

we were not there for the beginning, we won't be there for the end

來自義大利二人組Tempelhof於英國獨立廠牌Distraction所發表的首張專輯We Were Not There For The Beginning, We Won't Be There For The End,一開首長達10分鐘久的ten years after即有後搖滾攝人張力與絕美逼人的電子節奏,在氣氛鋪陳上也相當有電影配樂的情境敘描感覺,或許樂隊名取自機場名稱也是想表達一種空盪冰冷的氣味,但那不似真實樂器的風琴和鈴鼓聲聲層疊卻又是如此溫暖,像這般矛盾錯置來營顯另一番和諧美感的手法,早從m83諸等作品裡就已出現,不過像輯內由lily may譜詞的歌曲song for lily, Tempelhof骨子裡的浪漫情懷即在一音一符,一擊一擺間沉溺隱沒.小店限量首賣,廠牌網頁有全張試聽.

DISCONCERTS

PARLOUR RECORDS繼eioh六曲ep(快!小店僅剩最後一張)後又一張不容錯過的英倫新型異黑post-punk唱片,即是三人樂隊Disconcerts第二張A. Medic ep (12吋限量300張),同樣也是包含六曲但卻與Project:KOMAKINO和eioh的音樂方向,有著更多流暢跳動的旋律,而樂評上也多以gang of four相較,但主音Hugo Hamper-Potts的神經質唱腔,飆昂沙亮的刷弦,那與低重音節奏錯縱交連的混亂局面,又與fire engines, pil的癲狂頗為近似,而剛查閱日本同行file-under唱片店竟已宣告售完,小店正好碰上英國郵局罷工所以晚發行日一週今天才收到,但庫存也剩不多!

let's go!

Slumberland Records在星五寄來唱片大包裹,其中來自澳洲樂隊Summer Cats首張專輯Songs for Tuesdays的繽彩膠面特別讓自己驚呼連連(即是上圖,cd因為有封好便無法窺其內貌),而Brown Recluse首次正式12吋大眼單曲的發行也相當懷舊舒緩,還有現今火紅lo-fi樂風中也不容錯過的Sic Alps,以及先前提過bricolage和royal we合組的The Champagne Socialists (已改名為neverever,所以是the champagne socialists這團名的最終張必收!!!),這兩個樂隊的7吋膠皆盡顯粗糙率性本質.

以下附上廠牌官網裡的唱片資訊和試聽連結,而未來將會有the pains of being pure at hearts/ devon williams/ pants yells!/ brilliant colors/ the bats/ sarandon的新片們令人興奮期待:

Summer Cats - Songs For Tuesdays

Brown Recluse sings The Soft Skin

Sic Alps - L. Mansion

The Champagne Socialists - Blue Genes

It Hertz!

在上週就悄悄到貨的男女雙人electro/synthpop組Katsen首張專輯It Hertz!,對於TheeSPC廠牌來說仍舊是一張不同流俗的獨立音樂唱片,電子節奏俏皮豐富的他們不單比從前的baxendale多了前衛音樂,或是懷舊復古的思考運用,同時也能呼應順承70末80初shelffileds電子先鋒的傳統,以下除了轉貼大好評外,TheeSPC廠牌也提供了輯內兩首mp3下載,另外也一倂連結歌曲Let's Build a City video的網址.

free mp3s:
Let's Build a City
Cactus

大好評中:

"Alternative Album of the Week" Steve Lamacq, BBC Radio 1

"Song Of The Week: Katsen 'Florian' "Electronically Yours

"Dizzily effervescent and as catchy as swine flu" Losing today

"They are a duo who take the best of the darker side of 80’s electronica, deconstruct it and produce perfect futuristic D.I.Y, pop noir." Vip Pip Musical Express

"At its heart this is pop music and their effects are used to amplify rather than swamp the tunes, sometimes to heartburstingly lovely effect." Sounds XP

"It’s full of variation, from the frenetic kraut-inspired opener, Let’s build a City, to the incrediby beautiful hypnotic end track Florian." Eardrums Music

"Incredibly, with such an ambitious list of ingredients the final result is a sumptuous feast of electronic pudding." The Music Fix

"Stuffed with both fun & reflective moods & whilst possessing a very high benchmark of quality!" Norman Records

"A tasty slice of Casio driven electronic pop mixed with more than a healthy dollop of Krautrock." Indie-MP3

"Conclusive proof that years spent battering away with the sound-chips on a ZX Spectrum can finally yield sparkling results." Culture Deluxe

此張cd專輯在美國則由Shelflife Records發行,小店為英國先行版熱賣!

The Sunbathers

喜歡英國二人組The Sunbathers不僅是他們以吉他,歌唱,些許敲打樂器的簡約清新,單純樸實的形象也相當舒服可人,從他們偏遠的地理位置,會聯想到從前一派田野悠閒的PO!,又音樂上頗似marine girls/ everything but the girl, arabesque, amycanbe等,到83/84年曇花一現new pop的風格,反而較camera obscura的類比更貼切些,不過The Sunbathers官網和myspace的設計文字,怎麼看都很有自己初聽indiepop的天真古意,另外還可以下載audio頁裡的三首歌,猜想The Sunbathers的首張作品不是給cloudberry records就是由shelflife records發行?

reissues & scottish

除了moose/ another sunny day/ the claim/ hurrah!給cherry red廠牌重發重要消息外,由前the fire engines所組成the nectarine no.9在postcard廠牌發行的專輯,似乎也有重新再版的跡象,但遍尋網路仍找不到we can still picnic這家廠牌的資料,自己也竟完全不知道postcard廠牌在90年代初期仍有營運,而略聽了一下A Sea With Three Stars和Saint Jack兩張專輯後,風格上與後面在creeping bent旗下的作品風格不同, A Sea With Three Stars還帶點win (the fire engines和the nectarine no.9中間時期的樂隊)留下的舞曲節奏, Saint Jack則有蘇格蘭獨立搖滾的醺醉氣息和實驗精神,至於樂隊主腦davey henderson的最新分身the sexual objects也可以同時注意一下.

當然今年的蘇格蘭還有好些唱片作品值得一聽,小店這月會到貨的the champagne socialists首張7吋blue genes單曲 (mp3),是由前bricolage和the royal we的團員所組成 (bricolage唯一專輯和其他slumberland廠牌的新發行也將一起到貨),另外曾進過蘇格蘭新晉the low miffs的單曲(white heat和art/goes/pop廠牌),其跟postcard先浪josef k吉他手malcom ross合作的同名8曲迷你專輯,也相當有清亮搖擺的旋律,至於小小期待中的the pastels和tenniscoat合作的專輯two sunsets,希望能在近日一聽為快.

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