在英國本土已經醞釀了大半年的South Londoner Jessie Ware終於推出首張大碟【Devotion】,大碟一出當然取得更多國際注目,絕對是這個夏天的新音樂才女,繼Lana Del Ray後。
從Jessie Ware身上就是將dubstep 等電氣化融入美式Soul唱法,所以在《110%》我們聽到她可以又做Lilly Allen 又突然變Adele式演唱,很是神奇。聽了她的單曲聽了大半年,之前還不太肯定這個女子讓怎樣形容。早前還跟朋友介紹說,喂,英國版新Lykke Li式電子才女呀,說得很錯。因為其實Jessie Ware就如其他一眾South London的音樂人一樣,有種posh高貴「血脈」,單看其MV便知道,你還以為是Made in Chelsea 班friends。所以我覺得要取用一個雜誌式吸引眼球用字,我會說她是The British answer to Lana del Ray更適合。
我敢說,Elton John vs Pnau這張【Good Morning to the Night】真係意想不到地又懷舊又新潮。其實早在收音機聽單曲《Sad》一輪,但不認真聽也沒有留意。到今日唱片正式推出,聽下聽下,哇,我相信係其中一張老一輩歌手同新一輩歌手合作最成功的一個project。我真係估唔到歸於最老土最傳統pop的Elton John 會響六十幾歲時忽然會咁潮,你會想像到響舞池聽到呢張碟的歌時會幾興奮!
Elton John你當然識啦,但Pnau就未必知。 來自澳洲的Pnau其實是二人電子跳舞duo,由Nick Littlemore 及Peter Mayes組成。而Nick 就係澳洲紅到爆組合 Empire of the Sun的一子。
英倫樂團Mystery Jets新碟【Radlands】基本上首首好聽,有一貫的懷舊及的好玩外,亦有那份像回到brit pop 時期的樂團的氣質。當然,最新單曲《Greatest Hits》便係其中一首我聽得十分高興的作品,老土其實唔一定要用最老土手法玩,呢首歌就既老土又玩味又有廿一世紀guitar pop 的味道。內容就其實有d 似The Divine Comedy的《Indie Disco》,一樣好玩。
Mystery Jets Greatest Hits
You can take ‘The Lexicon of Love’ away but I’m keeping Remain in Light’
You can take away ‘It’s a Shame About Ray’ but I’m holding on to ‘Country
Life’ (Ohhh)
You can keep ‘No Need to Argue’ and I’ll keep ‘The Aeroplane Over the Sea’
But hold on to ‘The Boy with the Arab Strap’ cos I’m holding on to ‘Village
Green’
I don’t know if the knot just needs untangling cos the tapes get stuck all
The time
Either way I’m keeping ‘Double Nickles on the Dime’
These were our greatest hits (Shalalalalalalala Shalalalala)
The best of me and you(Shalalalalalalala Shalalalala)
These were our greatest hits (Shalalalalalalala Shalalalala)
The best of me and you
I still remember buying you ‘Band on the Run’ on the first day that we
Kissed
But you always did prefer ‘McCartney I’ because it reminded you of being a
Kid
No way your having ‘This Nation’s Saving Grace’ you only listen to it when
Your pissed
But when you sober up it’s always “Why the fuck are you still listening to
Mark E. Smith?”
I don’t know if the knot just needs untangling or if we forgot which way’s
Up and which way is down
But still the tape keeps going round and round
These were our greatest hits (Shalalalalalala lalalalala)
The best of me and you (Shalalalalalala Shalalalala)
The best of me and you
Of me and you
Still the tape keeps going round and round.
The tape keeps going round [repeat til the end]
These were our greatest hits (Shalalalalalalala Shalalalala)
The best of me and you (Shalalalalalalala Shalalalala)
Our Desert Island Discs (Shalalalalalalala Shalalalala)
The best of me and you (Shalalalalalalala Shalalalala)
聽Jake Bugg實在想不到又是一個年紀輕輕但聲音極老的聲音,不過十八十九歲,玩的卻是六十年代的音色。當然,你第一下聯想到瑞典的The Tallest Man on the Earth,我就想起同樣受著六十年代影響的挪威唱作人Jonas Alaska。同時歌曲亦令我諗起《No Milk Today》。
還未聽哂,但Spector榜上有名其實就如上年James Blake的榜上有名一樣,因為都係已經在唔同媒體被hyped被講了。記得老早之前聽《Never Fade Away》時已經覺得有趣,Never Fade Away,是一個很勁的statement,很具力量亦有一種很混亂的思緒。再聽最新單曲《Grey Shirt and Tie》,唔,難怪被會被人扣上Roxy Music x Killer x The Strokes這些名字。其實還是很重的Shoegaze的味道,不過整個手法及表達便有不一樣的浪費感覺,感覺有點像北歐dreamy電音撞上英國brit pop,很妙。(不過MV 尾段的footage 竟然係瑞典文…諗返其實成個mv 都頗北歐)
單看宣傳照以為他們的形象又是另一隊indie hipster,怎知來自East London 的他們原來都喜歡西裝上陣,有點posh,或者真是想學Roxy的形象吧?至於主意Fred Macpherson原來已經在MTV當過主持,台上的他被形容為光鮮愛打扮的Jarvis Cocker,哼,目前為止,都係等Spector 出左張Debut Album 再討論。種種跡象,加埋下年support Florance and the Machibne,佢地gonna be big。