七色霧

God Is an Astronaut / Far from Refuge



愛爾蘭的後搖團，令人印象深刻的團名
這是他們的第三張專輯，2007年四月發行

這張比上一張來的更細緻一些
不過旋律仍然有著他們一貫標誌性的豐富流動

我覺得他們所作的曲子以後搖來說真是芭樂歌 (爆
這並不是一個用來批評的形容
我是說，很少有後搖團的音樂具備如此滿盁的旋律性
音符不斷的冒出，像是流星一樣劃過各種風景

相較於通常比較實驗性的日系後搖
我果然還是比較喜歡歐美後搖的色彩




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The Airborne Toxic Event / The Airborne Toxic Event



來自洛杉磯，今年八月發行的第一張專輯

雖然團員之中包含了一位小提琴手
不過剛開始這張的時候
我失望的覺得這只不過是又一個單調的new wave團罷了

直到聽到"Sometime Around Midnight"為止
整個人才醒了過來，這太瘋狂了
我是說，他們是真正懂得悲傷的詩人
majestic，我可以理解Prefix Magazine為何如此形容這首歌




And it starts...
Sometime around midnight
Or at least that's when
You lose yourself
For a minute or two

As you stand...
Under the barlights
And the band plays some song
About forgetting yourself for a while
And the piano's this melancholy soundcheck
To her smile
And that white dress she's wearing
You haven't seen her
For a while

But you know...
That she's watching
She's laughing, she's turning
She's holding her tonic like a crux
The room suddenly spinning
She walks up and asks how you are
So you can smell her perfume
You can see her lying naked in your arms

And so there's a change...
In your emotions
And all of these memories come rushing
Like feral waves to your mind
Of the curl of your bodies
Like two perfect circles entwined
And you feel hopeless, and homelss
And lost in the haze
Of the wine

And she leaves...
With someone you don't know
But she makes sure you saw her
She looks right at you and bolts
As she walks out the door
Your blood boiling
Your stomach in ropes
And when your friends say what is it
You look like you've seen a ghost

And you walk...
Under the streetlights
And you're too drunk to notice
That everyone is staring at you
And you so care what you look like
The world is falling
Around you

You just have to see her
You just have to see her
You just have to see her
You just have to see her
You just have to see her

And you know that she'll break you
In two