September 29,2007

攫取樹林。Taken By Trees



自從Victoria Bergsman離開瑞典Indie Pop樂隊The Concretes之後,參與同鄉樂團Peter, Bjorn and John一曲〈Young Folks〉造成大紅,男孩女孩吹口哨唱歌的MV既可愛又機車,不僅被NME選為2006年最佳單曲#2、Pitchfork 2006年最佳單曲#5,各大合輯、廣告、時尚展演簡直是發狂般地收錄,如《Grey's Anatomy Vol. 3》原聲帶打第一首頭陣、電玩遊戲Fifa 08等,而翻唱版本更是多到爆,德國歌手Nena、日本歌手Shugo Tokumaru、紐約歌手Dawn Landes,甚至連Kanye West跟James Blunt都要參一腳,你可能想像?

不外乎Victoria Bergsman接下來的動向也備受矚目。
而那就是Taken By Trees。

 


Victoria對Taken By Trees的名字有以下的解釋

"I liked the sound of the name because it has a double meaning. To be taken away and to be moved. I've been fascinated by trees because they're so old and stationary, and yet they continually change. I built treehouses at college. There are a lot of treehouses in Sweden."
(我喜歡這個雙重意義的名字。被音樂帶去某個地方或被感動。我相當著迷於樹林,因為它們有著年代感與固著性,然而卻持續地在改變。大學時我曾經蓋過樹屋,瑞典有非常多的樹屋)



而如此美麗的名字就是Victoria的個人solo project,完美吸納著她的甜美嗓音與迷離氣質,官網釋出〈Julia〉、〈Lost And Found〉、〈Open Field〉、〈Only Yesterday〉、〈Too Young〉五首歌曲,除了夢幻感之外,我們更聽到了宛若精靈躍動的心緒,聆聽完整張《Open Field》,心情彷彿也被她的神祕樹林攫取一樣,沐浴在其中,適合初秋的一個早晨。

全曲試聽:http://www.takenbytrees.com/music/

Taken By Trees - Lost and Found



Taken By Trees - Julia (live) (她的髮型真是太可愛啦!)


Taken By Trees - Tell Me (live)


註:Victoria解釋了為何離開The Concretes的原因,主要是她覺得參與The Concretes現場演出已感到疲態,需要休息。

“I've been doing this for about a year,” explains Victoria. “I started to record the songs properly sometime during June. I didn't think I'd try any more music after The Concretes. It was a year ago I told the band I was leaving – I don't enjoy playing live any more. I think I questioned too much and that was very tiring for the band, why we'd play somewhere, and how the stage was made up. I'd rather be home and write songs and then pick venues that are special. We'd started to lose our playfulness. It had become too much of a business.”

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希望他可以快樂一點
整個人就是好可愛
但唱起歌來 卻挺憂鬱的

雖然 Young Folks 節奏這麼輕快
他還是有辦法唱的很不起勁的樣子 (配起來還是一樣好聽)
不知道現場會是什麼情況呢..
Posted by 不討喜 at September 29,2007 16:11