New Wave 专辑介绍
由曾制作过Nirvana、Smashing Pumpkins、Sonic Youth畅销大碟,同是Garbage鼓手之重量级制作人Butch Vig操刀
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一组对音乐充满执着,包覆狂放急躁庞克之声,宣泄些许美式新民谣之音,这次却完全放弃Acoustic方式诠释,推翻你对乐曲既定想像空间的乐团 Against Me!,不止仅有这些本事,他们可以把破坏性极强的金属气流混搭至濒临崩溃边缘EMO领域,冲力加速度引爆最畅快之聆听感受,见识到他们独立时代的不妥协宣言。
团中灵魂人物Tom Gabel,自17之龄便展开个人不插电演唱生涯,偶而会因场子需求,加入客席贝斯与鼓手。虽然Tom以Against Me!之名录制DEMO带,却没让乐迷留下太多印象,只知道那是Tom Gabel的首张DEMO。直到2001年找来对音乐抱持相通理念的吉他手James Bowman、贝斯手Andrew Seward、鼓手Warren Oakes等三位,加入以Gabel主唱/吉他为首的Against Me!,这个团名才真正受到重视。标榜着无政府主义,高频音量大声唱着庞客乐种,经过多支单曲试探,赢得许多乐迷爱戴。2002年推出第一张专辑 “Reinventing Axl Rose”,在庞克声响中巧妙融入民谣、乡村之音,获得AMG四星半近满分赞誉。陆续於2003和2005年发行 “As The Eternal Cowboy” 以及 “Searching For A Former Clarity”,逐步建立起Against Me!独立界响亮名声。
经过多年奋战终获主流大厂赏识,拱出首张跨入国际舞台之作 “New Wave”,找来曾制作过Nirvana、Smashing Pumpkins、Sonic Youth畅销大碟,同是Garbage鼓手之重量级制作人Butch Vig操刀。开场同名单曲「New Wave」,吉他隆隆作响四处回荡,加入Tom粗犷Power的嗓音诠释,一股热血沸腾的情绪油然而生;首支主攻「White People For Peace」,虽高声唱着反战之歌,却愤怒表示这些抗议、这些难过的泪水,似乎无法引起政府的同情,更无法消弭因战争而引起的悲动印记;对于下一代提出值得深思严肃议题的「Thrash Unreal」,将以限量方式出版,许多乐迷已经摩拳擦掌准备抢购收藏;浓烈放克频率围绕之「Stop」以及爽快渗入EMO情绪的「Piss And Vinegar」,都是Against Me!极尽所能发挥高能量破坏力的表徵。
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There is a legion of Against Me! fans who want only for the band's music to sound exactly as it did on Reinventing Axl Rose — scrappy punk/folk and nothing else. But with as talented a songwriter as Tom Gabel leading the way, it's ridiculous to think that the band would be satisfied complying. Growth is necessary; change is inevitable. In the case of New Wave, different doesn't automatically mean bad. As their first album on major label Sire, it's a straight-up rock record. Especially thanks to Butch Vig in the production seat, New Wave is crisp, direct, and sharp. It's clean, but not glossy; it's defiant; it's brash; it's heartfelt. And while it's true that New Wave doesn't initially hit with the same force as prior albums, a few spins later and the record has found its footing and sinks in brilliantly. Though the sound is not raw and gritty like those early days, the passion behind the songs is the exact same. There is a real sense of frustration guiding these tracks — with society, with the music scene — but as the title track incites, "We can be the bands we wanna hear/We can define our own generation," Against Me! shows resilience. The catchy bounce-step of songs like "Up the Cuts" and "Stop!" (one of their danciest numbers yet) recognizes the hollowness of fame and hype, and the former's probing "Are you restless like me?" is as urgent a plea as you'll hear on record this year. Lead single "White People for Peace" brilliantly acknowledges both the need for and futility of protest songs, one of many instances that prove that despite sonic changes, Gabel's tongue has only sharpened. Overall, the concise ten-song set is the most direct batch of songs Against Me! has written thus far, yet the band constantly mixes things up, as in the meditative closer, "The Ocean," the dark, fuzzed-out anti-romanticism of "Animal," and the realization of love faded in the arresting duet between Gabel and Tegan Quin (of Tegan and Sara) in "Borne on the FM Waves of the Heart." New Wave is over way too soon, but the vitality rippling through every barked word is electric and makes up for all left behind on the cutting room floor. It just means you can press repeat that much sooner. Signing to Sire didn't make the band sellouts — especially not when the music is still delivered with as much steadfast conviction and genuine emotion as it is. Who knows where they'll go next, but as for the 2000s, Against Me! remains one of the most exciting and significant bands operating in punk.