England Made Me
唱片所宣扬的情绪是用玫瑰与绸缎装点的炼狱,滴入沥青的咖啡或接近腐烂的艳尸。那是一个无光的,luke乐于勾画的丧心病狂却凄艳绝伦的临界空间:冷淡、单调、凄惨、缺乏生机的音乐语言叙述着感情的迟钝、精神的瓦解、末日的象徽。这是一部献给麻木灵魂的凄美的安魂曲,对被现代物质破坏并扭曲的童真精心布置的一场豪华的守丧。一方面又焚燃了自我精神祭祀的大旗。它有计划地去保持一种对毁灭的感怀,在他的第一首单曲“child psychology”这个眩晕的音乐旋涡里,一个患自弊症的6岁小孩刻意游离着父母的关爱,蔑视着烦琐的心理疗程,他随时随地只呆滞地嘟囔着:“人生黑暗……”;音乐里它成功地在乐部与文本之间营造出了剑拔弩张的紧张与对立,用一种肯呢感会引发瓦解的简单,将女声破碎的唱腔拼版于稀疏而冗长的间奏与念白里,朴素的节奏与灰黄的音乐框架贴合了音乐意识的核心与本质,它摇晃着诱惑了心灵底层的悸动。此种音乐表白方式同样适用与唱片里的其他曲目。 专辑最为人称道亦有些人云亦云的地方是90年代以来另类音乐一条不成文的惯例:用易碎的少女唱腔来渲染灵魂的流放,如low,mazzy star之类,它密谋着最有效地揭示情节细节的方式,寻找着迅速回归精神本原的捷径:年轻、性感、甜腻、美好的声音与阴冷忧郁的思想,悲苦而歇斯底里地抒情。这点上bbr是异常准确而深邃的,并不惜做得过分出位。bbr阐明了你我的处境并提供了选择:在黑暗中腐烂,或在黑暗中化碟。 这张不起眼的地下作品是98年度英伦吉他音乐里最具革新思想,并相当诚恳的一张专辑。 England Made Me is the debut album by Black Box Recorder, whose members include Luke Haines, Sarah Nixey and John Moore, released in July 1998 via Chrysalis Records. The chorus of the song Child Psychology featured a highly controversial line, "Life is unfair, kill yourself or get over it". This led to the song being banned on UK radio and MTV. However, the sardonic nature of the song also gained praise from critics, with one calling it 'refreshingly blunt'. The single was released in the US shortly after the Columbine massacre, this led to the line 'Kill Yourself' being played backwards on the US release.