New Moon

Elliott Smith，我已经不知道用怎样的言语来表达我对这个男人的爱了，当他在2003年结束自己的生命时，天知道他留下了多少未让世人听到的声音。也许，以对待涅磐那般的纪念方式来对待Smith终究还是有些嘲讽和无奈，但所幸的是，我们终于重又听到了这带着哭腔的喃喃细语。 应该感谢Larry Crane，这个Smith的好友兼唱片制作人，他整理出了Smith生前录制的一些未发表曲目，包括一些demo和专辑作品的早期版本，将其作为双CD的致敬专辑发行，同时也是对好友的一种怀念。 专辑曲风不需要多说，如果你是Elliott Smith的歌迷，你应该对他的风格烂熟于胸了，这张专辑依然像以前一样，带着点Lo-Fi感觉的木吉他伴奏催生出淡淡的忧伤情绪，夹杂着Smith如耳边细语般的浅吟低唱，自省的歌词和悦耳的旋律形成对比，但却和谐至极。24首歌说多不多说少不少，但至少能够展现出Smith曾经鲜为人知的感性嗓音和那些如阳光流水般清新的如诗岁月，其实Smith没有走，他一直都在我们身边不是吗？ 疲乏的身心需要放松，受伤的心灵需要慰藉，甜蜜的思绪需要分享，Elliott Smith的歌是那种你在任何心境任何场合下都可以聆听的抒情诗，你不用担心他会扰乱你刚刚整理好的心情，恰恰相反的是，Smith总是在扮演抚慰者的角色，在他的歌声中找到失去的甜美，找到你所希望的认可，找到安慰，找到灵魂终究要去的地方，或莞尔一笑，或泪如泉涌。 当一轮新月又升起时，别忘了缅怀那些逝去的岁月，我们曾经的青春年华，就全种在里面了。 When Elliott Smith died late in 2003, he took with him one of the unique songwriting gifts of his generation: part folk grandeur, part punk fury, and virtually bottomless in eight short years of solo recordings. Thankfully for that generation, and many to come, he left behind two dozen songs that his Portland, Oregon, producer and pal Larry Crane has crafted into a retrospective celebration of Smith's contribution to music. Mostly house-recorded demos plucked from the fertile three years that followed his 1994 debut Roman Candle (including an early take of "Miss Misery"), there's an eminent clarity to these songs that makes them sound like they were recorded yesterday. A lone acoustic guitar is the general accompaniment to Smith's lamenting wail, his self-deprecating lyrics forever a contrast to the sheer beauty of the melodies. "What are you doing hanging out with me?" he asks in "Whatever (Folk Song in C)," his double-tracked harmonies mocking both Simon and Garfunkel. Along with fragile versions of "Angel in the Snow," "Looking over My Shoulder," and a cover of Big Star's "Thirteen," it's as eternal as anything Smith offered when he was with us, and, as one of several shining moments, makes you forget he ever left. --Scott Holter