愤怒的“可爱小公主”

2008-11-25 11:45:10 来自: 麻木斯基

从武汉一起来到北京的SILENT G乐队，在《JACK-IN-A-BOX》里展现着一种愤怒的“可爱小公主”的独特风格；音乐有着像砂糖般的甜蜜节奏，主唱丹牧也拥有其独特的吸引力。幸运的是，尽管犹如毒品般的热情旨在吸引听者的注意，但不能忽略这是一张含量丰富、密集复杂的专辑。
　　
　　 这是一张在很大程度上风格自由的专辑——与中国其他风格能够明显识别，一听便了然其音乐元素的乐队相比，SILENT G有着让人耳目一新的改变。SILENT G最为完美的歌曲（专辑中的大部分歌曲）都开始于原声吉他，其中更添加了中国民族元素（除专辑的亮点“ANOIA”之外）、简洁有致的电子元素、偶尔的爵士元素与大量弦乐。配合了丹牧华丽、飘渺的声线，有着EDIE BRICKELL的怀旧、BJORK的癫狂（“COLD FIRE”）和ALISON GOLDFRAPP异想世界的诡异美好（“LOVE MIME”）。
　　
　　 尽管BJORK 与GOLDFRAPP有时听起来更为情绪化、冷漠化，然而SILENT G创造了一种更为温暖、包容的音乐。有个例外是专辑中的"NYMPHET"——乐队试图想要创作一首阴暗的纯粹关于性的歌曲。仍然，除了类似这样的小插曲，JACK-IN-A-BOX将是一张你在闲暇时聆听的完美专辑。
　　
　　作者：Lizzie Bordenescu
　　
　　
　　原文：http://www.8ioa.com/reviewssilentG.html
　　
　　Wuhan-by-way-of-Beijing outfit Silent G come perilously close to irritating ‘pretty pretty princess’ mannerisms on Jack In A Box; the music flirts with head-wagging sugariness and singer Danmu has her winsomer-than-thou moments. Luckily, though, the poppy ebullience is simply a way of grabbing the listener’s attention that, once attracted, rarely wanders from what is actually a delightfully dense and complicated album.
　　
　　This is a largely genre-free album – a refreshing change when most every other Chinese band can be instantly catagorised by musical niche.
　　The perfect Silent G song (of which there are many on this disc) starts with an acoustic guitar line, to which is added elements of Chinese folk (album highlight ‘Anoia’, which is anything but), understated electronica, the occasional touch of jazz, a boatload of strings and Danmu’s magnificent, ethereal voice, which veers between Edie Brickell’s naffness, Bjork’s arty pretention (‘Cold Fire’) and Alison Goldfrapp’s otherworldliness (‘Love Mime’).
　　
　　
　　However, where Bjork and Goldfrapp can sometimes sound emotionally unapproachable, Silent G succeed in creating a warm, inclusive music; the one exception being ‘Nymphet’ - the band manage to somehow create a completely passionless sex song. Still, aside from such little stumbles, Jack In The Box is a perfectly charming after hours record.