Greg Laswell的新专辑共11首，风格为Indie pop / Rock ，还偏带些英伦色彩。当然还有他们唱作人特有的风格。专辑的开篇Sing, Theresa Says，就是一首英伦式的Indie Pop /RocK歌曲。旋律开始的提琴声，很引人。然后在引出英式的吉它节奏，带来了一个很不错的开始。



Greg Laswell - Sing, Theresa Says
go to sleep while i gather all my things
and i will call you in a couple of days
i can hear the june bugs approaching
a god damn army of them in my brain

"sing," theresa says. "sing happy things"
"sing," theresa says if i do everything
one day a man will spring worth loving

all of my friends fall from the sky now
many more than i ever thought i had
everyone is sharpening up their angles
when all i really want is...

"sing," theresa says. "sing happy things"
"sing," theresa says if i do everything
one day a man will spring worth loving

ba-da-dum-da-dum-da-dum-dum
ba-da-dum-da-dum-da-dum-dum
ba-da-dum-da-dum-da-dum-dum
ba-da-dum-da-dum-da-dum-dum

"sing," theresa says. "sing happy things"
"sing," theresa says if i do everything
one day a man will spring worth loving

Deb Talan - Tell Your Story Walking
Tell it to the judge, man.
Tell it to your motherless reflection.
In a sock and one shoe
after the great defection
he said, "tell a lie sometimes, tell the truth
when it suits you, and when you've lost your way
tell a story."

Tell your story, tell it, tell it.
Tell your story to anyone who'll listen.
Tell your story, don't stop talking
just tell your story walking.

Listing through Carol Gardens
on the way to Cobble Hill
I stopped by a psychic's dusty, wilted windowsill.
Forgot what she told me, mostly
but I remember one thing she said
"You may slip and call some lousy fuck your friend
but in the end you'll come out even
then, tell your story."

And it's a sorry, frightful thing
when you want to cry, but you can't keep from laughing.
Outside the church that's so quiet it dares you to shout
you put a hand to your mouth to stop the rain.
You do a St. Vitus dance, to the sky you raise your voice.
This is your chance, you have no choice
you tell your story.

來自法國巴黎的一個年輕女生「Soko」，嗓音獨特，在Soko的歌曲常會出現獨白式的唱法，在以下兩首歌你可以發現她的聲音既可以甜美又可以帶著些許沙啞感傷，在「I’ll Kill Her」這首歌裡面，她便以沙啞聲音唱出情人被另一個女孩搶走的悲憤心情，她的法國腔調重複唱著I’ll kill her...I’ll kill her...She stole my future...使kill her二字特別突出，又有點童音孩子氣，令人印象深刻 ....

Soko - I'll Kill Her
so, of course, you were supposed to call me tonight
you were supposed to call me tonight
we would have gone to the cinema
and, after, to the restaurant, the one you like in your street

we would have slept together, have a nice breakfast together
and then a walk in a park together, how beautiful, and then
you would have said "i love you" in the cutest place on earth
where some butterflies are dancing with the fairies

i would have waited like a week or two
but you never tried to reach me
no, you never called me back
you were dating that bleach-blonde girl
if i find her, i swear, i swear...

i'll kill her, i'll kill her
she stole my future, she broke my dream
i'll kill her, i'll kill her
she stole my future when she took you away

i would have met your friends, we would have had a drink or two
they would have liked me, 'cause sometimes i'm funny
i would have met your dad, i would have met your mum
she would have said "please, can you make some beautiful babies?"

so we would have had a boy called tom and a girl called susan, born in japan

i thought it was a love story, but you don't want to get involved
i thought it was a love story, but you're not ready for that ...

me neither. i'll kill her
she stole my future, she broke my dream
i'll kill her, i'll kill her
she stole my future when she took you away

she's a bitch you know, all she's got is blondeness
not even tenderness, yeah, she's cleverless
she'll dump your arse for a model called brendan
he will pay for beautiful surgery 'cause he's full of money

i would have waited like a week or two
but you never tried to reach me
no, you never called me back
you were dating that bleach-blonde girl
if i find her, i swear, you know, i swear, i swear ...

i'll kill her, i'll kill her
she stole my future, she broke my dream
i'll kill her, i'll kill her
she stole my future when she took you away
i'll kill her, i'll kill her
she stole my future, she broke my dream
i'll kill her, i'll kill her
she stole my future when she took you away

man, i told you, you know, if i find her,
i really, i, i mean, i'll kill her, for real!
it's like for sure, you have to know, uh,
i mean, you know, i can do it, man,
i'll kill her.

 

Jamie Barnes成长在美国的Louisville，父亲是一名鼓手，而他也时常在父亲的乐队里弹奏bass。最为独立唱作人，Jamie用他的音乐充分表现出了lo-fi的精神，即要制作出一张温暖动人的唱片，一间造价不菲，设备齐全的录音室并不是一个必要条件，细腻的情感和娓娓动听的旋律才是不可或缺的首要因素。The Recalibrated Heart已经是他的第三张专辑了，而他也依旧坚持在自己的公寓录制每一首歌，演奏每一件乐器，用自己的方式给疲惫的都市人讲述一个个平静遥远的故事，尽管那些故事不像The Decemberists那般充满着奇诡和惊险，爱情和复仇，但是它们却总能在不经意间让我回忆起小时候外婆说的那些床头故事，它们的开头每次都是：很久很久以前……

Jamie Barnes - Vampire Movie
You and me were the finest pair
of powdered whigs to ever crossed the delaware
do you think of me when you oil the guillotine?
or am i just another notch, just another head that's rolling?

Heaven help me with my revenge
it's gonna take a lot of pegs to pitch this weathered tent
on the day they fly the fleur de lis
I will climb way down their superstitious dream

Is it wrong or right, to go along
Is it wrong or right to go along?

Don't shoot your vampire movie here in our town
take your fake teeth, fake blood and turn your trucks around
we don't take kindly to strangers or their blasphemy
we will pray for you brother, go pick another lot to bother

there'll be no place for you fishermen to go
what with the water moccasin that jumped in the boat
they'll be closing down the firehouse and tearing out the stalls
where they auction off the engines and the drug sniffing dogs
Now we're free to burn it all. They said we're free to burn it all.

You'll find yourself under the gluttons knife and the wraith master's boot
Baby Doc Duvalier and his Ton Ton Macoute
they are the seven skinny cows out of the nile
who set flame to the coast and hung the ocean out to dry

don't shoot your vampire movie here in our town
take your fake teeth and fake blood and turn your trucks around
we don't take kindly to traitors or their blasphemy
we will pray for you sister, but find another soul to blister.

You and me were the wildest pair
of one-eyed jacks to be counted anywhere

随其摇摆的调子~这首歌很有活力感觉~~



暂时找不到歌词啊，可惜。