These New Puritans

▽ 席卷音樂(lè)時(shí)尚雙領(lǐng)域的四人搖滾新勢(shì)力 ▽ 最新專輯獲Artrocker滿分推崇！ NME、Drowned In Sound、Clash、MusicOMH、The Fly、Observer Music Monthly一致9/10贊揚(yáng)；Mojo、Q、Uncut、The Times爭(zhēng)相★★★★贊揚(yáng) 當(dāng)Post-Punk的盡頭最終僅剩型毀崩裂的尸殼，我們?nèi)杂蠺hese New Puritans的硬骨可以敲打狂放樂(lè)章。 英國(guó)倫敦Art-Rock/ Post-Punk四人樂(lè)隊(duì)These New Puritans，由主音吉他Jack Barnett，雙胞胎兄弟鼓手George Barnett ，貝斯手Thomas Hein 和鍵琴手Sophie Sleigh Johnson于2005年取曼撤斯特Post-Punk前浪樂(lè)隊(duì)The Fall的歌名成軍，自2006年Now Pluvial EP正式出版以來(lái)，These New Puritans不論從冷峻口音與樂(lè)曲蘊(yùn)涵的躁動(dòng)能量，到飽富象征的簡(jiǎn)約設(shè)計(jì)，從來(lái)都是英國(guó)獨(dú)立搖滾界中最具前衛(wèi)標(biāo)新風(fēng)格的樂(lè)隊(duì)，其后2007年Dior 時(shí)裝設(shè)計(jì)師Hedi Slimane 走秀歌曲Navigate，Navigate以及找來(lái)Simian Mobile Disco里的一員James Ford錄制節(jié)奏猛烈的歌曲Elvis等，將TNP原本略帶點(diǎn)工業(yè)音樂(lè)氛圍的特質(zhì)，多了別具異型的跳舞電氣。 2008年發(fā)表的處男專輯Beat Pyramid里，Wu-Tang Clan的嘻哈元素被Jack Barnett融進(jìn)輯內(nèi)，除了讓制式英式搖滾延伸出難以推測(cè)的抽象魔力，也指引當(dāng)時(shí)英國(guó)Post Punk復(fù)興運(yùn)動(dòng)的多元方向，部份參與幕后制作和相關(guān)圈內(nèi)的音樂(lè)人，更興立了年輕廠牌如DiscError和Parlour等，Beat Pyramid毫無(wú)疑問(wèn)地豎起樂(lè)隊(duì)成功的標(biāo)竿，同時(shí)漣漪出天馬行空的創(chuàng)意音符，影響新世代樂(lè)隊(duì)如SCUM，The Big Pink，The XX等。 來(lái)到2010年全新第二張專輯Hidden，TNP的獨(dú)特樂(lè)型更趨進(jìn)化并展現(xiàn)揚(yáng)棄吉他旋律為軸線的野心，木管巴松管等管弦與黯黑電子重重合拍，日本民俗器樂(lè)與現(xiàn)代古典音樂(lè)，進(jìn)階將R&B小節(jié)反覆至極微的共冶，輯內(nèi)電影聲像感濃烈也完整論述樂(lè)隊(duì)迷離沉郁的美學(xué)，而Hidden不但可以優(yōu)游橫跨各個(gè)樂(lè)派領(lǐng)域，更能彰顯TNP大膽表現(xiàn)未來(lái)視野的音樂(lè)宏圖。 by Marisa Brown Hailing from the town of Southend, England, the four-piece These New Puritans play Fall- and PiL-inspired music that also takes on elements of electronica and dance. Comprised of vocalist Jack Barnett (who also plays the guitar and laptop), his twin brother and drummer George, keyboardist Sophie Sleigh-Johnson, and bassist (and man behind the sampler) Thomas Hein, the band formed in 2006, when all the members were still in their teens. Their edgy aesthetic and particular live show (Jack, for example, usually performed wearing a shirt fully buttoned to his neck), soon brought the group attention from the British press, enough that soon-to-be-former Christian Dior designer Hedi Slimane asked Barnett to compose something for his fall 2007 collection for Dior Homme, a piece, "Navigate, Navigate," which was then debuted in Paris in February at the fashion show. In October of that same year, These New Puritans issued an EP, Now Pluvial, on Angular Records. Their first U.S. release. "Navigate, Navigate," came out in America in February 2008, a 12" that acted as a primer for their debut full-length, Beat Pyramid, which emerged the following month.