搬運(yùn)自：微信公眾號【評論搬一堆】（在原文基礎(chǔ)上添加了英語原文與排版調(diào)整）

翻譯：Jemma

審譯：Tyler Smith

排版：Ryan-Chopin

A clip of?Dogleg concert footage?resurfaced once the Michigan band started to tease their upcoming Triple Crown debut?Melee: It’s a shaky, 26-second recording of the young, scrappy quartet doing their thing, “punch-dancing out our rage” at what sounds like three different tempos. And then, frontman Alex Stoitsiadis tucks his guitar and attempts a cartwheel. He sticks the landing and the humble crowd shouts in approval. That Dogleg had a flair for the spectacular that wasn’t readily apparent on their solid 2016 EP?Remember Alderaan?, missing was the will to risk embarrassment and even grave physical injury to capture everything absurd, audacious, and absolutely awesome about Midwestern emo’s capacity for physical catharsis. Something like their new single “Fox.”

Dogleg音樂會(huì)的這一段音樂讓人想起了 Michigan樂隊(duì)曾經(jīng)戲謔Triple Crown初次登上Melee的論調(diào)：在這一段26秒、稍帶節(jié)奏感的曲子中，一個(gè)輕狂、不拘小節(jié)的四人組合隨心演奏，聽起來像用了三種不同節(jié)奏的拍子“使我們按捺不住想要跳舞的欲望”。主唱 Alex Stoitsiadis放下吉他，做了個(gè)后空翻，而后臺(tái)下觀眾異口同聲的尖叫聲席卷而來。Dogleg在他們2016年發(fā)行的唱片Remember Alderaan?中還沒有顯現(xiàn)出來如今這般能夠制造精彩盛宴的能力，他們極盡全力打破尷尬，甚至敢于用身體冒險(xiǎn)來達(dá)到荒誕、大膽和精妙絕倫的效果，就像Midwestern emo音樂那樣進(jìn)行肉體上的宣泄。新曲“Fox”就是對這種能力的一種詮釋。

Depending on your age, “Fox” might remind you of Cap’n Jazz, Japandroids, Title Fight, PUP, or probably all four at once, the sort of bands that come around every couple of years playing indie rock at its most hyperbolically anthemic, immediately calling into question the commitment of anyone operating at an even slightly lesser energy. Yet for all of its crowd-pleasing, point-and-shout gestures, “Fox” spends its first two minutes avoiding a traditional chorus or hook, frantically searching for any kind of release as a believably maniacal hometown crowd punch-dances right along with them. And right after the bridge where Stoitsiadis yells about having enough pent-up frustration to disintegrate completely, the point where “Fox” cannot sustain any more anxiety for a second longer, he breaks the tension in the most absurd, audacious and absolutely awesome way possible—he does the fucking cartwheel again. He’ll probably have to do it again at every show for the rest of his life, but more than making “the leap,” “Fox” is Dogleg guitar-wheeling to the next level.

對于老一代人來講，“Fox”也許能讓你回憶起Cap’n Jazz、Japandroids、Title Fight、PUP，或者這四者會(huì)一齊涌上心頭。這類樂隊(duì)每幾年就會(huì)創(chuàng)作出極其夸張而又歡樂的獨(dú)立搖滾樂，讓人質(zhì)疑那些稍微溫和些的的樂曲。?“Fox” 單曲的前兩分鐘摒棄了傳統(tǒng)的副歌形式，曲中也穿插了尖叫吶喊、挑逗觀眾的動(dòng)作。他們希望創(chuàng)作出瘋狂歡快的樂園，一張使觀眾情不自禁跟著他們一起跳舞的單曲。就在Stoitsiadis對這種一下就完全釋放抑制已久的壓抑感的音樂形式評頭論足后，?“Fox”就一秒也不能再按捺壓抑感了。Alex于是又做了一次后空翻，以這種最瘋狂、最需要膽量而又最精彩的方式讓壓抑噴涌而出。他以后的每一場演出也許都會(huì)有后空翻展現(xiàn)給我們，但不僅僅只是跳躍的動(dòng)作，“Fox”將 Dogleg的吉他演奏技能也更上一個(gè)臺(tái)階了。