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翻譯：will lin

審譯：Tyler Smith

排版：Peter D

Big Thief’s third album?UFOF?creeps up on you. Unlike their previous LPs — 2016’s?Masterpiece?and 2017’s?Capacity?— on which sweet-n-sad folk-rock wrapped you in a warm embrace,?UFOF?sends a shiver down your spine in its simplicity. The album is 43 minutes of gentle, crackling coos from singer-songwriter-guitarist Adrianne Lenker about what lurks in the unknown (the final “F” in “UFOF” stands for friend). The impact is so quiet you might miss it, but it’s revelatory enough that you can’t escape it.

Big Thief樂隊的第三張專輯《UFOF》悄然而至。不像他們之前的LP黑膠唱片——2016年的《Masterpiece（杰作）》和2017年的《Capacity（能力）》，這兩張唱片充滿甜美而悲傷的民謠搖滾風，給人溫暖的感覺。《UFOF》風格簡約，能令你全身哆嗦。專輯時長43分鐘，歌手兼歌曲作家和吉他手Adrianne Lenker在專輯中淺吟低唱著潛伏在未知中的一切（“UFOF”中的最后一個單詞“F”代表朋友）。這種表達很含蓄，你可能捕捉不到，但這種它極具啟示性，你無法不注意它。

On the album’s first track, “Contact,” Lenker gently calls out for help from someone named Jodi: “Please turn the pages for me / you seem so free / you know I’m barely, barely…” This song primes the listener for what to expect: an album full of questions, a band seeking answers. It continues on to songs that deal with signature Big Thief themes of love, loss and longing. But this time they seem to move further away from themselves, asking listeners to step into the abyss with them, to come along for the ride as the band searches for a higher meaning.

專輯的第一首歌是“Contact（接觸）”，Lenker溫柔地請求Jodi的幫助：“為我翻下書頁吧/你看上去無拘無束/你知道我正衣不遮體，赤身裸體?！?歌詞源自網(wǎng)易云音樂)這首歌一開始就向聽眾透露了整首歌的線索：一張充滿疑問的專輯，一個尋求答案的樂隊。Big Thief繼續(xù)創(chuàng)作那些帶有其樂隊特色的歌曲，例如愛、失去和渴望之類的主題。但這一次，他們似乎更進一步，走出了自我，邀請聽眾和他們一起進入深淵，一起奔赴這趟旅程，因為他們想要尋求更深層次的意義。

It can be easy to find yourself lost in the album, songs blending into one another, Lenker’s voice slipping in and out of consciousness. The title track? introduces the concept of aliens, “There will soon be proof / that there is no alien / just a system of truth and lies.” Then comes, “Cattails,” a love letter to aging and the beauty of time passing. And by this point you’re so spellbound by acoustic plucking, ringing amps, and Big Thief’s mystical songwriting that you’re either crying or swaying or, more likely, both at once.

你很容易陷進這張專輯，陷進風格相融的歌曲，陷進Lenker有意識無意識的嗓音。專輯同名曲引入了外星人的概念，“很快 曾有一個外星朋友存在的證據(jù)/會消失殆盡/就像謊言與真實一般。”(歌詞源自網(wǎng)易云音樂)再說一下“Cattails（香蒲）”這首歌，這是一封情書，獻給老去的年華和美麗的舊時光。在這一點上，你很容易沉醉于吉他的撥弦聲，振鈴聲，以及Big Thief神秘的歌曲創(chuàng)作。你會隨著音樂，或是哭泣，或是擺動，更有可能既在哭泣也在擺動。

For a moment, on the album’s sixth and most powerful track, “Orange,” the spell is lifted. Lenker has reserved the depths of her voice for this track and finally emerges from a hush to a howl. “Can I close and open once again? / The question that I ask for reassurance.” The next few songs mellow out, but grow more and more haunting. On “Terminal Paradise,” the circle of life and death is examined: “Let me rest, let me go/See my death become a trail/And the trail leads to a flower,” she sings. Then, on the chilling “Jenni,” a ghost fills the space. “Jenni’s in my room,” sings Lenker, over and over again, and as her voice distorts and feedback amplifies you can feel yourself tense, begging to not look under your bed where your very own Jenni may lurk.

曾有一刻，在專輯的第六首歌曲，同時也是最有感染力的歌曲“Orange（橘色）”中，這種使人沉醉的魔力更大了。Lenker在運用她的嗓音傳達感情上有所保留，最終從平靜轉(zhuǎn)變到了吼叫?！澳芊褡屛以僖淮慰拷?再一次打開/那個能夠讓我安心的問題的答案?！?歌詞源自網(wǎng)易云音樂)接下來的幾首歌悅耳圓潤，但變得越來越令人難忘。歌曲“Terminal Paradise（終點站天堂）”審視了生與死的循環(huán)：“讓我安息 讓我歸去/將我的死亡視做一條小徑/路的盡頭生長著一朵花，”(歌詞源自網(wǎng)易云音樂)她這樣唱道。接著，在令人恐懼的歌曲“Jenni”中，一個鬼魂游走于整首歌。“Jenni在我的房間，” Lenker一遍又一遍地重復著這句歌詞，當她的嗓音扭曲，反饋噪音加強時，你能感覺到自己繃緊的神經(jīng)，極力抑制著自己不要往床底下看，因為那里可能就潛伏著你自己的Jenni。

Finally, on “Magic Dealer,” the band looks in the mirror and reflects upon what is they are actually searching for, asking their final questions. “Would it hurt? Would it hurt? / to be nearer?” and “Would it help? Would it help? to go deeper?” As the album comes to an end they wonder have they done enough? If they’ve gone so far, is this all there is?

UFOF?was made in rural Western Washington in a cozy cabin-like studio. You can almost hear the rainy days and star speckled nights. But mostly you can hear the transcendence of Big Thief as they grapple with characters who come and go, not knowing if they will ever be back, bravely embracing death, and revealing a vulnerability that becomes their biggest strength. Though they travel through the darkness spellbound by life’s biggest mysteries, they manage to emerge more at peace than ever.

最終，在歌曲“Magic Dealer（神奇的商人）”中，樂隊望向鏡中的自己，看到的是他們真正在尋找的東西，問著他們最后的問題?！爱旊x真相更近時/是否會更痛苦？”以及“當理解得更深時/是否會更有益?”(歌詞源自網(wǎng)易云音樂)隨著專輯接近尾聲，他們想知道是否已經(jīng)傳達了想要傳達的東西。如果他們確乎是已做到了精誠所至，那么還能更好嗎？

偏遠的華盛頓西部有一家暖和舒適，小木屋式的錄音室，《UFOF》就是在這里制作完成的。你幾乎能在他們的歌里聽見雨天和布滿星星的夜晚。但你感受到Big Thief的超脫大多數(shù)是在塑造來來往往的角色的時候，這些角色不知道他們是否會回來，勇敢地面對死亡，展示著他們的脆弱，脆弱也成為他們最大的力量。盡管他們穿越過被生活最大的謎團詛咒的黑暗，他們卻顯露出從未有過的平靜。