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

翻譯：Queenie.S

校正：Lynn Liu

《A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships（網(wǎng)絡(luò)交友的快問(wèn)快答）》： The 1975 跨越流派廣思深考的融合之作

這個(gè)英國(guó)樂(lè)隊(duì)用飽含情感的歌曲和一種復(fù)制流（媒體）時(shí)代風(fēng)格無(wú)處不在的聲音直擊當(dāng)下社交媒體的不安。

Since storming out of the gates with their first EP six years ago, UK act the 1975 has thrown themselves into the sort of “biggest band in the world” chatter that defines the music press of their homeland. Their penchant for huge choruses and hyper-neurotic lyrics made tracks like “Chocolate” and “Love Me” leap out of radios; leader Matty Healy possesses the wiry energy of rock’s most beloved vocalists and the thinking-out-loud candor of the post-Livejournal generation.

從六年前他們第一張唱片橫空出世后，英國(guó)組合the 1975 就一直陷于“世界最熱樂(lè)隊(duì)”的爭(zhēng)議中，吸引著英國(guó)樂(lè)評(píng)界的眼球。由于對(duì)恢弘合唱效果以及神經(jīng)質(zhì)歌詞的熱愛(ài)，他們創(chuàng)作出“Chocolate（巧克力）”“Love Me（愛(ài)我）”等單曲，從收音機(jī)里迸濺出來(lái)。主唱Matty Healy有搖滾樂(lè)手最心愛(ài)的金屬力量和后博客時(shí)代所唱即所思的率真。

But calling them a rock band would be a fool’s errand, and their third record, the spectacular, genre-melding?A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships, proves that even further. A sprawling, thoughtful LP that grapples with the big issues of our time in cheeky and mournful ways, it’s a poison-pen love letter to the interiority forced upon its audience by social media, piercing through the flatly punctuation-mark-free affect that dominates online chatter with brute-force musical curiosity and a well-placed gospel choir or two.

但是把他們當(dāng)作搖滾樂(lè)隊(duì)可并不聰明，尤其是當(dāng)你聽(tīng)到他們第三張錄音室專輯-令人驚奇的、融合多種風(fēng)格的《?A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships（網(wǎng)絡(luò)交友的快問(wèn)快答）》的時(shí)候。一張野蠻生長(zhǎng)的、有思想力的專輯用一種放肆的、悲傷的方式直擊當(dāng)下的大事件，這是社交媒體強(qiáng)加給觀眾的一封叩問(wèn)其內(nèi)心世界的毒情書(shū)，它用有強(qiáng)大沖擊力的音樂(lè)好奇心和恰當(dāng)?shù)母Ｒ粢魳?lè)穿透了聽(tīng)眾們平淡的沒(méi)有起伏的情感。

The scream-along “Love It If We Made It,” which repurposes nihilistic trending topics into hope for bonhomie amidst soul-deadening anomie, and the percolating “Give Yourself A Try,” a note to Healy’s younger self that speeds up and refracts The Strokes’ “Hard to Explain,” fall somewhere in the jittery, riff-heavy modern-rock ideal. But much of?Inquiry?takes on the trend of dourness that’s washed over pop these past few years and flips it into explorations of the self, propelled by a streaming-era knack for zig-zag-ing through genres in seconds—sophistipop fades into jazz fades into big-ticket MOR fades into Quiet Storm. Call it a brief inquiry into the state of the all-ballad playlist: “Surrounded By Heads and Bodies,” which places its spare poem about a rehab friend of Healy’s beneath a winking?Infinite Jest?reference, is a haze of bedroom-studio guitars and swirling synths; the pleading “I Couldn’t Be More In Love” glistens like a single tear falling down a cheek, Healy’s anguished vocal joining forces with a gospel choir over icy keyboards; and “Mine” mashes together brushed drums, static electricity, a solo by the late jazz trumpeter Roy Hargrove, and Healy’s crushed-velvet delivery.

嘶吼著唱完的“Love It If We Made It”中，帶有虛無(wú)主義傾向的主題傳達(dá)著對(duì)靈魂麻木的社會(huì)亂象中對(duì)天真的渴望。“Give Yourself A Try”，是對(duì)年少時(shí)代的Healy的快速注解，致敬了借鑒鼓擊樂(lè)隊(duì)（The Strokes）的“Hard to Explain”充滿神經(jīng)質(zhì)、即興重復(fù)段的現(xiàn)代搖滾的典范。但是專輯中的大多數(shù)歌曲都呈現(xiàn)出一種冷酷傾向，被近幾年的流行音樂(lè)深深影響，轉(zhuǎn)而投入到對(duì)自身的探索之中，這通過(guò)流媒體時(shí)代的音樂(lè)技巧表現(xiàn)出來(lái)，它經(jīng)歷了一個(gè)曲折的過(guò)程：從短暫的文雅新浪潮、到爵士樂(lè)、再到高價(jià)的MOR音樂(lè)會(huì)，最后到寧?kù)o風(fēng)暴。

整個(gè)專輯就像是對(duì)抒情歌曲歌單對(duì)的一個(gè)簡(jiǎn)要調(diào)查：“Heads and Bodies”摻雜著朦朧的臥室錄音室的吉他和打旋的合成器的聲音，講述Healy同在戒毒康復(fù)中心的朋友，是關(guān)于《無(wú)窮的笑話》的參考，充滿殘存的詩(shī)意。充滿懇求的“I Couldn’t Be More In Love”像在臉頰上閃耀著的一粒淚。在冷冰冰的鍵盤(pán)聲伴奏中，Healy包含痛苦的嗓音結(jié)合了福音和聲的力量，“Mine”與稀疏的節(jié)奏、靜電密集交織，緊跟著的是爵士小號(hào)手Roy Hargrove的solo和Healy壓花絲絨般的歌聲。

“Sincerity Is Scary,” proclaims the title of one?Inquiry?standout among many, a shuffling rumination on the gaps between people that underscores Healy’s hoped-for leap into faith with a gospel choir. But on this stunning album, The 1975 take on that overwhelming anxiety with nerve and aplomb, and the result combines the fist-raising inspired by anthems with the gut-punch provided by precisely described longing.

“Sincerity Is Scary”，在這張專輯中，這個(gè)歌名很引人注目，它是對(duì)于人際隔閡的試探性的反思，刻畫(huà)了Healy希望實(shí)現(xiàn)用福音唱詩(shī)班來(lái)探討信仰的跨越。但是在這張震懾人心的專輯中，The 1975間或神經(jīng)質(zhì)間或泰然自若的表現(xiàn)，呈現(xiàn)出一種壓倒一切的渴望，既如頌歌一樣激勵(lì)人們舉起拳頭，又恰如其分地刻畫(huà)了人們沖出肺腑的向往。