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翻譯：Peter.D

審譯：WhitneyL

排版：Ryan-Chopin

A gift exchange between a mother and daughter is at the center of “Sweet,” the fourth single from Porridge Radio’s upcoming second album?Every Bad. The gift is small—a light-up novelty pen—and the transaction is awkward. “And are you still so depressed?” the mother asks after explaining how the pen works, exercising dominion over a toy if she can’t do the same for her child. Porridge Radio, founded in Brighton in 2015 and helmed by singer-guitarist Dana Margolin, casts the slipperiness of self-formation in stark light, and wavers between pop and punk influences. Their songs are confessional, but without the meandering of a diary entry, made up of focused phrases rather than cluttered explanations.

Porridge Radio即將發(fā)行的第二張專輯《Every Bad》中的第四支單曲，“Sweet（甜）”是圍繞一位母親與她女兒之間的一場(chǎng)禮物交換而展開(kāi)。禮物本身微不足道——一支新奇的可以發(fā)光的筆——而交換過(guò)程卻略顯尷尬。“And are you still so depressed?（那你還是那么難過(guò)嗎？）”?媽媽在解釋完如何使用這支筆后如是問(wèn)道。如果她沒(méi)法像她媽媽這樣對(duì)她的孩子，那就由她媽媽來(lái)做這項(xiàng)工作。于2015年在布萊頓市成立的樂(lè)隊(duì)Porridge Radio由主唱兼吉他手Dana Margolin領(lǐng)導(dǎo)，樂(lè)隊(duì)游走于流行與朋克兩大流派之間，在慘白的燈光里投下自我形成意識(shí)的滑膩的影子。樂(lè)隊(duì)的歌曲都是坦率的自白，但并不是像日記那樣漫長(zhǎng)而乏味；歌詞主要是精悍的短句，而不見(jiàn)雜亂冗長(zhǎng)的辯解。

On the band’s previous single “Lilac,” Margolin chants “I’m kind, I’m kind, I’m kind,” in an attempt to locate goodness within herself. She’s still trying to manifest virtue on “Sweet.” “I am charming, I am sweet, and she will love me when she meets me,” she sings, with the desperate intensity of someone speaking her desires out loud in order to tether them to something real. It’s as if she were alone in her room and staring into a mirror, wishing she could put on qualities like charm and sweetness as easily as a necklace or a ring. Simple two-note guitar plucking alternates with roaring riffs, just as Margolin’s circular lyrics slip between doubt and affirmation. With its blunt treatment of self-loathing and the stumbling project of overcoming it, “Sweet” sounds like someone screaming herself into existence.

在樂(lè)隊(duì)的上一首單曲“Lilac（丁香）”中，Margolin反復(fù)唱著“I’m kind, I’m kind, I’m kind,（我很友善，我很友善，我很友善）”，似乎是要把這份好植入自己的內(nèi)心。而在“Sweet”中，她仍在試圖展示這些美德。她唱著“I am charming, I am sweet, and she will love me when she meets me（我充滿魅力，我甜美可人，她遇見(jiàn)我就會(huì)喜歡我）,”歌聲中充滿了極度的渴望——大聲喊出自己的欲望、借此把它們寄托給真實(shí)的渴望。這就好像她獨(dú)自一人坐在房間里，久久凝視著鏡子里的自己，希望魅力和甜美這樣的品質(zhì)也能像戴上項(xiàng)鏈或是戒指一樣輕松為自己所有。簡(jiǎn)單的兩個(gè)吉他音符和轟鳴的連復(fù)段不斷交替出現(xiàn)，正如Margolin所演唱的循環(huán)的歌詞在懷疑和確信中不斷搖擺。也正是通過(guò)這種對(duì)自我憎惡的直言不諱以及跌跌撞撞克服它的過(guò)程，“Sweet”成為了證明自己存在的吶喊。