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On the?2011 recording?of “Nervous Young Inhumans,”?Car Seat Headrest’s Will Toledo took a break from singing to explain his SAT-level word choice in the chorus: “galvanistic.” “Galvanism is the concept of the obsolete scientific theory that there was a kind of electricity flowing through our bloodstreams,” Toledo deadpanned over a blasé bass line. The glossed-up re-release of the track, which ranks among the poppiest songs in Toledo’s catalog, features no such explanation. It even omits that mouthful “galvanistic” line altogether.

在2011年錄制“Nervous Young Inhumans”時，Car Seat Headrest的Will Toledo在演唱的間隙解釋道他在副歌中SAT級別的詞匯選擇——“galvanistic”。Toledo用淡漠的低聲線死板地說道：“Galvanism is the concept of the obsolete scientific theory that there was a kind of electricity flowing through our bloodstreams.” 這首歌在Toledo的歌曲列表中是那種最流行的歌曲之一，但經(jīng)過粉飾后重新發(fā)行的這首歌卻不再能再把它歸入流行闡釋的范疇內(nèi)。它甚至完全拋棄了那一拗口的“Galvanistic”。

Of all the refurbished songs on?Twin Fantasy, the 2011 Bandcamp album remade for a forthcoming release on Matador, “Nervous Young Inhumans” might benefit most from the new polish. Toledo swaps out the original’s anemic guitar riff for a sparkling, robust tone that throws a glam rock sheen on his fevered power-pop. That shift in fidelity leads him to sound a lot like the Killers, though he stops just short of adopting Brandon Flowers’ vocal bombast. If “Nervous Young Inhumans” edges close to glam rock, it's the shyest glam possible, a tortured internal monologue screamed beneath a broken disco ball. Toledo isn’t dancing with anyone; he’s just remembering what it felt like to want to dance with someone long after the party's over, “You never lifted your voice/You never raised your hands/You never showed me your inhuman,” he sings. This might be an ode to deflated desire, but its soaring melodies and pounding drums play like a hunger that’s been fully realized.

在為即將在Matador發(fā)行的2011年Bandcamp專輯《Twin Fantasy》重錄的所有曲目中，“Nervous Young Inhumans”可能在這輪翻新中所得的效果最好。Toledo把原來貧血一樣干巴巴的吉他riff換成了更為閃亮、強勁的音韻，為他狂熱的力量流行樂帶來了迷惑搖滾的光澤。這種保真度上轉(zhuǎn)變使他最終的成品聽起來很像the Killers，盡管他并未采用Brandon Flowers的爆炸式聲樂。若說“Nervous Young Inhumans”接近于迷惑搖滾，那也是最為內(nèi)斂的魅力，講述的是在一個破碎的迪斯科球下無能狂怒時痛苦的內(nèi)心獨白。Toledo不會嘗試和任何人共舞；他只是在派對結(jié)束后，回憶起渴望同某人共舞的感覺。他唱道：“You never lifted your voice/You never raised your hands/You never showed me your inhuman.”這可能是一首歌頌欲望破滅的贊歌，但它高漲飽滿的旋律和轟隆的鼓聲卻又完全再現(xiàn)了這種渴求。