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：Simon Joanne

校對：Lynn Liu

排版：Peter D

After releasing?two?singles?this spring,?Tame Impala?seemed in need of recalibration. The lightweight offerings dialed back the intricacy of 2015’s?Currents, Kevin Parker’s dazzlingly soulful psych-rock opus, and turned up the ’70s yacht and soft rock with little sense of excitement to either. Now, with his new album?The Slow Rush?officially forthcoming, Parker returns with what should be a fix: “It Might Be Time,” a keyboard-centered crusade through his beloved psych-rock and art-pop worlds. Coasting on jaunty?Supertramp-indebted keys and emphatically blown-out drums, “It Might Be Time” has a more meaty and interesting sound than Parker’s releases earlier in the year, yet it still holds back from any of the sharp turns and ideas that grant his music a sense of wonder.

在今春接連釋出兩首單曲之后，Tame Impala 似乎有點(diǎn)需要重新給自己定位。這些輕量的作品都反應(yīng)了樂隊(duì)2015年的專輯《Currents（電流）》的復(fù)雜性——Kevin Parker令人眼花繚亂的深情精神搖滾作品，也讓我們看到七十年代的游艇和軟搖滾并沒有太多的激情?，F(xiàn)在，宣布了全新專輯《The Slow Rush（緩慢沖擊）》的發(fā)布時(shí)間之后，Parker帶著一劑補(bǔ)藥“It Might Be Time”正式回歸——這是一首以鍵盤為主體的交織著他所熱愛的精神搖滾和藝術(shù)流行的作品。在Supertramp樂隊(duì)式的鍵盤和加重猛擊的鼓聲中穿行，“It Might Be Time”這首歌比Parker在上半年發(fā)行兩首歌都要更加有趣，也更加有血有肉，不過，這首歌在面對猛烈轉(zhuǎn)折和加在音樂中的奇妙元素之時(shí)，還是顯得有些保守。

At its core, “It Might Be Time” is a mutation on ’70s psych, pop, and electronic music, ornamented with small but potent production flourishes: the stomping percussion and Parker’s voice fall out entirely in a few unexpected fakeouts, while a modulated synth line wails like a warning siren for the freakout to come by the song’s end. Parker takes stock of the passage of time throughout, a reliable theme for Tame Impala: “I’m only tired?of all these voices/Always saying nothing lasts forever,” he bemoans. “It might be time to face it/You ain’t as young as you used to be.” Parker may be trying to tackle some sense of accountability here, but delivered in a wash of malaise and familiarity, it’s joined by a sense of diminishing returns.

從核心上來說，“It Might Be Time”是70年代精神搖滾、流行、電子音樂的混合物，同時(shí)被飾以微笑卻有力的制作技巧：沉重的打擊和Parker的聲音在幾次出人意料的偽造之中淡出，而同時(shí)變調(diào)的合成器聲線卻像警笛一樣預(yù)示著歌曲尾聲前驚嚇的到來。Parker對時(shí)間的流逝進(jìn)行了審視，這可以算作是樂隊(duì)的主題了：“I’m only tired?of all these voices/Always saying nothing lasts forever,（我只是厭倦了這一切的聲音，他們一直在說一切都有始有終）”parker哀嘆道，“It might be time to face it/You ain’t as young as you used to be（也許是時(shí)候該面對事實(shí)了，你已經(jīng)沒有你從前那么年輕了）”。在歌曲中，Parker也許想要解決一些問責(zé)的感覺，但是還是在不安和熟悉感之下，散發(fā)出了一些這樣的味道，且夾雜著一些減弱的回歸感。