搬運自：網(wǎng)易云音樂專欄【Music Online Zine Courier】（在原文基礎(chǔ)上添加了英語原文與排版調(diào)整）

翻譯：豆目豆科

Will Toledo of Car Seat Headrest majored in English as an undergrad: he must understand that the first line of any work is meant to set the tone, introduce the narrative, hook the audience. That said, the opening words of Teens of Denial are the ultimate introduction to an artist who is intimately known to longtime fans and a total mystery to recent ones. “What’s up guys?” asks an anonymous female voice. “You are now listening to… Car Seat Headrest!” she announces, stumbling on the band’s name as if conferring with notes. When the curtain rises and “Fill in the Blank” kicks off, it becomes obvious from both the expository statement and the subsequent subject matter that the track is Teens of Denial’s thesis.

Car Seat Headrest的Will Toledo在本科主修的是文學(xué)——那他一定明白，任何作品的第一句話都是為了定下基調(diào)，引入敘述，吸引讀者閱讀興趣。也正因如此，《Teens of Denial》的開場曲就是對一位藝術(shù)家一生的終極介紹，對于長期的老粉絲來說是再親切不過，而對那些新聽眾來說則充滿了神秘?！癢hat’s up guys?”一個陌生的女聲問著，隨后她便宣布道“You are now listening to… Car Seat Headrest!”磕磕絆絆地說出了樂隊的名字，仿佛是在和接下來的第一個音符商討誰先出場。當(dāng)帷幕拉開，“Fill in the Blank”開始了它的表演，從說明性的敘事和隨后引入的主題句中可以明顯看出，這首曲子正是《Teens of Denial》的論點所在。

Toledo’s first lines cut straight to the heart of the matter: his frustration with himself and the world around him. You can practically hear an apathetic eye roll in his voice as he dryly explains, “If I were split in two I would just take my own fists/ So I could beat up the rest of me.” Others tell him he has “no right to be depressed,” that he manifests his own unhappiness with unjustified world-weariness. After yelping his way through a full cycle of resistance, realization, and rejection, Toledo howls out “I’ve got a right to be depressed!” amid a rush of driving guitars and banging percussion. You might not believe in yourself by the end of “Fill in the Blank,” but you will certainly believe in Car Seat Headrest.

Toledo脫口而出的第一句歌詞就直指問題的核心：他對自己和周圍世界產(chǎn)生的挫敗感。當(dāng)他用干癟的語句解釋道：“If I were split in two I would just take my own fists/ So I could beat up the rest of me.”時，你幾乎可以透過他聲音與他冷漠至極的雙眸相對。有人告訴他，他“no right to be depressed”，他卻偏用毫無道理可言的厭世情緒來宣泄自己的不悅。在歷經(jīng)抵抗、實現(xiàn)和拒絕的循環(huán)嘶吼之后，Toledo又在一陣急促的吉他和節(jié)拍聲中吶喊道：“I’ve got a right to be depressed!”。在“Fill in the Blank”的尾聲，你可能仍不能做到相信自己，但你一定會開始信仰Car Seat Headrest。