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翻譯：Beans_Beans?

A decade ago, the Walkmen were a collectionof self-pitying, unstable, emotionally messy young men: by 2010's Lisbon, theysounded like wryly contented older ones. That album glowed with health, happiness,relaxation, and "Heaven," the first single and title track from theirupcoming record, feels like a continuation of Lisbon's glow: the bass humspleasantly on two chords, the guitars give off the same postcard-ocean sparkle.But the drums have tightened a bit, from an amiable trot to a nervous thrum, ahint of caffeine buzzing in the song's veins. Then, you stop nodding your headto the chorus and hear it: "Remember, remember/ All we fight for." Ishe falling back in love with his old anxiety? Or something even deeper?"Don't leave me/ You're my best friend/ All of my life, you've alwaysbeen." Leithauser sings this lyric with the same audible shit-eating grinas always, and you realize: that good old desperation is creeping its way back in.

十年前，the Walkmen樂隊(duì)還是一群自怨自艾、焦躁不安、情緒混亂的年輕人；來到2010年，《Lisbon》，他們聽來已然像是逸足的老年人模樣。那張專輯散發(fā)著健康、快樂、放松的光芒，而“Heaven”，他們即將發(fā)行的唱片中的第一支單曲，像是《Lisbon》光芒的延續(xù)——貝斯在兩個(gè)和弦上愉悅地哼唱，吉他發(fā)出相似的明信片式海浪潾光。但鼓聲相較而言更為內(nèi)斂，從一種和藹的流露變作一種緊繃的顫音，還有著一縷咖啡因在歌曲的血管中涌動(dòng)。然后，你停下、不再伴著副歌頻頻點(diǎn)頭，聽到“Remember, remember/ All we fight for”。他們是否重新愛上了他們過去的那些焦慮？還是更深層的情感？“Don't leave me/ You're my best friend/ All of my life, you've alwaysbeen.”Leithauser在唱這段歌詞時(shí)，一如既往地流露出“笑著吃屎”的無奈，你意識(shí)到：那種美好的舊日絕望悄悄地回來了。