落日飞车第三张专辑「SOFT STORM 柔性风暴」是一阵打从裤脚抚至内心的风，不由分说地让浸湿在爱情环流的听者随之摆动。专辑名称毫不掩饰地指向 Quiet Storm (宁静风暴) 这个多情的当代 R&B 类别，昭示著来袭的浪漫故事只会不断增强，踩踏轻摇滚的灵巧脚步顺风而行，让空气粒子沾染电子灵魂乐的魅力，折射亚洲五声音阶的绵延柔光。
柔性风暴的场景是笼罩在风雨中的城市，镜头凝视著城市居民来往的身影。这里可以是与颱风为伴的台湾，也可以是地球上任何有心醉及心碎之人的城市。在国宏笔下，无法令人招架的爱情与风暴彼此幻化，是空气中的不安与蠢动、是抢至眼前的电光火石、是髮梢到指缝的浸润、是理智弃守的焦虑，以及雨过天晴后的百废待兴。相较过往的飞车，柔性风暴更加不容分说的将所有人的情慾捲入其外围环流，在暴风眼的中心凝视著关于爱恋的哀愁。从「Overlove/终爱」到「Passerby/过客」，从「Candelight/烛光」到吹熄烛光，轻声述说著在风雨中的相拥，及放晴后的放下爱情。
在这难以捉摸的一年，外界的不可抗力牵动著柔性风暴的製作过程，让这张专辑以意想不到的方式诞生。经历数年紧凑的巡迴行程后，寻求新探险的国宏在 2020 年初踏上洛杉矶的街道，尝试与另一组创作团队合作，探索音乐上的其他可能性，并邀请西岸的传奇製作人、歌手 Ned Donehy 指导新作品的录製。意料外的疫情让这趟旅程嘎然而止，不过仓促返台的国宏在行囊中满满地装著于异地完成的新歌，回到家乡与飞车团员聚首。
于是，这些曲折在音轨上刻成了对折的地图，将远行与归途之路铺在黑胶沟槽两侧，而唱针代替了指南针，标示著新声音的方向。以强劲的电子鼓声、温暖的合成器贝斯铺底，蜿蜒流泻的钢琴与情绪收放自如的电吉他彼此呼应，将 Donehy 的慵懒揉合进 Yellow Magic Orchestra/高桥幸宏的炫目色彩。
「柔性风暴」是飞车在 33⅓ 转速唱盘上刮起的浪漫旋风，让大规模的柔情肆虐，让那些关于爱的情绪都能得到释放。

The NYC band’s first album in seven years is sluggish and slight, rendering their signature sound as background music.

Pittsburgh is the sixth studio album to come from William Fitzsimmons, and is due for release in May.
The album's title track is every bit as enchanting as fans would expect. Speaking of the inspiration behind the record, Fitzsimmons said:
"My grandmother, Virginia, died October 15, 2014. She was born and raised in the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The city of my youth. She gave the gift of music to my mother, and, from my mother, was thus passed to me. In that same month I returned home for three days to celebrate Virginia's life, mourn her passing, and help to lay her body to rest. These seven songs were born from those three days and are in memoriam to her passing and in remembrance of the city we shared. She will be perpetually missed. Until the day we meet again."
Pittsburgh will see release via Grönland Records on 18 May. William Fitzsimmons will perform at London's Scala on 11 August.

21-year-old pop singer Conan Gray has accrued a dedicated fan base even before the release of his debut album. And it’s not hard to see why. Tracks like his newly-released “The Story” showcase Gray’s knack for honest songwriting supported by his velvety vocal delivery. “The Story” particularly highlights Gray’s impressive vocals. Backed by only guitar and a modest piano, Gray sings a ballad of painful love and loss that comes with growing up. Along with the honest track, Gray announces his debut record, Kid Krow.
On his new single, Gray tells “The Story” of difficulties experienced by those around him in High School. “Oh, and I’m afraid that’s just the way the world works / It ain’t funny, it ain’t pretty, it ain’t sweet,” Gray croons over his gentle guitar picking.
“Wrote this song about me and my friends’ childhoods,” Conan wrote in a statement. “There were times growing up that I thought life would never get better. That life would always be that painful. But I promise, it’s never the end of the story.”
Along with “The Story,” Gray announced his forthcoming debut record, Kid Krow. “I say more on this album than I’ve ever said in my life, and I can’t wait to tell you all of my secrets,” he wrote on Twitter. About the record, Gray said it’s an honest portrayal of how he sees the world. “The record is a study of how I perceive the world,” he said in a statement. “I talk a lot about my friends and people I’ve met touring over the past year. It’s me. I’m not the coolest person, but the album is me accepting the fact I’m weird and I don’t need to be anybody else. It’s also a chance to encourage others to embrace who they are and be unapologetic about it.”

卡薩諾瓦，又名半熟王子，是落日飛車繼金桔希子後的全新錄音室作品。 透過九首歌曲來述說故事的主人翁卡薩諾瓦的熟成冒險旅程。
卡薩諾瓦的自我意識在追尋愛情的過程中萌芽，有如一朵美麗的玫瑰，在東方遙遠寧靜的夜裡蘇醒，溫泉里的玉子孵化成了半熟的王子。
這張作品企圖心旺盛，
詞曲除了延續以往的英文創作更挑戰了法文與拉丁文；
而在編曲上則大膽的挑戰數位調變技術，
搭配飛車既往復古懷舊的音樂氛圍，期待能為亞洲新迷幻注入當代視野。

《金桔希子》是落日飛車沈寂五年後的新作品，在成員的更迭後，重新探索新的曲風，從以往六零年代的車庫搖滾晃入了七零年代的成人抒情，但仍然不改飛車輕鬆愜意，浪漫中又帶著戲謔的情境氛圍。

相似的泪滴 橘色的天际 它们的边缘彼此接触 一面的末端意味着另一端的起点 这是泪水汇集的浪潮 正如水分与泡沫堆积 催促着潮汐的涌动 一切未成形的感动 早已在浪的前夕勾勒边角 当肉眼可见的波动无法克制 某个时刻就这样来临 夺眶的眼泪是数万朵水花的激荡 是平静海面看似毫无征兆的卷起了风浪 此刻的“我”也跌入这片浪潮 人们开始逐浪 从各处汇集 卷起与上涌再次发生 浪潮终于上岸 无形无色却有始有终 浪潮注定上岸 眼泪总要流淌

如果无意间听到《余波》，你大概会怀疑这是一张来自上世纪末的唱片——九十年代浪漫的复古鼓点，器乐音色充满老式舞厅的斑斓，还有时下很难听见的传统合声。《余波》像是生长着一副老灵魂，那种旧式的诗意和优雅有时让这支年轻乐队显得有些不合时宜。
两年前的首张EP《愚梦方醒》里不抱希望的少年如今寻找着对抗生活的方法，一面小心翼翼地观察自己和世界的距离，一面享用着路上的瞬息万变、川流不息。
经过一次重要的成员变更，22岁的主唱/吉他手沈帜整理了乐队近两年的作品，和贝斯手肖强、鼓手李文共同完成了卧轨的火车第一张正式专辑《余波》。这张唱片由在万晓利、边远、海草少年军、鸭听天等多支乐队担任乐手的独立制作人/录音师李平操刀，并由美国知名母带师Josh Bonati完成母带制作——令乐队兴奋的是，这位母带师曾制作了他们喜欢的Lo-Fi怪才Mac DeMarco的唱片，其经手的乐队里还有Beach Fossils, Wild Nothing, The Soft Moon, Psychic Ills, DIIV等这些耳熟能详的名字。
与通常的录音室专辑不同的是，这张唱片所有的器乐部分，是在义乌隔壁酒吧的演出空间里完成的同期录音。隔壁酒吧坐落城郊山野，由一座废弃道观改造而来，住着疯癫奇怪的老板们，随时都有喝不完的酒。道观声场天然独特，高悬的顶梁结构便于那些迷离的旋律自在游走。恰逢盛夏，乐队三人和录音师李平同住山上，日夜呼吸着慵懒的空气。一切在不息的蝉鸣里进行，往往从午后开始一天的录音，断断续续到深夜。偶尔强迫症发作，免不了在电脑前一遍遍梳理每个音符到天明。但遇上了雷雨，几个人也不急，索性停下来喝一杯。
虽然怀着他们年轻的忧虑，但梦幻多变的旋律里写满了属于这个年纪的甜蜜与沉醉，饱满的情绪像青春期的“余波”层层荡开。整张唱片弥漫着矛盾的色彩感，隐现干燥的异域旋律很迷人。既不失《沙》这样有血有肉的躁郁，也有《柠檬白兰地》的温柔深情。《灰》里穿插的萨克斯即兴是录音时的神来之笔，错落的戏剧感打破了原有的规整。《魂断记》更是跳出旧作框架，沈帜的念白像是梦醒之后的诉说，抽离慵懒。
《余波》里有种虚弱，但这种源于敏感的虚弱毫无疑问是动人的。沈帜的歌词干净但生动，在飘渺中隐藏着困惑和怀疑。他们忠实自身的无力，忠诚于生活的无意义，青年们的冲动却在他们身上以另一种方式呈现。在这张唱片里，沈帜也不再像《愚梦方醒》里那样毫无保留的用力抒情，而是让虚弱易碎的情绪在声音里流淌，在器乐营造出的层层叠叠的氛围里缓慢发酵。
《余波》像是从更遥远的未来对记忆发出可有可无的感怀，又仿佛是描绘着另一个世界的现实，目光所及是失落小城里的日常，人间的欢声笑语在空气中来回穿梭、回响。