★ 凱莉、小甜甜、莉莉艾倫…天后最愛！全美當今音樂鬼才Greg Kurstin與美麗新女聲Inara George共譜，揉和60年代迷幻與淡淡電子節拍「聽得見陽光」的浪漫歌聲
★ 收錄趣味十足的首支單曲〈Love Letter To Japan〉、顛覆刻板嘻哈〈Polite Dance Song〉到簡單浪漫情歌〈Birthday〉...等14首絕妙復古Retro之作
★ 台灣樂迷獨享！加收包括電影【慾望城市】選用翻唱曲〈How Deep Is Your Love〉與勇奪全美舞曲冠軍的〈F-cking Boyfriend〉混音版… 等四首單曲
2007年，當伊娜拉Inara George與全美當今音樂鬼才葛瑞格Greg Kurstin攜手以「小鳥與蜜蜂The Bird and The Bee」為團名，正式推出首張同名專輯《The Bird and The Bee》時，誰也沒料到，他們以揉和60年代迷幻流行音樂與淡淡的電子節拍，竟創下包括〈Again & Again〉、〈F*cking Boyfriend〉、〈La La La〉等多首話題單曲。娛樂週刊Entertainment Weekly盛讚該專輯：「巧妙融合Bossa Nova的慵懶與Beach Boys式的動人風情」。滾石雜誌Rolling Stone則形容：「讓人聞之起舞的流行音樂，猶如聽得見的陽光！」。他們的音樂不但接連被【實習醫生Grey's Anatomy】選用為影集配樂，〈F*cking Boyfriend〉的混音版本更勇奪告示牌Billboard「熱門舞池點播Hot Dance Club Play Chart」冠軍！
有著一雙圓杏大眼的伊娜拉（小鳥The Bird）與葛瑞格（蜜蜂The Bee）相遇於2005年，當時的葛瑞格是名爵士鋼琴樂手，並為其它音樂人跨刀演奏。當兩人決定共組「小鳥與蜜蜂」後，伊娜拉主要擔綱樂團作品填詞、旋律與主唱，而葛瑞格則是一手包辦樂器演奏與專輯製作，兩人共通的音樂理念，激盪出「小鳥與蜜蜂」的調皮風格！此外，這三年來，葛瑞格本人更獲邀跨刀、擔綱製作包括凱莉Kylie Minogue、莉莉艾倫Lily Allen、聖女合唱團All Saints、布蘭妮Britney Spears、妮莉費塔朵Nelly Furtado、蘇菲Sophie Ellis-Bextor、貝克Beck、烈火紅唇合唱團Flaming Lips、希雅Sia...等一線巨星在內的最新作品。
這張小鳥與蜜蜂的最新專輯《雷射槍好好玩Ray Guns Are Not Just The Future》，不但保有他們前張專輯迷人的輕盈曲式與源自巴西Tropicalia文化的迷幻氣息，更增添復古的跳舞元素！首支單曲〈Love Letter to Japan〉展現他們對日本的濡慕之情，並以跳舞機為主題、翻轉出玩味十足的音樂錄影帶；深受嘻哈音樂啟發的〈Polite Dance Song〉，女主唱卻顛覆硬派繞舌、改以以甜美方式哼唱；歌頌金屬名團范海倫Van Halen主唱David Lee Roth的歌曲〈Diamond Dave〉，除了有絃樂幫襯，還加上俏皮口白串場；輕快活潑並帶有早期爵士樂風韻的〈You're a Cad〉，則不禁讓人想起芝麻街布偶公仔The Muppets的瘋癲傻氣；然而，專輯內也不乏探討愛情不同風貌的作品，例如描述孩童時期友情的〈Baby〉、純粹簡單的浪漫情歌〈Birthday〉...等。至於與專輯同名的作品〈Ray Gun〉，女主唱伊娜拉則解釋：「這首作品談到未來。對於我們這樣從不以嚴肅心態看待事情的樂團，這大概是我們最正經的一次吧！」
此外，在這張獨佔全球的《Ray Guns Are Not Just The Future》【加料特別版Special Edition】中，則是爆料加收四首小鳥與蜜蜂先前的好評作品！包括重新翻玩比吉斯合唱團Bee Gees經典歌曲、並成為電影【慾望城市Sex And The City: The Movie】選用插曲的〈How Deep Is Your Love〉；先前僅以數位EP發表的兩首絕妙作品〈Come As You Were〉與〈Again & Again〉慵懶混音版，並在輯末話題加收他們勇奪全美舞曲冠軍的〈F-cking Boyfriend〉動感混音版。
以嶄新方式扭轉對流行音樂的既定印象，只是小鳥與蜜蜂調皮性格之一...

The Bird and The Bee have been known to recreate 80s pop hits into unique and contemporary gems for the new millennium. With Interpreting the Masters Volume I, Greg Kurstin and Inara George go one step further and pay homage to one of the greatest duo's of that time Darryl Hall and John Oates. Classic material is reinvented through Kurstin's sleek production and George's sweet lyrical delivery

Rolling Stone： “在他們討人喜歡的首張專輯裡，Inara George與Greg Kurstin以流行電音輕巧勾畫出the Beach Boys．Burt Bacharach與Bossa Nova…”
★The Flaming Lips．Peaches．Lily Allen… 等製作人Greg Kurstin及洛城獨立女聲Inara George共組 南加州新爵士世代雙人隊伍
★ABOUT.com 4星．Rolling Stone雜誌網站4顆半星高評首張專輯
★收錄BILLBOARD舞曲榜冠軍單曲F*CKING BOYFRIEND．「實習醫生」電視配樂採用/全美網路搜尋最高話題單曲AGAIN & AGAIN
你聽見小鳥與蜜蜂了嗎?
90年代，流行樂壇吹起了一陣以柔美女聲與電子音樂旋律為主軸的個人/團體，Mono、DubStar、Moloko…，一時間在盡是搖滾的流行樂春水上，吹出了一圈圈的漣漪。是以為流行風向球轉向以柔克剛的角度，豈知道這一轉不分左右地成黑色一片。雖說音樂沒有好壞，但聽多了同質性越來越高的說唱嘿呦之後，又不禁懷念那如閒雲野鶴的曲調。
來自南加州的雙人組合The Bird and The Bee小鳥與蜜蜂，一位是師承大師Charles Mingus鋼琴師Jaki Byard、在青少年時期便已是一個爵士鋼琴奇葩的Greg Kurstin，熟稔多種器樂演奏。曾與Beck、Robert Moog合作，並為The Flaming Lips、Peaches及音樂小魔女Lily Allen等製作並創作歌曲。另一位是成長於洛城的音樂世家，父親是70年代著名南方搖滾團體Little Feat的主唱兼吉他手Lowell George，曾發行個人專輯作品All Rise，並已是洛城獨立音樂界噹噹有名的Inara George。在製作人Mike Andrews的介紹牽線下合體而成。他們共同創作， Inara負責演唱，Greg主理器樂，在創意的發揮上，相互交流，又在樂曲的表現上各司其職。重塑並創新了傳統的bossa nova，the bird and the bee希望將自己融會在經典與流行之間。用三年的時光，他們窩在Greg位在加州Echo Park自家錄音室裡與世無爭地創作出10首陽光浸潤且充滿夢幻的作品。每一首歌曲都有著一種神秘獨特的魅力。
從以拍手聲、鈴鼓、大貝斯與Inara慵懶的歌聲拼貼一起的首支單曲Again & Again；微風般的華爾茲、機械般的低音節拍加上無病呻吟般合音的Bird and the Bee；如哀樂般開場卻一翻成為百花在舞池中綻放般的輕鬆舞曲F-cking Boyfriend；莊嚴的銅管樂編曲與伸縮號獨奏複議著Inara傷心歌詞的美麗慢歌I’m A Broken Heart。在如夢的終場歌曲Spark之後，漸入的靜默，你會發現自己夢遊在Inara與Greg所導遊的旅程之中。
也許你會發現自已不由自主的回到從頭地再次進入旅程之中，因為the bird and the bee可能會是在今年或是未來很多很多年最俱影響力且絕對喜歡的專輯之一。

"Again and Again" is one of those songs that has gotten a lot of attention from a commercial using it -- in this case, a little Apple Mac-related movie.
It's also one of the poppier, sprightlier songs that electro-indiepop band the Bird and the Bee has turned out. And the "Again and Again and Again and Again" EP does it again -- it pairs this single with a couple other songs from their self-titled album, plus an additional remix of the eloquently named "F*cking Boyfriend." What a good sample.
"Again and again and again/Do it again, do it again," Inara George sings sweetly over a rippling keyboard melody. Then it busts out into a bouncy tambourine-and-guitar melody, with eerie synth winding through it like streamers. "It's a shame, it's a shame/It's a perfect shame/Creep under my door and we do it again, oh... You're so stupid and perfect/And stupid and perfect/I hate you, I want you..."
That's one of the poppier tunes of the EP, and things get more mellow and relaxed for "I'm A Broken Heart." It's all gentle jazzy rhythms, xylophones and trumpets, too peppy to be a ballad and too laid-back to be catchy. And for a song with this title, George sounds rather perky as she sings, "I'm a broken heart/My love is bleeding."
Then there's "F*cking Boyfriend" -- if you just listened to the light, twinkly melody, you'd never pick up on its distinctly un-sparkly theme ("To torture all the other girls/You keep me by your side?"). And finally there's a remix of that song by Peaches -- very dancy, sharp-edged and full of clubhouse synth, with George's voice sounding robotic.
The Bird and the Bee really specialize in upbeat little pop songs with less upbeat lyrics, and the three unremixed songs on this EP (which are also on their debut album) are good examples. Even the relatively upbeat "Again and Again" song is full of romantic confusion and conflicts, including the line, "Say my name, say my name/say my STU-PID NAME!" and wavers between adoration and frustration.
Which is pretty good for an album with such simple lyrics. The Bird and the Bee have only one real weakness -- they tend to repeat a single line many times ("I try, I try, I try...") per song, and often stick to vague, oblique expressions of feeling ("Wish, wish for the summer/Want, to pull over under/I wipe my tears away, away").
Fortunately that's the only real flaw with this EP -- George's sweet, soulful voice is lovely, even when she demands "Would you be my f*cking boyfriend?" or sings something grumpy. And she's backed by some truly lovely instrumentation -- lots of sprightly guitar, colourful synth pops and warbles, tambourines and cymbals, and a backdrop of warm, buttery trumpets in "I'm a Broken Heart."
Those with the Bird and the Bee's debut album will already own most of the "Again and Again and Again and Again" EP, but those seeking an introduction to their delightful, sweetly grumpy indiepop should check this out.