"也许是你 是你拯救了我 也许是你 是你拯救了我 也许是你 是你拯救了我 也许是你 是你拯救了我 "

From a preoccupation with the transcendental and occult that informed Ripley Johnson and Sanae Yamada’s guitar driven psych rock, and reached its apotheosis in the acclaimed Occult Architecture diptych, Stars Are the Light sees the band synthesise the abstract and metaphysical with the embodied and terrestrial. Branching out from Occult Architecture Vol. 2, the album has a sonic physicality that is at once propulsive and undulating; it puts dance at the heart of an expansive nexus that connects the body to the stars. These are songs about embodied human experience — love, change, misunderstanding, internal struggle, joy, misery, alienation, discord, harmony, celebration - rendered as a kind of dance of the self, both in relation to other selves and to the eternal dance of the cosmos. Taking disco as its groove-oriented departure point, Stars Are the Light shimmers with elements of ’70s funk and ’90s rave. Johnson’s signature guitar sound is at its most languid and refined, while Yamada’s synths and oneiric vocals are foregrounded to create a spacious percussiveness that invites the body to move with its mesmeric rhythms. With Sonic Boom (Spacemen 3, Spectrum) at the mixing desk in Portugal’s Serra de Sintra, (known to the Romans as “The Mountains of the Moon”) the area’s lush landscape and powerful lunar energies exerted a strong influence on the vibe and sonic texture of the album. On embracing disco as an inspiration, Yamada says,
“It’s something we hadn’t referenced in our music before, but its core concepts really align with what we were circling around as we made the album. Disco is dance music, first and foremost, and we were digging our way into the idea of this endless dance of bodies in nature. We were also very inspired by the space and community of a disco – a space of free self-expression through dance, fashion, and mode of being; where everyone was welcome, diversity was celebrated, and identity could be fluid; where the life force that animates each of us differently could flower.”

The Darkside is one of the many projects to emerge from the groundbreaking drone-rockers Spacemen 3. The band was led by Pete "Bassman" Bain and they came from Rugby, England.

在80年代末至90年代，英国出现了纯粹以吉他噪音实验为目标的乐队与风格，并且获得了相当大的成功，在英国独立摇滚中可谓独树一帜。敏感的乐评人称这一类音乐风格为“自赏摇滚”（Shoe-gazing）。“自赏摇滚”这一名称很是贴切，既包涵了乐队的音乐风格，又暗示了乐队特立独行的生活态度。 My Bloody Valentine就是这类摇滚的代表人物，Loveless是该乐队的第三张专辑，被公认为是该乐队最成功的代表作，在世界范围内都有巨大影响，这张专辑和乐队名称甚至一起出现在了经典游戏Final FantasyVII的片头CG里。

EMIRIによるおよそ8ヶ月ぶりのリリース。
大人になれないあなたへ、生きづらいあなたへ向けた渾身の1曲。

Arctic Monkeys - "There’d Better Be A Mirrorball" from the forthcoming album 'The Car' out 21 Oct 2022 on Domino Record Co.

The English band returns with an adventurous, heavily orchestrated album filled with enigmatic songs of love, longing, and doubt.

我们追求的生活状态是什么？在新生、死亡、囚禁、自由等不断流动的现实中，太多的悲伤掩盖快乐。有时候，为了保护自己，我们甚至选择放弃细腻的情感和知觉。失去敏感后伤痛却有机可乘，在无意识时强行囚禁了我们。
「看开点」是一种揶揄、自我消遣却又真实的状态。我们必须挣扎着找到一道透进心扉的光线，拚命地将水泥墙挖凿开来，争取一种情感解放的世界。在这个血淋淋的过程中，我们重新拥抱任何感官的历程纪录，榨取分秒刻度中所埋藏的、一片无限延伸的世界。在那个世界里，我们会找到灵魂落脚的地方。
'I've been alone, all my life, but with the compensation of the intellect.'
'And is that enough?'
'It could be...if one's so fortunate as to find a place in the world...and a soul with whom one's loneliness can reside.'
'Do you know a place where two such souls might reside?'
Quoted from the movie "Mr. Holmes (2015)"

Produced by Nigel Godrich, Win & Reìgine, and recorded in multiple locales including New Orleans, El Paso and Mount Desert Island, WE paradoxically distills “the longest we’ve ever spent writing, uninterrupted, probably ever" (per the band’s Win Butler) into a concise 40 minute epic – one as much about the forces that threaten to pull us away from the people we love, as it is inspired by the urgent need to overcome them. WE’s cathartic journey follows a definable arc from darkness into light over the course of seven songs divided into two distinct sides -- Side “I” channeling the fear and loneliness of isolation, and Side “WE” expressing the joy and power of reconnection.
On the album’s cover, a photograph of a human eye by the artist JR evokes Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the center of the galaxy. This stunning image -- embellished by the distinctive airbrush color tinting of Terry Pastor (utilizing the same physical technique he employed on David Bowie’s iconic Hunky Dory and Ziggy Stardust covers) – is the visual expression of WE.
Retail Exclusive on White vinyl. 180 gram, in gatefold jacket with alternate background coloured cover (gray), printed inner sleeve, folded 24”x 36” poster, 4”x 4” sticker.
Standard LP on Black vinyl. 180 gram, in gatefold jacket, printed inner sleeve, folded 24”x 36” poster, 4”x 4” sticker.
CD. Single disc in 4 panel softpak, with 14 polaroid inserts w/ paper wrap, and 4”x 4” sticker.

五条人第八张专辑——也是第六张录音室专辑——发布的第一首单曲，也是具有代表性的作品。它是典型的五条人式的“中国迷幻摇滚土特产”，关于有限的肉身如何超越时空的一曲挽歌。
「迷幻摇滚土特产」是五条人后期重要的音乐风格和方向，《地球仪》便是最新代表作。

Black Country, New Road return with the news that their second album, “Ants From Up There”, will land on February 4th on Ninja Tune. Following on almost exactly a year to the day from the release of their acclaimed debut “For the first time”, the band have harnessed the momentum from that record and run full pelt into their second, with “Ants From Up There” managing to strike a skilful balance between feeling like a bold stylistic overhaul of what came before, as well as a natural progression.
Released alongside the announcement the band (Lewis Evans, May Kershaw, Charlie Wayne, Luke Mark, Isaac Wood, Tyler Hyde and Georgia Ellery) have also today shared the first single from the album, ‘Chaos Space Marine’, a track that has already become a live favourite with fans since its first public airings earlier this year - combining sprightly violin, rhythmic piano, and stabs of saxophone to create something infectiously fluid that builds to a rousing crescendo. It’s a track that frontman Isaac Wood calls “the best song we’ve ever written.” It’s a chaotic yet coherent creation that ricochets around unpredictably but also seamlessly. “We threw in every idea anyone had with that song,” says Wood. “So the making of it was a really fast, whimsical approach - like throwing all the shit at the wall... and just letting everything stick.”
Their debut “For the first time” is a certain 2021 Album of the Year, having received ecstatic reviews from critics and fans alike as well as being shortlisted for the prestigious Mercury Music Prize. Released in February to extensive, global, critical support - perhaps best summed up by The Times who wrote in their 5/5 review that they were "the most exciting band of 2021" and The Observer who called their record "one of the best albums of the year" - the album made a significant dent on the UK Albums Chart where it landed at #4 in its first week, a remarkable achievement for a largely experimental debut record. The album also reached #1 on Any Decent Music, #2 at Album Of The Year and sat at #1 on Rate Your Music for several weeks, remaining the record to generate the most fan reviews and site discussion there this year. Black Country, New Road were also declared Artist Of The Week and Album Of The Week by The Observer, The Line Of Best Fit and Stereogum, and saw features, including covers and reviews, from the likes of Mojo, NPR, CRACK, Uncut, The Quietus, Pitchfork, The FADER, Loud & Quiet, The Face, Paste, The Needle Drop, DIY, NME, CLASH, So Young, Dork and more.
With “For the first time” the band melded klezmer, post-rock, indie and an often intense spoken word delivery. On “Ants From Up There” they have expanded on this unique concoction to create a singular sonic middle ground that traverses classical minimalism, indie-folk, pop, alt rock and a distinct tone that is already unique to the band.
Recorded at Chale Abbey Studios, Isle Of Wight, across the summer with the band’s long-term live engineer Sergio Maschetzko, it’s also an album that comes loaded with a deep-rooted conviction in the end result. “We were just so hyped the whole time,” says Hyde. “It was such a pleasure to make. I've kind of accepted that this might be the best thing that I'm ever part of for the rest of my life. And that's fine.”
Black Country, New Road's live performances have already gained legendary status from fans and has seen them labelled "one of the UK's best live bands" by The Guardian. After the success of their livestream direct from London’s Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre, stand-out performances at SXSW and the BBC 6 Music Festival, and following a sold-out UK tour this summer, high-profile festival appearances, and a 43 date UK & EU tour to follow in the Autumn with sold out US dates next year, the London-based seven-piece today announce further UK & IE dates in support of the album for April 2022, preceded by their biggest London headliner to date at The Roundhouse in February.
Black Country, New Road Live at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, mastered by Christian Wright at Abbey Road, will be available as part of the Deluxe LP and CD versions of ‘Ants From Up There’.
Fans who pre-order any format of ‘Ants From Up There’ from the Black Country, New Road store, their Bandcamp page and the Ninja Tune shop, will be able to gain access to the pre-sale for the 2022 UK headline tour dates.
The full set of dates are as follows:
22/10/2021 - Rotondes, Luxembourg
23/10/2021 - Bumann & Sohn, Cologne – DE (SOLD OUT)
24/10/2021 - Botanique Orangerie, Belgium – BE (SOLD OUT)
25/10/2021 - Le Trabendo, Paris - FR
27/10/2021 - Le Grand Mix, Tourcoing - FR
28/10/2021 - Lieu Unique, Nantes - FR
29/10/2021 - Rockschool Barbey, Bordeaux - FR
1/11/2021 - Teatro Duse, Bologna - IT
2/11/2021 - Auditorium Della Mole, Ancona - IT
05/11/2021 - Circolo della Musica, Turin - IT
06/11/2021 - Bogen F, Zürich - CH (SOLD OUT)
08/11/2021 - Underdogs', Prague - CZ (SOLD OUT)
09/11/2021 - Frannz Club, Berlin - DE (SOLD OUT)
10/11/2021 - Hydrozagadka, Warsaw - PL (SOLD OUT)
11/11/2021 - Transcentury Update Warm Up @ UT Connewitz Leipzig - DE
12/11/2021 - Bahnhof Pauli, Hamburg - DE
14/11/2021 - Le Guess Who? Festival, Utrecht - NL
16/11/2021 - Paradiso Noord, Amsterdam - NL (SOLD OUT)
20/11/2021 - Super Bock En Stock, Lisbon - PT
21/11/2021 - ZDB, Lisbon - PT (SOLD OUT)
29/11/2021 - Chalk, Brighton - UK (SOLD OUT) *
30/11/2021 - Junction 1, Cambridge - UK (SOLD OUT) *
01/12/2021 - 1865, Southampton - UK *
03/12/2021 - Arts Club, Liverpool - UK (SOLD OUT) *
04/12/2021 - Irish Centre, Leeds - UK (SOLD OUT) *
06/12/2021 - O2 Ritz Manchester, Manchester – UK * (SOLD OUT)
07/12/2021 - Newcastle University Student Union, Newcastle Upon Tyne - UK *
08/12/2021 - SWG3, Glasgow - UK *
09/12/2021 - The Mill, Birmingham - UK * (SOLD OUT)
10/12/2021 - The Waterfront, Norwich - UK *
12/12/2021 – Marble Factory, Bristol – UK (SOLD OUT) *
13/12/2021 - Y Plas, Cardiff - UK *
15/12/2021 - Whelan's, Dublin - IE (SOLD OUT) *
08/02/2022 - Roundhouse, London - UK
18/02/2022 – DC9 Nightclub, Washington, DC – US (SOLD OUT)
19/02/2022 – The Sinclair, Cambridge, MA – US (SOLD OUT)
22/02/2022 – Sultan Room, Turk’s Inn, Brooklyn, NY – US (SOLD OUT)
23/02/2022 – Elsewhere, Brooklyn, NY – US
25/02/2022 – Johnny Brenda’s, Philadelphia, PA – US (SOLD OUT)
26/02/2022 – Bar Le Ritz, Montreal, QC – CAN
28/02/2022 – Third Man Records, Detroit, MI – US
01/03/2022 – Lincoln Hall, Chicago, IL – US
03/03/2022 – Barboza, Seattle, WA – US (SOLD OUT)
04/03/2022 – Polaris Hall, Portland, OR – US
05/03/2022 – The Miniplex, Richard’s Goat Tavern, Arcata, CA – US
06/03/2022 – Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA – US
08/03/2022 – Zebulon, Los Angeles, CA – US (SOLD OUT)
09/03/2022 – Regent Theater, Los Angeles, CA – US
06/04/2022 - The Foundry, Sheffield - UK
07/04/2022 - O2 Academy, Oxford - UK
09/04/2022 - Liquid Room, Edinburgh - UK
10/04/2022 - The Empire, Belfast - UK
11/04/2022 - 3Olympia, Dublin - IE
13/04/2022 - Albert Hall, Manchester - UK
14/04/2022 - Rock City, Nottingham - UK
16/04/2022 - Concorde 2, Brighton - UK
17/04/2022 - O2 Academy, Bristol - UK
02/06/2022 – Primavera Sound Festival, Barcelona - ES
08/07/2022 - Pohoda Festival, Trencin – SK
* - with Ethan P. Flynn
Pre-sale to The Roundhouse show and April 2022 UK / IE dates available from Tuesday 19th October at 9am BST. Tickets go on general sale on Friday 22nd October at 9am BST.

劳动之余 何以解乏 很久以前做过一次西南巡演 当时的巡演主题名就叫劳动之余 ，那还是更早些年的一首歌 ，到今天也没能完成它，记忆深刻的是歌词的第一句 《回家的路上我有些疲倦 毕竟辛勤工作了一天 才挣回一点属于自己的时间 ，该怎么花？》现在还能不时会闪回黄昏回家的小路上的饭菜的香味，安全帽，臭水沟，小茶馆，那里离市中心也就几公里，后来的快二十年 ，城市就像一个不断膨胀的迷宫。可笑的是那时的我虽然还是会感到迷茫和孤独，但依然觉得自己有花不完的时间，而且还不上班，所以接下来的矫情和纠结就这样粗糙青涩的留在了硬盘上。 这次的专辑里最后完成的那首歌是临了倒计时才定稿了最后一版歌词，反复的斟酌也许是因为只有自己能懂和喜欢已经不重要了 ，就像做菜，如何能和别人分享才是我最想要的 ，用了二十年方才明白音乐于我的意义，如同烈日下耕作的农夫，土地已然是他唯一的救赎，而我局限于自己的世界，差一点忘记了仰望星空。

The Nearer The Fountain, More Pure The Stream Flows, the new studio album from Damon Albarn, will be released by new label home Transgressive Records on 12th November 2021.
The Nearer The Fountain, More Pure The Stream Flows was originally intended as an orchestral piece inspired by the landscapes of Iceland. This last year has seen Albarn return to the music in lockdown and develop the work to 11 tracks which further explore themes of fragility, loss, emergence and rebirth. The result is a panoramic collection of songs with Albarn as storyteller. The album title is taken from a John Clare poem Love and Memory.
Albarn says “I have been on my own dark journey while making this record and it led me to believe that a pure source might still exist.”
Alongside a digital release, there will be limited edition white vinyl format, plus CD and cassette. There will also be a deluxe version of the album, taking the form of a casebound book with additional photography, original scanned lyrics and artwork from Damon, alongside a white vinyl version of the album, a high quality digital file and a bonus 7” featuring an exclusive song from the recording sessions.