承接前面一张《Viva Dixie Submarine Transmission Plot》的Sparklehorse依然风采迷人——九八年的这张《Good Morning Spider》证明了田园音乐诗人Mark Linkous的艺术天赋并不因为加入大厂牌便失色。然而把它与上张专辑相比是必然的事情，因为它不仅延续了前者印象派油画般的音乐创作手法，而且在音乐制作和编排上也显得更为精雕细琢。跳跃波动的情绪贯穿整张CD：或者你可以试试这样——某个晚上，不可以无所事事，应该有一本关于冒险的小说或者漫画（例如我的最爱《海贼王》），用适中的音量播着这张——你会感觉得到你所有的情感都会被这张《Good Morning Spider》牵扯出来，你会想开心的叫叫，你也会想失落的走走。整整十七首的作品，你所有的情感都会在音乐中获得一次最完整的释放。
第一首，《PIG》。超爽的吉他和鼓点，还有效果化的Linkous的声音，从乐器的使用到歌词我都惊奇他们都会搞的这么Punk这么爽朗，十分振奋情绪的作品。Ambient感觉的《Painbirds》开始把你的情绪稍稍压低，他告诉你在炎热的美国福吉尼亚州，他田园的阳光中盘旋的那只荆棘鸟。曲中的鼓声是稍稍特出和加快了，在Sparklehorse很多的作品中大家都会不经意的发现这一点——幽怨的Saxophone是平原中的仙人掌，告诉所有的人这里的炎热和干旱；还有Linkous略带呻吟的歌声在炎热的下午醺醺欲睡的告诉你这些琐琐碎碎。
《Saint Mary》会把你所有深藏的忧伤毫无保留的拖出来——对付悲伤，最好的办法就是把悲伤一再的放大再放大，而不是逃避，让痛更痛痛到极点之后便是麻木，便是痊愈。所以在所有的不开心的时候我都很愿意拿出这首Down Song，把伤感堆积。他用诗意的歌词，简简单单的木吉他和钢琴，还有Linkous的梦呓，组合成忧伤最好的药方，让我们在伤痛中喘息。Linkous是和我们都一样的脆弱和痛苦着，所以他并不为快乐者而歌。
浓浓的黑色由类似大提琴的颜料涂上，乱点生花的背景是轻轻的杂音取样。短短的一分钟，没有旋律没有人声。点题之作《Good Morning Spider》，想怎样？而流行民谣特质的《Sick of Goodbyes》，同样是略略加大了鼓声，听起来很是爽朗。Linkous似乎很喜欢玩玩票在这张专辑中：Lo－Fi感觉的Box of Stars, Pt. 1只有短短33秒，讲完唱完就走无需考虑。
《Sunshine》是我的最爱。还记得在一个晚上我整整把它听了五个小时。还记得在某个阴阴沉沉冬天的下午，走在岗顶的街头，不算温暖的阳光和这首歌都很突然把我笼罩，我差点感动的落泪——只是因为这首歌。还记得的还有这段译文：
《Sunshine》 ——From Majave
我睁开眼睛/注视阳光
它在整个夜晚卸装/尽情舒展
时间是个巨人/海浪冲走我收藏的垃圾/
当月亮爆炸或是飘走/我会失去我的纪念品
我躺在草地上/让昆虫为所欲为/
她用翅膀覆盖住我/抱紧我的头说/可怜的东西
时间是个巨人/海浪冲走我收藏的垃圾/
当月亮爆炸或是飘走/我会失去我的纪念品
翻动着的电子音效是天空那些不安分的乌云，其他的就是一镂镂在灰暗冬天中闪耀的阳光。它们只带来一点点的温暖，应为冬天的寒冷不应该被埋没。4分10秒，Linkous很灰色的骗了我们一下，都我很依依不舍的准备按下Replay的时候，那些音符却又响起。送多大家一分钟的Sunshine吧，可能他这样想。
Mark Linkous不是庸俗的流行歌机器，这次这张专辑还带来了Cracker乐队的David Lowery。所以有了这首《haos of the Galaxy/Happy Man》的感觉：甜美的圆舞曲电子音效独立成为一个段落，之后他们怕羞，躲在收音机里唱唱，按耐不住又跑出来唱唱，很自我的Sparklehorse！其中的吉他真的太爽太爽，居然让我找到一些Sonic Youth那种无所危惧的激情！Mark Linkous喜欢这一种淡淡的乡土气息，《Hey, Joe》还是淡淡的说着说着一些琐碎的感觉，很喜欢《Hey, Joe》其中Johnston的吟唱，很诡秘和Down的感觉。伴着它那些歌词，不知怎的心里面就长出了很多温柔的感觉——Joe，Jack,sid,George,是不是他的四个子女？亲人？这是一种深深的亲情的感觉。《Come on In 》里面滴滴答答的老挂钟是灵魂的等待：Come on in，come on in,take me home tonight.伤感的钢琴是灵魂的滴血。很深沉的悲伤，Linkous用最绝望的声音描述着这最后晚上的挂钟的老去。
我是一个很情绪化的人——于是无所顾忌的爱着他们这种情绪化的音乐。
《Maria's Little Elbows》是清晨的，一夜的悲痛与无眠之后略带疲惫的清晨。但是阳光来了，所有的都留在了黑暗——懂得痛，但是更要懂得痊愈。Longly其实很多时候都很美好，包括那逝去的伤痛的夜晚。这张专辑多了两首《Cruel Sun》这种作品间插在那些浓浓的伤痛之中，不会太嘈杂，而又能把你的情绪轻轻的带高一点而不至于关掉CD机——其实这可能是我为什么喜欢Sparklehorse币Red House painter更多的原因吧。其实这首Cruel Sun的吉他都好爽，功力深厚啊。跃动吗？——《All Night Home》马上把你拉回褐色的吉他音效带来的Sadcore之中，继续描述那些伤感和心灵的疼痛，
孤独、痛苦和死亡，似乎似这张专辑的主题。但是它又不是一味的黑啊黑啊痛啊。他也会象小孩般的《Ghost of His Smile》，Lo－fi的表现使这首作品显得很童真。。《Hundreds of Sparrows》是我另外一首心头好：还是我觉得已经有点标志式的略略加大的鼓声，伤感的钢琴，诡秘的人声。你只需要把心放上去，你就会觉得很舒服。
《Box of Stars, Pt. 2》你是否在童年都有过同样的愿望？拥有一个Box of Stars？风琴和其他乐器的混响效果，暗示着，应该结束了。
《Junebug》希望好人好梦。

专辑名称：《Melody/Summer》
艺 术 家：The Tumbled Sea
音乐类型：Ambient/ Alternative
唱片公司：Self Release
发行日期：2009年
专辑语言：英语
资源整理：北岸
相关介绍：
《Melody / Summer 旋律/夏日》是来自美国马萨诸塞州波士顿的 The Tumbled Sea 下跌的海 的第二张专辑，网上有人评价说“Silence is also a Sound”，即沉默也是一种声音。专辑定位是Ambient(氛围)、Dark-ambient(黑暗氛围)、Post-rock(后摇滚)、Piano(钢琴)、Minimal(简约)。氛围的确是有，黑暗倒是不见得，简约确实很到位。不同于一般的清爽专辑的表达方式，可是夏天的味道却愈加深刻。然后多些其它元素，还好，并不显繁杂，宛如夜来香。不要怀疑曲名，确实就是这样子的，偶尔给夏天编目也不错，夏日一曲夏日二曲，还不按顺序穿插着来，因为这个夏季会不一般。

14 songs. 55 min. the melody of an empty room.

"Vespertine" is the musical score that This Will Destroy You composed for Chef Jordan Kahn's 2-Michelin Star restaurant of the same name. The score originally ran exclusively at the physical site of the restaurant in Culver City, California since its grand opening in late 2017. The program consists of seven pieces specifically written for moments within the building itself (and even the space around and on top of it).
The sequencing of the album is an attempt to mimic the order in which diners at Vespertine encounter different spaces throughout their experience. "Rumble" is the ever-present hum and ominous force surrounding the immediate exterior of the building. "Entrance" signifies the crossing over from the terrestrial realm into the inner atmosphere of "The Waffle" structure, where the evening begins to unfold. "Kitchen" is an warm, hospitable piece that accompanies a personal encounter with Chef Kahn. "Rooftop" and its celestially-inspired movements often pair perfectly with clear nights atop The Waffle. "Dining Room" sets the tone for a multi-course main dinner service. "Exit" is another transitional piece signifying the end of the main service and setting the stage for a supplemental experience. Finally, "Garden" welcomes diners back into a semi-terrestrial realm wherein after-dinner sweets and beverages accompany reflection upon the evening's moments, all in full view of the looming architectural monolith that is The Waffle.
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releases June 9, 2020
Composed & performed by Jeremy Adam Galindo and Christopher Royal King
Engineered by This Will Destroy You & Andrew Hernandez
Mixed by Andrew Hernandez
Mastered by Alan Douches at West West Side
Art direction by Brent Eyestone and Christopher Royal King
All songs published by Dark Operative Publishing (ASCAP)
© Dark Operative

Singer/songwriter/guitarist Mark Linkous began working as Sparklehorse in 1995 and, after a demo made its way to the offices of Capitol Records, he got signed to the label. Sparklehorse's 1996 acclaimed debut, Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot, is full of sad, beautiful, weird moments of spacey rural folk-rock and contains the alternative radio hit "Someday I Will Treat You Good". Dreamy arrangements, distorted vocals, and slivers of feedback add to Sparklehorse's down-to-earth melancholy and made Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot spontaneous, happy, sad, noisy, and quiet; like moments in life. This reissue comes with a bonus 7" containing "Waiting For Nothing" (ghost song in the original vinyl version) and "Happy Place" plus download card of the entire album.

The title of This Will Destroy You’s new album, Another Language, feels almost like an inside joke. Over three albums and a handful of EPs across the last decade, the Texas band has turned their expansive, instrumental songs into a communicative form of expression. What’s being expressed, exactly? That’s up to you, really. The songs’ epic, ethereal drifting serve as a Rorschach test for your inner psyche. If you’re having an optimistic day, they might feel uplifting and empowering. If you are depressed, they might make you want to crawl into a dark hole of self-loathing and Cinnabon. “Invitation” from their new album is a four-minute choose-your-own-emotion track that can speak to you however you want. It’s in another language.

This Will Destroy You are releasing a live album called Live In Reykjavik, Iceland. It features 11 live versions of the band’s material, with all songs performed and recorded at Harpa Concert Hall in Reykjavik, Iceland. Album art and track listing are below. It will be available digitally on October 22nd and physically via 3xLP / 2xCD on October 29th via Magic Bullet Records.

On August 25, 2013, the world lost a good soul in the human form of Christopher Friedrich, who passed away unexpectedly that afternoon. In the years he was with us, many had the privilege of meeting and knowing him personally, while even more got to know him via his wonderful music in the band CASPIAN. Ever since encountering Chris and his mates early on in both band's lives, the true bonds of friendship, love, and respect between CASPIAN and THIS WILL DESTROY YOU have run strong throughout the years, now even stronger after having lost such an important member of the extended family.
Sadly and tragically, Chris also leaves behind his widow Nadia Hajjar, whom he had just married four months before his passing. We can not fathom what Nadia must be enduring to go from such pure elation and happiness to completely having the world fall out from under her feet in such a sudden and unforgiving chain of events.
To assist in a time of such devastation, the families of Christopher Friedrich and Nadia Hajjar have established The Christopher Friedrich Memorial Fund. Anyone reading this can contribute directly here:
To help in our own way, THIS WILL DESTROY YOU and Magic Bullet Records are currently offering the non-album song "Their Celebrations" to the public in exchange for donations to the fund. All proceeds from the sale of this track will benefit Nadia Hajjar in the wake of her loss.
Thank you for considering. Thank you for listening.

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The pride of San Marcos, Texas, THIS WILL DESTROY YOU are an instrumental quartet who play a cascading brand of cinematic rock music. "Young Mountain" is their formerly self-released masterstroke, a 6-song, 36 minute composition of aural brilliance that has already garnered an obsessed fanbase both in their home state and in underground circles worldwide. In spite of its previous CD-R-only incarnation, Decoy Magazine featured the album at #5 on their "Top 50 Instrumental Albums of 2005," ranking it ahead of SIGUR R'OS, PELICAN, and other successful modern acts. THIS WILL DESTROY YOU has catapulted quickly to the forefront of American instrumental bands in part due to their geographical lineage. In short, they are the natural progression and modern incarnation of all great Southwestern music from many generations past. Texas is in the blood of these four young men and every note they hang evokes the imagery and feel of traversing the long, lonesome highway of the! Southwest. Bands like THIS WILL DESTROY YOU and EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY have become our new Americana and everyone from T-Bone Walker to Wild Bill Longley are resting more peacefully because of it.