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The Kissaway Trail- "new lipstick"

Glasses full of fermented juice of grapes.
To winnow the truth from conflicting things.
The city lights were winking, lights were winking, tonight.
Yeah tonight.

Wine on your jumper of pure virgin yarn.
And our city torn by the young in grief.
Yeah, the young one’s did it, the young one’s did it, tonight.
Yeah tonight.

Aahhhh…

She pouted to show of her new lipstick.
But really needed someone to hear her tale of woe.
The old wont get it, the old wont get us, tonight.
Us tonight.

Us tonight, again tonight, it’s all about tonight, the young one’s did
it tonight.
Yeah we did it tonight.

Ahhh..
Tell us what you want
Tell us what you need

Hailing from Odense, Denmark, the five young guys in The Kissaway Trail have set sail for new shores, armed with an album full of love, hope and loss.

On deck they have their labels Bella Union in the UK, Europe and Japan, and Speak n Spell in Australia, and Playground Music in Scandinavia. The self-titled debut was released in the UK in April this year to rave reviews calling it “a savagely beautiful noise” (NME), "the debut album of the year so far."

(The Independent) “mesmerising” (The Guardian), “an absolute revelation” (The Fly) and simply, “phenomenal” (Rock Sound). The band’s live performances are also taking the critics by storm, with The Guardian declaring them “this year’s jawdroppers” and Drowned in Sound concluding that, “the whole experience sticks with the attendee for days, weeks afterwards; they should one day, soon, be playing to far larger crowds.”

來自美國、已經發行到第四張專輯的The Autumns，和來自丹麥的新團The Kissaway Trail 會被湊在一起巡迴，說起來都因為他們在英國皆由獨立廠牌Bella Union 代理。而那位慧眼識英雄、將他們引進英倫樂壇的不是別人，正是鼎鼎有名的仙樂風格代表樂隊Cocteau Twins 之貝斯手，Simon Raymonde。

　　　說起來很慚愧，我聽完這場演唱會之後回家一查，才熊熊想起自己之前曾經『試圖預習』Jacob Golden 以外這兩個沒聽過的樂團。結果我一看The Autumns 出產自『美國加州洛杉磯』，就根本懶的去試聽了（沒錯，本人對「美國」、「加州」、「洛杉磯」三個字有很嚴重的偏見和刻板印象）。然而The Autumns 今 晚的表現等於是賞了我一記當頭棒喝，這支樂隊從一上台就玩起氣氛滿點的各式音效，雖然樂器不過也是鼓、貝斯、兩到三把吉他，然而他們呈現音樂的方式硬是和 別人不一樣，例如層疊的回饋音響，以及各式效果器的創意組合，揉合出既有黑暗哥德氣味、卻又可稱為流行吉他搖滾的風格。

　　　在台上很愛秀的Dustin Morgan 有著一把音質溫潤、跳脫節拍的撥奏的原木貝斯，兩位專職吉他手：Frankie Koroshec 和Madison Megna 負責的音色截然不同，讓The Autumns 的現場多了幾分層次感，鼓手Steve Elkins 一打擊起來就進入瘋狂狀態，十分到位，至於有時也彈吉他的主唱Matthew Kelly，則擁有媲美Muse 主唱Matthew Bellamy 般具有爆發力的的高亢嗓音，然而其音色卻更加成熟而優美，類似後英搖樂隊Geneva 主唱Andrew Montgomery 那樣的質地。另外當他手上沒有吉他的時候，就會一邊唱歌、一邊跳起扭來扭去的舞步，一種很難形容的、很率性又獨具風格的舞姿，但倒也不是Brett Anderson 那種媚惑扭法。和The Autumns 宛若電影配樂的現場搭配起來，就像宗教裡的祈禱儀式一般，會讓人看的出神了呢。

資料參考：

歌詞
http://www.songmeanings.net/songs/view/3530822107858866823/
官網
http://www.thekissawaytrail.com/
BBC音樂網
http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/9a086d54-365e-4f53-b75c-2911d5475084
部落格
http://summersareover.blogspot.tw/2007/11/04nov2007-autumns-kissaway-trail.html

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