The High Llamas
Hey Panda
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The High Llamas と言えば、
1996-97年ころの ”Hawaii” が
レコード・コレクターズ、もしくは、
ミュージック・マガジン界隈で
大絶賛だったような記憶。ちがったかな。
今見てみると、
海外では、そこまでって感じなのよね。
Gastr del Sol とかいろいろ記憶が
ごっちゃになっている。
たまたま思いかえして調べてみた
Jim O'Rourke の Eureka も思ったよりなんだよなぁｗ
ユーザーからの評判はいいけど。
”Hawaii” 以降あまりチャックしたことがなかったが、
今作も、雰囲気的にはそう変わらず。
今作、
Voの変なエフェクトというか、
流行りのエフェクトというか、
そこは個人的には、好きではなかった。
After a long run of making albums that stuck very closely to a template that became instantly recognizable -- Baroque orchestral flourishes, Beach Boys-inspired melodies, impressionistic lyrics -- Sean O'Hagan and his High Llamas have finally gone and done something totally unexpected. Over the years, O'Hagan had been hearing modern pop and R&B music played around the house by his children, and thanks to that and his love of inspired producers like J Dilla and Tyler, The Creator, he makes a daring leap into the present on 2024's Hey Panda. On it, he and a handful of collaborators -- including Fryars, Will Oldham, Rae Morris, and his daughter Livvy -- strip the High Llamas sound down to its key components, then add back modern sounds like Auto-Tune, electronic glitches, and occasional hip-hop beats. Over the top of this sparse, slick, and off-kilter musical backing, O'Hagan delivers some of his most introspective, soul-baring lyrics to date. In fact, it's hard to remember him ever singing about anything that sounded important; the words mostly felt like another element in the over-arching sonic blanket. Here, he sounds dismayed about aging and a little down in general, and the stripped-down production fits that mood very well. Songs like "The Grade" or "Hungriest Man" have a naked, brutally honest feel, and the combination of shimmering sounds and the ache that fills the space between them is palpable. It's a strange, painfully real, and quite unexpected sensation to experience during a High Llamas album. Not bad, though. Other tracks are less gloomy, with some of the old whimsy sneaking in on "Hey Panda" or the Rae Morris-sung "Sisters Friends." The latter is one of the best examples of how well O'Hagan melds the old Llamas style with the new approach. Others include "Toriafan," which blends one of his trademark rich and lovely arrangements with drumbeats that clap like gun shots, treated vocal runs, and dubby clouds of reverb, and "Fall off the Mountain," which has the pastoral feel of earlier albums, only it's interrupted at intervals by rubbery uptown funk.
マルチインストゥルメンタリスト、SSW、アレンジャーであるSean O'Hagan の指揮のもと、ハイ・ラマは非常に独特な音の指紋を開発
Hawaii
Gastr del Sol
Camoufleur
Jim O'Rourke
Eureka
