Special Friend
Clipping
Spill Magazine 90点相当
allmusic. 80点相当
音的には、Glasgow系を思い起こす。
フランスとアメリカのデュオ
2017年に
ドラマー兼ボーカリストの
エリカ・アシュレソン
と
ギタリスト兼ボーカリストの
ギヨーム・シラクーサ
によって結成
ケベック州モントリオールで出会う
3rd
Glasgow系のサウンドの類なので好きな部類だが、
過去作含めたどれか一枚でいいかなという感触も。
1st か 新作かなぁ。
Two albums in, Special Friend's brand of gentle indie rock keeps getting better, more interesting, and more emotionally satisfying. This time drummer/vocalist Guillaume Siracusa and guitarist/vocalist Erica Ashleson took a little more time to record -- seven days in the isolated countryside -- and made use of a slightly wider range of instruments along the way. The result on "Clipping" is one of a band firmly in control of their sound and presentation. The basics of drum and guitar with their lovely, subtle vocals on top sound extra good when the synths come in, acoustic guitars weave a warm musical bed, and they gently mess around with song structure. At its core, Clipping boils down the best things about indie rock -- the simplicity of the hooks, the open-hearted lyrics, the meshing of different voices, and the grungy electric storms that sweep in from time to time -- and make it sound like the best idea on earth. Songs like the title track, the rippling rocker "Theoretical," and the sweetly swaying "Nothing" have an unvarnished beauty, shorn of pretense and glitter, cutting right to the heart of the matter in wonderfully melancholy fashion. The guitars and drums are direct and true, the vocals like straight talk from a friend, and the solos gripping. It would have been enough if the entire album were made up of indie rock gems like these, but as mentioned before, the band had some time to experiment and happily, all their efforts pay off like sweepstakes winners.
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