Riot on an Empty Street专辑介绍
是夏天，一阵清风吹来，和煦的阳光，带着一份清新的味道。这可能是听众对这张经过18个月期待的第二张专辑Riot On An Empty Street的第一个印象，但对于Kings Of Convenience来说，却是有着对”人”内心世界的观点与想像。“真得很难解释人们心里到底在想什么。”他这么注解着专辑的内容，从专辑开场的 Homesick、首支单曲Misread亦或是Gold In The Air Of Summer，随着上张专辑的脚步，他们化身为说故事的人，用大家熟识的和谐音调，娓娓的诉说着他们对”人心”的描写。而有着80年代Go Between风味的单曲I’d Rather Dance With You，在歌词里写着”我有一整年没有看过一本书，唯一看过的一部电影，我一点也不喜欢…。”“你的生活可以像本书或是部电影，我非常渴望去找寻日常生活里，如电影情节般的状况。”另外，“Boe的历任女朋友一直是我们乐团很重要的一个部份，”Oye还这么地解释，“他有一个曾经交往了两年的女朋友，在那段时间里他写了很多的作品，让我们有不少压箱的作品。”而事实在也的确如此，因为Boe的新女友就出现在专辑的封面上。
Riot on an Empty Street ends a long period of inactivity for Kings of Convenience. During their three-year layoff Erlend Øye could be found making solo records and DJing while Eirik Glambek Boe was finishing his psychology degree. Luckily for fans of beautiful vocals and thoughtful indie pop, they decided to get back together. What this band is all about is the sound of Boe and Øye's voices blended together in harmony. Their first album (in both incarnations) erred on the side of consistency. Here the band seems to have learned the all-important lesson of pace and variety. The arrangements are fuller too with pianos, strings, the occasional electric guitar, and lovely guest vocals on two tracks from Broken Social Scene member Leslie Feist. Not to say that they have gone crazy with change. They still stick pretty closely to the acoustic guitars and vocals path, and the tone of the album is autumnal and restrained as before. They have just added more songs like the gently driving "Misread," the lilting waltz "Stay Out of Trouble," and the downright peppy "I'd Rather Dance With You." Øye's side trip into electronica only rears it's head on the non-electronic but modern-sounding "Love Is No Big Truth." No matter what the song, though, when their tender, fragile voices harmonize it can be breathtaking. And heartbreaking. The moment in "Surprise Ice" when Eirik is joined by Erland will raise goose bumps. There are many others like that on Riot, and they are what sells the record. If you sort of liked the first record but wished it was more interesting, that it had more punch of both the sonic and emotional variety, then your wishes have come true. (by Tim Sendra)
Riot on an Empty Street ends a long period of inactivity for Kings of Convenience. During their three-year layoff Erlend Øye could be found making solo records and DJing while Eirik Glambek Boe was finishing his psychology degree. Luckily for fans of beautiful vocals and thoughtful indie pop, they decided to get back together. What this band is all about is the sound of Boe and Øye's voices blended together in harmony. Their first album (in both incarnations) erred on the side of consistency. Here the band seems to have learned the all-important lesson of pace and variety. The arrangements are fuller too with pianos, strings, the occasional electric guitar, and lovely guest vocals on two tracks from Broken Social Scene member Leslie Feist. Not to say that they have gone crazy with change. They still stick pretty closely to the acoustic guitars and vocals path, and the tone of the album is autumnal and restrained as before. They have just added more songs like the gently driving "Misread," the lilting waltz "Stay Out of Trouble," and the downright peppy "I'd Rather Dance With You." Øye's side trip into electronica only rears it's head on the non-electronic but modern-sounding "Love Is No Big Truth." No matter what the song, though, when their tender, fragile voices harmonize it can be breathtaking. And heartbreaking. The moment in "Surprise Ice" when Eirik is joined by Erland will raise goose bumps. There are many others like that on Riot, and they are what sells the record. If you sort of liked the first record but wished it was more interesting, that it had more punch of both the sonic and emotional variety, then your wishes have come true. (by Tim Sendra)
Riot on an Empty Street专辑歌曲
- disc 1