🪗Dream Pop
Within and Without
Douban
★ 7.3 11 ratings
Washed Out genre: Electronic
release date 2011-07-12 publisher: Sub Pop
Within and Without is the new full-length from Washed Out. Released: July 12, 2011
Softscars
Douban Apple Music Spotify
★ 7.6 33 ratings
yeule genre: Rock
release date 2023-09-22 publisher: Ninja Tune
Multi-dimensional artist and producer yeule announces their new album softscars arriving September 22nd via Ninja Tune. softscars represents a new direction for yeule as they explore softer textures and disembodied arrangements that feature their ethereal vocals front and center. The project closely examines the anatomy of their long held emotional wounds for their most vulnerable work yet. Though its subject matter is heavy and arcane, there is a sense of joyful catharsis that emanates throughout the project. Driving it along is yeule’s shape shifting vocals, sounding more assured than ever in all of its jagged edges and haunting whispers, relaying the imperfect process of healing.
everything is alive
Douban
★ 7.1 10 ratings
Slowdive genre: Rock
release date 2023-09-01 publisher: Dead Oceans
Since forming over three decades ago, the UK shoegaze band’s fifth album is the first to shoulder the weight of those years. The music is wispier, more skeletal, attuned to and aware of fading glories.
Once Twice Melody
Douban
★ 8.0 57 ratings
Beach House genre: Electronic
release date 2022-02-18 publisher: Bella Union
The follow-up to 2018’s 7 is the first album to be produced entirely by Beach House. It was recorded with a live string ensemble, too, and David Campbell provided the arrangements. The album was largely mixed by Alan Moulder with additional mixing work from Caesar Edmunds, Trevor Spencer, and Dave Fridmann.
Inbred
Douban
★ 7.4 5 ratings
Ethel Cain genre: Electronic
release date 2021-04-23 publisher: Daughters of Cain Records
Ethel Cain was raised as a backwoods churchgoer in the Deep South, not something particularly easy for a Trans Woman (Pronoun: She). The songs explore the world this 22 almost 23-year-old came up in and the world she's built. Musically she combines elements of rock, country and cinematic nostalgia paired with ethereal vocals and raw lyrics to create her unique sound. "Michelle Pfeiffer'' is the first single from her EP Inbred out April 23, 2021 "This song was just a breath of fresh air from a fresh start," Ethel shares. "It was my first time ever in LA, in a studio for the first time ever with Aaron, and it felt like I was finally being seen for the artist I'd been trying to be for years. I've always idolized Michelle Pfeiffer and thought she was a picture perfect bombshell so when I was in the back of my uber with the windows down, headed to the studio bright and early that first morning and humming a little chorus melody to myself, I felt like a bombshell of my own. It felt like my life had finally started."
Cry
Douban
★ 6.7 82 ratings
Cigarettes After Sex genre: Rock
release date 2019-10-25 publisher: Partisan Records
"我总是有意识地避开录音室," Cigarettes After Sex的主唱Greg Gonzalez说道:"在世上某个开敞的角落完成录制总会给专辑带来别样的感受。录制地点的特质或氛围就像是某种未知因素,它会成为专辑情感表达中至关重要的一环。 声音和环境的巧妙结合的确塑成了Cigarettes After Sex 第二张全新专辑《Cry》的灵魂。录制于西班牙马略卡岛上一座令人艳羡的宅邸,《Cry》用极简的笔触描绘出曼妙的线条与柔媚的光线,让人在这般声音图景中感到难以言喻的美丽、情迷意乱的渴望。受到岛上鲜活色彩和新鲜环境的感染,Gonzalez常常在与鼓手Jacob Tomsky、贝斯手Randy Miller和键盘手Phillip Tubbs录音前几分钟才写好歌曲。他亲自操刀录音及制作工作,将重心聚焦于捕捉现场表演的氛围,并从录音环境和乐队成员间的交流中获取灵感,探索录音素材的可能。 收录九首歌曲的《Cry》虽然精练,但仍有着难以掩盖的深度。五零年代末、六零年代初流行乐的浪漫氛围只是专辑中容易察觉的要素,Gonzalez此番的尝试还远不止如此;回溯自己童年在德克萨斯州埃尔帕索度过的时光,他从九十年代特哈诺(Tejano)音乐天后Selena和主流乡村歌手Shania Twain等经典音乐人身上汲取到诸多灵感。除了旋律上的花费的心思,Gonzalez在歌词创作上也不遗余力地进行着革新。他毫无畏惧与窘迫,以类似Henry Miller或Leonard Cohen的直白方式坦诚勾画时常露骨的爱欲交缠场面。Gonzalez创作时好比一个电影人,他用细腻、有着电影质感的方式捕捉不易察觉的时刻,并设法从平凡中提炼深刻的意义。
Heaven or Las Vegas
★ 9.0 143 ratings
Cocteau Twins genre: Rock
release date 1990-09-17 publisher: 4AD
Cocteau Twins 在這張專輯中,決定轉而嘗試更具親和力的風格,開篇的《Cherry-Coloured Funk》,Guthrie 無與倫比的結他引領著鈴鼓聲令人耳目一新。專輯節奏低調而清爽,Bass 手 Raymonde 的重低音有力地托起了整個氣氛,主唱 Fraser 清晰直接的歌聲使人入迷,柔和中蘊含著能量和生命力。此外,《Fifty-Fifty Clown》和《Iceblink Luck》等許多歌曲,也都給有令人出乎意料的驚喜。這張專輯被認為是樂隊最好的作品,Cocteau Twins 運用 Dream Pop 迷離的色彩,營造夢幻的國度。
I Could Live In Hope
Douban Discogs
★ 8.9 36 ratings
Low genre: Pop
release date 1994-01-01 publisher: Quigley
I Could Live in Hope is the debut studio album by American indie rock band Low. It was released on December 2, 1994 on Vernon Yard Recordings.
So Tonight That I Might See
★ 8.3 88 ratings
Mazzy Star genre: Pop
release date 1993-01-01 publisher: Capitol
迷幻音乐在九十年代成为尚存后朋克的中坚力量.Mazzy Star便是其杰出代表之一. Mazzy Star更加喜欢阴柔凄美的迷幻味道.从他们的音乐中更容易发现像the Doors.the Velvet Underground的遗风.邋遢懒散的吉他悲痛哀怨的民谣曲风几乎弥漫了整个九十年代几乎成为此类音乐的一种标准.Mazzy Star事实上是吉他手David Roback主唱Hope Sandoval的私人乐队. David Roback在Opal乐队时听到了由Hope Sandoval演唱的一盒录音带[Going Home].Hope嗓音深深打动了他.在Opal乐队的最后一次巡演中.Hope成为了乐队的主唱.不久后.David Roback和Hope Sandoval组建了Mazzy Star.乐队组建初期音乐风格和路线即已经划定.所有的音乐理念的构建在第一张专辑中即都几乎全部完成.此后的两张专辑都是在此基础上再填加一些其它的音乐元素的再发展.但终究没有出离原来的路线,这不知是乐队的创造力不足还是风格的限制或者其它什么原因.其实这也是大多数非主流乐队的最终归宿.在人员组合结构所决定的才华一次性燃尽后.难以为继.最终以解散告终.
Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?
Douban Spotify Discogs
★ 8.7 68 ratings
The Cranberries genre: Rock
release date 1992-01-01 publisher: Island
Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We? is the debut studio album by Irish rock band The Cranberries. Released on 1 March 1993, it was their first full-length album after having released four EPs, and is also their first major label release. The album was written entirely by the band's lead singer Dolores O'Riordan and guitarist Noel Hogan. It reached number one on both the UK and Irish albums charts. At the end of 1995, it ranked as the 50th best selling album in Australia. It reached number 18 on the US Billboard 200 albums chart and sold over five million copies there.
Souvlaki
Douban
★ 9.2 146 ratings
Slowdive genre: Rock
release date 1993-05-17 publisher: Creation Records
Souvlaki is the second studio album by the English rock band Slowdive. Recorded in 1992, it was released in the UK on 17 May 1993 by record label Creation, then on 8 February 1994 in the US.
Disintegration
Douban Spotify
★ 9.4 183 ratings
The Cure genre: Rock
release date 1989-05-01 publisher: Elektra / Wea
The Cure 在1989年推出了这张大热门专辑《Disintegration》。《Disintegration》同时也是 Robert Smith“悲情三部曲”的第二部(第一部是《Pornography》,第三部是《Bloodflowers》),显得黑暗诱人,带着神秘和忧郁,整张专辑有着催眠曲一样的感觉,没有了乐队以前的黑暗绝望的作风,尽管专辑的基调比以前更为忧郁。The Cure 的音乐罕见的变得迷人了起来。好像在无垠的大海里,仰望夜空闪亮的星光,慢慢下沉,痛苦浸透,安详地窒息。铺天盖地的深蓝色键盘,孤寂而灿烂的吉他,黑暗中幻化出彩色光芒的贝司,沉稳压抑而华丽眩目的鼓,还有 Robert Smith 凄美冷艳的歌声......
Crystallize
Douban
★ 8.5 44 ratings
Tokyo Shoegazer / 東京酒吐座 genre: Rock
release date 2011-11-23 publisher: ジャパンミュージックシステム
ドラマーのササブチヒロシが率いるバンド・東京酒吐座(トウキョウシューゲイザー)のアルバム「crystallize」が11月23日にリリースされる。 東京酒吐座は、ササブチ、渡辺清美(G / 殻)、YUKI(G, Vo / Presence of soul)、Yoshi(G / Presence of soul)、the k(B / 101A)からなるシューゲイザーバンド。彼らにとって記念すべき1stアルバムには、全7曲が収録される。 CDリリースと同日より、海外でのiTunes Store配信も開始。また国内発売に先駆けて、10月12日に台湾・TheWALL TAIPEIで行われるササブチの誕生日ライブ「祝35歳生誕祭は海外進出!やっちゃえ、ぶちおさん!in 台湾」では、アルバムの先行販売を実施する。