Forever Like Red is Cameron Meshell (voice, guitar, piano), Pelle Hillstrom (guitars, effects), Mikkel Heimburger (bass) and Jesper Kristensen (drums). This line up came together in London at the start of 2006 but prior to that Danish born Mikkel and Jesper were in the LA-based Citrus whilst Swedish-born Pelle featured in electropop outfit Modwheelmood. Cameron hails from Shreveport, Louisiana but coincidentally all four had spent time in LA before individually heading over to the UK. Cameron knew of Pelle anyway and called him up, asking if he would like to hear some songs. Pelle agreed and what he heard blew him away, those songs forming the basis of what you are going to know and love as Forever Like Red.

2006 debut album from new British Indie hopefuls Vega 4, who NME says 'will give The Killers a run for their money'. Influenced by the music they grew up on, Vega 4 combine elements of New Wave, Punk and Britpop and come out on top with some amazing tunes including the singles 'Traffic Jam' and 'You And Me'. 11 tracks total. Columbia.

一个好友推荐我听Thirteen Senses的首张大碟的时候，兴奋地说比去年英伦新锐团体Keane还动听，于是找来这张唱片。去年因为Keane以钢琴替代吉他的新鲜之举大获成功之后，我也猜想英国必定会有类似的团体跟着发片，果然就来了这队Thirteen Senses。对他们的背景不算了解，网络里也一直没有得到更全面的资讯，去年9月发表首张专辑《The Invitation》的这队英国新团，似乎还没有引起更广泛的关注。 因为之前有朋友拿来与Keane相比，听的时候也就不那么客观。其实Thirteen Senses这样的乐队，若没有Keane在之前那么风光，的确有望进入2004年英国一线。不过有了Keane在商业上的成功，Thirteen Senses的歌曲就显得不那么流行了。他们的音乐在制作上将钢琴做为主要的Groove进程元素，不知道是不是受到Keane的启发，不过象类似的编曲之前也有惨兮兮的Starsailor，只是Thirteen Senses在吉他方面的表现仍旧会让人觉得他们是一支不折不扣的吉他乐队。虽说他们的歌曲不那么流行，但绝对悦耳清新，也因少有过于易记的旋律反而会令人在听觉上不容易疲劳。相比Keane的过耳不忘来，Thirteen Senses更耐听。主唱的歌声会令我想起那队不太有建树的Geneva来，英国腔调在indie乐迷来说，无论唱成什么样都会觉得亲切，更何况Thirteen Senses的歌声那么单纯清澈。音乐中松弛的节奏，悠扬美艳的吉他，绝对不容indie乐迷错过。 女朋友跟我一起听，说每次听的感觉都有所不同，因为Thirteen Senses的歌声并不象keane那般惊艳，反而会令人平均地注意到整体乐队的表现，每次聆听都会被新的细节感动。要说有些作品也不失波澜壮阔的感觉，只是没有表现的那么嚣张，而是更多内敛。 如果说Keane的成功会令人对他们下一张专辑的期待值过高的话，那么Thirteen Senses的这张唱片，只会让你更平静地等待他们的新作问世，是否有突破都不重要，没有大卖的热门歌曲，也就不会招来附庸风雅的弄潮听众。或许这也是一种绝好的结果。 顺便说一句，Thirteen Senses的主唱也是一张娃娃脸，太多与Keane的相似之处，难免我的朋友会那么介绍他们了。他们的不同，自有听者去品味。