Alice Phoebe Lou comes through with an amazing song titled “Witches” The Berlin based, South African DIY singer did something obviously unique on this new song. Still basking on the success she got from her “Paper castles” album and the over 1000 concerts she had in the previous year, the artiste has decided to bless her listeners with the new song. The singer who is a free spirit did well on the arrangement of the song. Alice Phoebe Lou is a roaming, wander lust filled musician who spent her early years at a moment in a mountainside in South Africa. The urge she had to expand led her to travel around Europe and she finally ended up in Berlin where her career was launched into full motion. She has since her debut released a lot of thought provoking songs that have gone on tour round the world.

The album was conceived during the COVID-19 pandemic. Aaron Dessner of The National was isolating and quarantining with his family, when Swift had approached him in late April to write some songs remotely together. 11 songs were written with Dessner over the next few months, while the others were written with Jack Antonoff, William Bowery and Bon Iver. "I thought it would take a while for song ideas to come and I had no expectations as far as what we could accomplish remotely," Dessner wrote in his tweet, "But a few hours after sharing music, my phone lit up with a voice memo from Taylor of a fully written song -- the momentum never really stopped." The album's release was announced by Swift on her social media accounts hours before its midnight, July 24, 2020, launch. It follows her seventh studio albumLover, released almost a year prior. The album has eight deluxe CDs and vinyls that are only available for a week for the physical copies, all of which have different covers and photos. An accompanying music videofor the lead single "Cardigan" will be released along with the album.

美国波特兰女歌手Alexandra Savior带来全新专辑《The Archer》，主打歌曲《But You》。新专辑由Sam Cohen操刀制作，他此前曾为Kevin Morby, Danger Mouse, and Karen O等歌手制作过专辑。

From her early punk recordings alongside sister Allison to her quietly devastating solo albums, Katie Crutchfield is always steadfast in her truth. With Saint Cloud, Crutchfield’s fifth album as Waxahatchee, she climbs to solid ground, emerging from the storm self-assured. The album reflects her newfound ease, all big skies, wide open spaces, and Americana twang. It’s both the country album she was destined to make and an acknowledgment that self-acceptance is hard-won; Saint Cloud reckons with addiction, sobriety, imperfect romance, trauma, and trying to navigate it all. Now, Crutchfield gazes into the mirror and doesn’t shy away from the reflection. “I have a gift, I’ve been told, for seeing what’s there,” she sings on “The Eye,” and her perspective has never sounded so clear. –Quinn Moreland

Already heralded as one of the most highly anticipated albums of the year, 25-year old singer-songwriter Phoebe Bridgers has confirmed details of her sophomore solo album, Punisher. + Limited Edition LP is a UK exclusive on Blue Green Swirl vinyl. Bridgers is a singular talent, and also the rare artist with enough humour to deconstruct the tired heuristics of a meteoric rise. Punisher, written and recorded between the summer of 2018 and the fall of 2019, cements her as one of the most irresistibly clever and tenderly prolific songwriters of our era. Returning to work with her 'Stranger In The Alps' collaborators Tony Berg and Ethan Gruska, Bridgers - who co-produced the 'Boygenius' EP and Better Oblivion Community Center album - stepped into the role of co-producer for Punisher and has drawn from the same tight-knit group of musicians who appeared on her debut as well as those she has worked with since. The album includes Bridgers’ band of Marshall Vore (drums), Harrison Whitford (guitar), Emily Restas (bass) and Nick White (piano) as well as performances from Conor Oberst ('Halloween', 'I Know The End'), Lucy Dacus ('Graceland Too', 'I Know The End'), Julien Baker ('Graceland Too', 'I Know The End'), Blake Mills ('Halloween', 'Savior Complex' and 'I Know The End'), Jenny Lee Lindberg ('Kyoto', 'ICU'), Christian Lee Hutson ('Garden Song', 'Halloween', 'Savior Complex', 'I Know The End'), Nick Zinner ('I Know The End'), legendary drummer Jim Keltner ('Halloween' and 'Savior Complex') and Bright Eyes’ Nathaniel Walcott on horns ('Kyoto' and 'I Know The End'). Punisher was mixed by Mike Mogis, who also mixed Stranger In The Alps.

十月底，我们去了杭州太子湾，演了一场音乐节， 当时有人问我，在杭州能做什么浪漫的事， 我说，和喜欢但还没表白的人，在西湖边散步。 这事就发生在吉他手小黄的身上： “那天我们去了太子湾公园，临走的时候她回头看我，我在原地站了好一会儿，觉得那几秒钟发生了很多事，内心正在被柔软替代” 以下省去200字的内心活动，恋爱的男人真恶心。 那么我本人想不想去太子湾散步呢？ 总的来说， 不想。 我跟小黄说，这首歌存在危险。 万一分开了，你以后都不能在傍晚去太子湾了。他说：嗯，我只能白天去了。 不过青春就是这样，你的恋爱可能会毁掉你的生活，但那些山盟海誓的不是爱情，是道德啊！ 不管未来如何， 太子湾始终存在，有人会过来野餐，有人在这放点音乐，也有人穿着运动鞋在公园里来回跑， 即使所有的一切都不对劲，傍晚的天色还是可以忍受的。 ——更生仔

Despite the maturity that comes with releasing a 6th album, Ecstasy in the Shadow of Ecstasy finds new opportunities for rawness and vulnerability in a collection of songs about desire without end. The recurring themes are elation sought and remembered, the art and taste for living, romantic friends until the end, the impermanence of home, and roads not taken. Michelle often seeks out uncomfortable emotions, gracing them with grandiosity, countering them with humour, with a voice always upfront both authoritative and self-effacing. Confessional, tragicomic and sultry, EITSOE is an album of invitations – to a moment of all moments, love as a shared dream, psychedelic landscapes, and a glorious degenerate romance. In addition to solitary guitars and her classic lo-fi synths, this album also reaches heights of polished dark pop, lush arrangements with gypsy and latin influences, and symphonic epic rock.

Norah Jones didn't mean to make another album. After she finished touring 2016's Day Breaks — her beloved return to piano-based jazz — she walked away from the well-worn album cycle grind and into an unfamiliar territory without boundaries: a series of short sessions with an ever-changing array of collaborators resulting in a diverse stream of singles (with Mavis Staples, Rodrigo Amarante, Thomas Bartlett, Tarriona Tank Ball, and more). But then an odd thing happened. Slowly but surely, the session songs Jones hadn't released congealed into that very thing she'd meant to avoid — an album, lucky for us. Because Pick Me Up Off The Floor is not some disjointed collage. It holds together beautifully, connected by the sly groove of her piano trios, lyrics that confront loss and portend hope, and a heavy mood that leans into darkness before ultimately finding the light.

〈User Guide: I〉 终于在刚过午夜，带着浑身疲惫抵达住处，清楚知道现在需要的有：热水澡、换上舒服的睡衣，或我们定义的任何休息；但你做的只是让幻想重启。在那里有因下雨形成的海底城，有永不打烊的酒吧，有关在一个个方块里的彩色鱼，付出的代价只有你的心绪，和所谓的时间，甚至能说是被浪费了——你从来不相信这些事情。 你持续键入各式各样的指令。 海现在成了深蓝，早些时候是碧绿色的，像宝石，像液态的糖；人鱼对你的经过不以为意，脸上没有笑容，手拿着酒杯而显得有点滑稽；吐出的泡泡成了城市边角的照明，转眼，成群结队的狗狗把它们偷去玩了；下潜至此，你从未这么接近永恒。你专注地想着：「不要烦恼，这里的规则能够更改，把自己投进去，让水包围。」如同从一场长久的睡眠中醒来，又听得见了。不大清楚站在这已多久，眼前是那个按月缴交租金换来的地方，手机嗡嗡作响，提醒你该回来，并保持安静。 世界以这种方式在眼前展开，你想起一个人，你悲伤得不能自己；在日出之前，你终于走出房间。

长沙后朋克猛团Berlin Psycho Nurses柏林护士首张全长同名专辑《Berlin Psycho Nurses》秉承着后朋克的冷峻基调，并添入柏林护士特有的趣味与尝试。专辑十一首歌曲，风格上融入了噪音、Indie Rock等曲风，歌词内容则努力捕捉了青年男孩们在各色爱情中体验到的各色复杂情感，以及感情之外对于周遭生活的感悟，粗粝而直白，如同你我都熟悉的动作枪战电影。 1.《Here Comes The Gangster》 开场曲《Here Comes The Gangster》便是这样一首电影感十足的歌曲，充满着旺盛的荷尔蒙及恶趣味的幽默感：歌词以一个小男孩第一视角讲述了他最后一次与父亲同行时遇见的故事。漫长的前奏就像埋藏已久的故事线，人声在其后娓娓道来：“在我12岁时，父亲带我去了镇上的银行。”而后突然爆裂的鼓和吉他带来了男孩的父亲在银行里掏枪行凶的画面，“那是最后的画面，从此我再未见过我的父亲，偶尔想起的只是他枪管里冲出的声音：砰砰砰，砰砰砰。” 2.《Fraud》 这是一首非常简单直接的歌，粗暴的Bassline和密集的鼓点下，紧张扭曲的吉他烘托的是一个略显别扭的情绪：男孩对即将离开的女友给出的理由无法辩驳，继而对眼前造成的局面无可奈何。特殊效果下的人声如机器一般显得麻木，但又似乎是一个渴望脱离困境重获新生的电子人。 3.《Bullitt》 《Bullitt》的歌词灵感来源于硬汉派演员史蒂夫•麦奎因主演的同名电影《布利特》。主歌第一句歌词：“He got a bleeder, take her downtown.”（downtown指的是警局）就是对电影前段一句台词的改写。副歌的重复段则是对雷蒙德•钱德勒的著名系列小说中大侦探马洛的描述：“开回比弗利山庄的路上，在路口我们差点迎面撞上一辆冲出的轿车，那车打了个转最终停下。里面跳出个红头发的矮个子，突然就向我们开枪。”而在歌词之外，连续冲击的器乐则像老式电影里粗暴剪辑下不断重复的紧张画面一样，逼紧着受众的神经，最终迎来高潮，又骤然结尾。 4.《Winter》 1942年的冬天，斯大林格勒战役，枪炮下顽强抵抗着的一支苏联部队正在敌人进攻的间隙进行休整，军官看着严寒下意志即将崩溃的士兵们发起了演讲。歌曲在接近悲惨的吉他分解下描述了如上场景。指挥官在困境下带领士兵回忆起轻言放弃者的不堪后果以及德军无视平民的残忍杀伤行为，最终指挥他的士兵们重新振作了精神。 5.《The Golden Snake Will Go Out of The Hole》 偏离了悦耳的怪异吉他旋律展现了歌曲里主角深陷困境一般的情绪，主人公似乎对现实发生的一切都倍感煎熬：电视里不断重复的是毫无营养的垃圾广告，身边尽是聒噪的聊天话题和假扮高级的伪知识分子。但刹那之间，在突然减速的Bassline和鼓点变得稍许温柔后，主角发出了呐喊，似乎他只是需要一个能相互鼓励并在糟糕的世界里前行的人，他希望能得到这个一路前行的依靠。 6.《Kite》 一个无奈的故事。迷离、不知所踪的吉他下，歌词白描了一段悬而未决的爱情。故事的一切都在安稳中慢慢发酵，只是心底的暗流提醒着：“这一切本不该发生，你所做的只是在尽职做好故事里人物所需的本分。”一阵遗憾的人声叹息后，大段的器乐演奏从鼓和贝斯开始，继而切入了跳跃轻松的吉他。优美旋律的戛然而止也预示了故事所驶向的突然崩溃。回过头记忆，一切虽然不是本意，但所有事件却又已经如同一段自己深为喜爱的旋律一样刻入，萦绕在脑袋里挥之不去。 7.《Battle Song》 一首原本应该命名为Love Song的求爱歌，之所以最后取名叫“战歌”是因为在排练后酒局里乐队成员们探讨发现：谈恋爱好比两个人华山之巅比试武功，而对面那位却总是武艺更高强功力更深厚，总结起来就成了一句“喜欢的女生打不过”，于是歌曲改名，权当给冲锋前的自己加油打气。 8.《Air France》 飞机降落在巴黎，法国国庆日一片灯火辉煌。但走出机场的主角面对的却是一个充满疑惑和不解的感情困境。在爱情里自己的努力索求得不到丝毫回应的他，脑海里开始充斥欺骗和谎言的邪恶幻想场景：短锯一般的吉他，反复切割着不真实的记忆，鼓与贝斯变化着方式在头顶重锤。最终，他的内心从愤怒与纠结，转变成了毫无生气的无奈，“我已经被困在了巴黎。” 9.《Green Eyes》 一首简单欢快的歌曲，讲述的是男主带着暧昧还不确定关系的女生约会的故事。歌曲中穿插的情景里，双方约定一起看电影，电影里人物和现实中女生的绿眼睛在吉他的不断变化中相互交错，最终结尾处的热烈扫弦下道出简单直白的赞美。 10.《Bangkok Girl》 这是一个臆想中的故事，起初的歌曲整体创作灵感来源于Nick Cave的Deanna。“曼谷女孩”这一形象可一概括为身边所有美丽女性的集合：在咖啡厅遇见，在电影杂志上见到，又或是旅游中擦肩而过的等等……热烈奔放的吉他渲染下，故事讲述了一场冲动又近乎完美的邂逅，主角与曼谷女孩相遇并逛遍城市的每一个角落，却在长段的压抑乐段后迎来了匪夷所思的结尾：主角受困于自己傻瓜一般的个人英雄主义，拒绝了女孩一同继续生活的邀请，决心一个人对抗想象中充满敌对的世界。 11.《Blade of Anchor》 歌曲讲述的是游戏Dota 2背景里小鱼人与娜迦女妖的爱情故事。现实与非现实的感情细节在歌曲中交错。结尾处加入了《银翼杀手》尾段的经典台词似乎又证明一切都会在时间中如雨夜的泪水一般消失。 制作人/Producer ：谭哲飞 编曲/Instrument： Berlin Psycho Nurses 柏林护士乐队 录音师/Recording Engineer：何旭聪（UDS Studio） 混音/Mixing Engineer ：Daniel Duskin（LA） 母带/Mastering Engineer/Daniel Duskin （LA）

你心中的浪漫是什麼樣子？ 收到日思夜盼的那封信， 重新上檔的舊電影， 還是相擁漫舞在大雨裡。 我們都在用不同的方式， 為自己所憧憬的愛祈禱。 將一切染成粉色， 讓春天融化在夢裡。

The self-produced debut from the Chicago-based band recalls the downcast, hazy vibe of Alex G and Soccer Mommy.