Pg.Lost
It's Not Me, It's You! Douban
8.6 (59 ratings) Pg.lost genre: Rock
release date 2008-10-07 publisher: OCTAVE / ULTRA-VYBE / INC.
Pg.lost是一支来自瑞典Norrköping的4人后摇乐团,成立于2004年。乐队之前曾使用 "Before You Give In" 这个名字,后来因为阵容变化而改用现在的名称。现在的乐队成员包括Gustav Almberg (guitar/keys), Mattias Bhatt (guitar), Kristian Karlsson (bass/vocals), and Martin Hjertstedt (drums).
乐队于05年发行首张同名EP。去年发行第二张EP《Yes I Am》,这张包含了5个作品的小专辑已为Pg Lost的音乐定下了基调~~~没有人声的横加干涉(其实仔细听还是有人声的),没有其他元素的喧宾夺主,只有后摇滚哀愁的描述与盎然的爆发。在后摇井喷的2007年,Pg.lost仅凭借这一张EP就成为了TSB年度50佳后摇唱片之一。
时隔一年之后,Pg.lost终于带来了乐队首张全长专辑《It’s Not Me It’s You》,与EP一样,这张专辑最突出的音乐方向还是传统的后摇滚美学,跌宕起伏,仅仅通过器乐的堆积而达到古典音乐式的宏大与壮阔。
有人说他们的音乐很暴力,我不觉得,我认为Pg.Lost 把后摇的细腻柔美和力量大器结合的非常完美,Pg.Lost 很善于优雅中爆发,但在那一串串听似山洪暴发般的吉他噪音中,Pg.lost的旋律却永远不失柔美,衔接巧妙。对于之前听多了柔美旋律的后摇入门学生而言,当我听到第一首 Pascal's law 时, 很难描述是怎样的一种震撼!之前没听是因为没有好的版本~~~呵呵
专辑中每首曲子都值得很多次的细细品味~~~
Versus Douban
6.7 (17 ratings) Pg.lost genre: Rock
release date 2016-09-16 publisher: Pelagic Records
pg.lost is a Swedish band of many directions. Their sound is throbbing with great melancholy, but there is also a certain element of dirty rock n’ roll in it, as in the crushingly heavy closing section of monumental opening track Ikaros, in the distorted bass line kicking off the 2nd track of the album, „Off The Beaten Path“, or in the huge roomy drum sound in general.
The band bought their own studio just before the recordings of „Versus“, which made the recording process both easier and harder. „It’s easy to play around too much when you don’t have studio time that is costing money“, comments Almberg. The effect-saturated vocals, which were a trademark on previous pg.lost releases, have disappeared on „Versus“, and given way to more keys and synths. “Kristian was in the middle of heavy touring with Cult of Luna playing keys every day during that time, so he had a lot of synth-based ideas for songs. I guess this has helped us to take the band into a bit of a new direction sound wise“, comments Almberg.
The fact that guitar player Mattias Bhatt is currently living in London, while the rest of the band is based in Sweden, has been a challenge for the making of this album. „We have always been a band that for the most part has made music through jam sessions. Nothing good comes out of 9 sessions and in the 10th session you strike gold. Now we had to be really focused during the few times we could actually meet. For this album, more song ideas were written at home by the individual band members, and then it went back and forth through the internet. Many times it was a real struggle and it felt like this way of doing it might not be the way for us. But then slowly but surely things started to crystallize.“
They sure did crystallize into an outstanding album. „Versus“ is a true post-rock masterpiece, an album loaded with great melancholy, heaviness and catchy musical ideas delivered in an incredible density of sound. It’s sometimes easy to forget that there are only 4 people creating these vast orchestral landscapes.
Aug. 30, 2016 listened
有点一般。9月live如果就主打这个的了话…不敢期待了。
Post-Rock 2016 Pg.Lost