New Music| The Molds, GUAN, The Bootlegs, lastboss

The Bad Molds – L’ULTIMO SALOON DEL WEST

The (Bad) Molds, headed by rugged, urban cowboy Liu Ge lean into their dusty downtrodden psychedelic cowboy roots even further on the delightfully cinematic L’ULTIMO SALOON DEL WEST. As the liner notes preface, the four-track EP, released on Space Fruity Records, is best viewed as ‘an imagined movie soundtrack’ and that couldn’t be more apt a phrase for the mood and atmosphere Ge strikes up. David Lynch vibes at the Desert Sun motel – endearing and haunting all at once – it’s great to have The Molds back and in their element.

都市牛仔头子刘舸携The Molds深入西部偏西,带回一张充满废土气息又迷幻的《西城最后的沙龙》。正如标题所述,这张由Space Fruity发行的EP是围绕着一部虚构西部片所做的4首主题概念作品。好像沉浸于大卫林奇的沙漠黄昏汽车旅馆,这感觉又讨喜又难忘。期待The Molds巡演后的归来。

  • Bandcamp: https://spacefruityrecords.bandcamp.com/album/lultimo-saloon-del-west
  • Netease: https://music.163.com/#/album?id=87354919
  • Xiami: https://www.xiami.com/album/yimg8dd754e

The Bootlegs – I Don‘t Wanna Been Cool

One of last year’s loveliest surprises – the jangly rustic lo-fi indie rockers The Bootlegs – out of Qingdao – return with a new EP. While it may have traded in some of the lo-fi rustic graces for more direct dream pop allure, the trio still manages to reach a lot of the same highs as they pay tribute to the past while propelling riotously into the future. This isn’t more evident than on their track ’Thank you! New Pants’ – a gloriously unhinged heartfelt tribute to the original Chinese indie rockers. The lo-fi charms are still aplenty with one of the scene’s most exciting new bands.

去年的惊喜乐队之一,来自青岛的躁响低保真独立乐队The Bootlegs,发了新EP。虽然舍去了不少低保真的粗粝并加入更多梦幻流行元素,这批新作还是在致敬前辈的同时保持了足够的水准与特色。《谢谢你!新裤子》已然开始了对新裤子的顶礼膜拜。也因为这样的后浪奔涌,独立音乐热度不断。

  • Netease: https://music.163.com/#/album?id=87754283
  • Xiami: https://www.xiami.com/album/US3eAO26fc7

GUAN – DRONE A 

Leaning into the club scene’s more nefarious attributes, Hangzhou producer GUAN goes for broke on his tar-black industrial dancefloor shaker DRONE A, out of Merrie Records. Centered loosely around the anti-hero of an Internet-infested consumer-oriented world trying to leave his mark, it’s a leftfield aggressive barn burner of an album, one that pulsates with dark complexity and meticulous virtuosity, crafting a delirious, foreboding future. 

杭州制作人GUAN的新专辑《DRONE A》由 Merrie Records发行,把邪恶属性和焦油一般黑的工业感砸向舞池。GUAN以反英雄的形象想要在充斥网络和消费主义的世界留下印记。这是一张激进到烧毁谷仓的专辑:在黑暗气质与精湛技艺的共振下,GUAN意图预言一个混乱的未来。

  • Bandcamp: https://merrierecord.bandcamp.com/album/drone-a
  • Netease: https://music.163.com/#/album?id=86062722
  • QQ: https://y.qq.com/n/yqq/album/0025EPpV4ahKjD.html

lastboss – VHS BHS

A bit of breakcore; a bit of ambient soundtracking; and plenty of lo-fi electronica amongst hi-fi thrills – Zhuhai-based multi-instrumentalist and producer lastboss kicks off a new year of constant output with VHS BHS – once again displaying his richly diverse ear for ear-grabbing electronic music in all its incarnations – from slow-burning piano-led distorted vocal melodies to twitchy jungle rave music that’ll have your brain doing backflips. While it may lack a certain cohesion, it’s always a pleasure running amuck in the rich electronic mind of lastboss. 

用一点breakcore,一点氛围,再加上一些低保真和高保真的混合物,常驻珠海的多乐器演奏者和制作人lastboss完成了今年的新专辑《VHS BHS》。这张专辑再一次证实了他涉猎音乐的广度以及对抓耳电子的创作能力:从缓慢钢琴铺陈到失真人声旋律再到扭曲的锐舞音乐,让你的大脑持续翻转,可能缺少一些连续性,但是迷失其中就很欢乐。

  • Bandcamp: https://lastboss.bandcamp.com/album/vhs-bhs

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