这张专辑自2010年10月开始筹备，2010-2013年间进行了第一次的编曲、录制、混音，后来因休团而暂停。事隔六年至2019年又再度回到了录音室，继续进行第二次的编曲与录制。 　　名称取为《Demo丙》，将Demo一词当作正式专辑的名称，并取其甲乙丙顺序作为制式编号，如同我们纪录日期的数字排列组合。期望作品将随时空流动，超越时光而被赋予任何意义。 　　使用旧式类比录音器材录制，在乐器与效果器的选用上，风籁坊亦偏好六零年代温暖质朴的声音，回映呈现出巨大的九零年代风情，有机而不失细节。有别于前作《Demo乙》以台语大量叙述彼时感同身受的苦涩风景；《Demo丙》有较多的中文曲目，编曲上摆脱三件式乐器的框架，在「十秒钟」、「梦」、「星期三终场的电影」这几首歌里，都可窥见制作人王昱辰与风籁坊的合作无懈，纤细的笔触，将现实冷酷幻化为水月镜像。 　　专辑概念意在记录青春的模样，当下我们也正面临着等待、怀疑、追逐、梦境、迷惘、疯狂、躲藏、落寞、妥协等等诸多课题考验，让这张专辑更多了一层临场感。 　　最后送至Abbey Road Studios的Alex Wharton（Radiohead,My Bloody Valentine)做最后的母带工程。相隔多年再次回首聆听，我们认为这样的声响，是再也复制不来，值得骄傲且致敬式的刻成黑胶：无论是对当年试图追寻着什么的青春岁月，或是十年后已更能坦然面对自己的我们。 　　《Demo丙》的混音有两个版本，一种声音较为古典，贴近过去30年；另一种则较为现代，相对于古典版主唱的声音更穿透乐器，是两种不同的聆听体验，大家可以依照自己的喜好选择。封底编号1～315号是古典版本，之后为现代版。 　　“Sometimes Starlight,Sometimes Moonlight:”On Windmill’s new release“Demo III” 　　The Taipei-based Indie band Windmill’s new album is called"Demo III(Bing)".It is their third release,following“Demo II(Yi)”(2009)and“Demo I(Jia)”(2008).The recordings come full circle in both matching the raw youthful vigor and promise of the early releases as well as illustrating the band’s growth and maturity.Part of this is embedded in the process of its recording and creation.The first sessions occurred from 2011-2013 and were paused for what turned out to be a six-year hiatus.In 2019,the band reformed with a new sense of purpose,began playing shows,working on new songs,and decided ultimately to return to and finish the recordings. 　　This long process of patient creativity,growth,and reflection resulted in a singularly unique outcome.In short,“Demo III"is a stunning piece of auteur songwriting and musical performance,an album that is filled with lyrical and musical bravado,emotional soundscapes,spaces,and stories,manifesting powerful iterations of loss,confusion,frustration,hope,joy,wisdom,and celebration. 　　Sonically,the sound of the“Demo III”,engineered,recorded,and produced by Yuchain Wang at Rooftop studio in Banqiao New Taipei,fits comfortably into the 90s era guitar-driven Indie rock oeuvre.The guitars are largely offset and rewired,the amps stacked and turned past midnight,the pedals are modded in all the right ways,and the reverbs are set somewhere between Nashville Skyline,Zuma,and Dark Side of the Moon. 　　The sounds on“Demo III”are rich,textured,warm,and authentic,the production is skilled,imaginative,and artful,and propels the performances,where feeling clearly comes first.The album opens with the short track“Ten Seconds,”an atmospheric looped guitar accompanied with double-tracked vocal that steadily rises powerfully then falls gently.This“wave”motif is one that is repeated musically,lyrically,and thematically throughout the 　　album.Another motif is the simultaneous presence of opposites:Ten seconds is an instant;however,when it captures some powerful understanding,it can feel endless. 　　“We watch the balloon slowly rise into the sky 　　In these ten seconds of silence 　　There’s no need to say anything” 　　“Song of the Other”is an anthem rocker,a song that seems to take off effortlessly and never cease.The layered guitars and powerful drum and bass seem to mirror the lyrics emotional intensity,self-reflection,and remorse: 　　“It’s always like this/Always disappointing/I’m always so careless every time I pass by/Pass by that window”mirroring 　　“The Last Movie on Wednesday”is another standout track,a short story that introduces its characters with a light acoustic intro: 　　“A girl walks out of an office building/She looks up at the sky/[Plans her]weekend beer and movies.” 　　The song than twists through a number of musical changes and modulations,concluding with a vaudeville drumbeat and toy-piano fantasy ending: 　　“The couple complete a circle before they realize/Each other’s dreams are perfectly shaped” 　　“Youth,”one of the Taiwanese language tracks,is perhaps the most direct distillation of the youth theme that animates“Demo III.”The stark production is powerful:The acoustic guitar,e-bow bass feedback,piano,and mout organ set the lyrics poetically for the listener to bear witness to: 　　“But what is youth? 　　Like a poem that no one can explain 　　Watching the sea surge breaking through the breakwater on a hot day 　　What is youth? 　　A star that no one cares about in the sky Waiting for the sea sand to fill the heart’s emptiness” 　　The album closes with the invigorating and upbeat Taiwanese language track“The Sea,”a song that you should keep in your pocket for your next moonlight drive,one that expresses the duality of feeling and experience that much of the best art seems to constantly reminds us of. 　　“The darkness of the bottom of the sea can be horrifying or intoxicating. 　　Sometimes starlight,sometimes moonlight in a dream” 　　Michael Loncar 　　Tainan,3/12/2021 　　Note:There are two master versions:1)Vintage Master,which was made for listening on vintage analogue equipment;and 2)Modern Master,which was made for listening on more modern systems. 　　Choose your listening experience! 　　Cover code 1~315:vintage mastering version;after 316-,modern mastering version.