The Rifles(步枪)是英国的另类独立摇滚乐队,2004年建立于英国伦敦。
最早,The Rifles因英国一档电视节目《Soccer am》而打响名头,首发单曲《Local Boy》获得满堂彩,乐队亦借由此等势头在2006年7月发表处女碟《No Love Lost》——该专辑名称取自Joy Division(听歌) 1978年首张EP《An Ideal for Living》当中的一首歌,为的是向这首单曲致敬——并在其后参加了几个大型音乐节又进行了巡演,在巡演结束后,乐队即刻筹备起第二张录音室专辑,在2008年全数创作和录制完毕,原本10月13日为发行时间的这张二年级作品《The Great Escape》,推迟到了2009年初才被放上唱片架。
The Rifles在《The Great Escape》当中的表现相对于第一张专辑显得更为大胆,但绝对不放肆,乐队的四名成员能够聪明地看到自己擅长哪些方面(比如复古吉他riff段落、偏向流行的曲调以及精力充沛的演唱方式),并将这些有点在这张专辑里得当地发挥,而对于不是非常拿手但又可以稍稍把玩的技巧(比如新浪潮跳舞节拍、合成器音色、类似于搞怪的吉他扭曲噪音),四个大男孩则只是在某些曲目中浅尝辄止,并不进行过分的玩弄。整张专辑呈现出一派清爽与轻松,令人非常兴奋地要去点击播放器上的重复键。The Rifles不是那种处女专辑即大红大紫的英伦独立乐队,也正因为如此,他们的这张二年级专辑做起来才没有太大的压力,而是可以很轻松地将他们在首张专辑当中为人所称赞的特点在《The Great Escape》当中放宽。这张《The Great Escape》的某些曲目像极了Kaiser Chiefs(听歌)在2007年发行的旋律极其流行的专辑《Yours Truly, Angry Mob》,但与Kaiser Chiefs的区别则在于The Rifles主唱Joel Stoker的声音更具亲和力,更符合现当代年轻人的审美标准。总之,这支有着凶煞名字(乐队名意为“来福枪”)的乐队,在09年初打出的这一枪,可谓是在上一年略显沉闷的英伦摇滚圈上空打响了。
Joel Stoker (vocals), Lucas Crowther (guitar), Rob Pyne (bass), and Grant Marsh (drums) create the jaunty garage rock sound of the Rifles. With their Jam-like swagger and matched playfulness to the Kooks, the Rifles came together in London in 2003. They made their performance debut a year later and praise from NME and BBC Radio 1's Zane Lowe quickly championed the Rifles' boyish rock & roll fun. Their debut "When I'm Alone" arrived in May 2005 and did moderately well among their growing fan base, however "Local Boy" gave the Rifles their first U.K. Top 40 hit that fall. Other chart hits such as the Strokes-like "Repeat Offender" and "She's Got Standards" added to the band's heightened popularity in 2006. Produced by Ian Broudie (the Coral, the Subways, I Am Kloot), No Love Lost marked the Rifles' debut full-length in July. Additional U.K. club shows and appearances at the annual V Festival in Chelmsford and Staffordshire followed in August.
The Rifles(步枪)是英国的另类独立摇滚乐队,2004年建立于英国伦敦。
最早,The Rifles因英国一档电视节目《Soccer am》而打响名头,首发单曲《Local Boy》获得满堂彩,乐队亦借由此等势头在2006年7月发表处女碟《No Love Lost》——该专辑名称取自Joy Division(听歌) 1978年首张EP《An Ideal for Living》当中的一首歌,为的是向这首单曲致敬——并在其后参加了几个大型音乐节又进行了巡演,在巡演结束后,乐队即刻筹备起第二张录音室专辑,在2008年全数创作和录制完毕,原本10月13日为发行时间的这张二年级作品《The Great Escape》,推迟到了2009年初才被放上唱片架。
The Rifles在《The Great Escape》当中的表现相对于第一张专辑显得更为大胆,但绝对不放肆,乐队的四名成员能够聪明地看到自己擅长哪些方面(比如复古吉他riff段落、偏向流行的曲调以及精力充沛的演唱方式),并将这些有点在这张专辑里得当地发挥,而对于不是非常拿手但又可以稍稍把玩的技巧(比如新浪潮跳舞节拍、合成器音色、类似于搞怪的吉他扭曲噪音),四个大男孩则只是在某些曲目中浅尝辄止,并不进行过分的玩弄。整张专辑呈现出一派清爽与轻松,令人非常兴奋地要去点击播放器上的重复键。The Rifles不是那种处女专辑即大红大紫的英伦独立乐队,也正因为如此,他们的这张二年级专辑做起来才没有太大的压力,而是可以很轻松地将他们在首张专辑当中为人所称赞的特点在《The Great Escape》当中放宽。这张《The Great Escape》的某些曲目像极了Kaiser Chiefs(听歌)在2007年发行的旋律极其流行的专辑《Yours Truly, Angry Mob》,但与Kaiser Chiefs的区别则在于The Rifles主唱Joel Stoker的声音更具亲和力,更符合现当代年轻人的审美标准。总之,这支有着凶煞名字(乐队名意为“来福枪”)的乐队,在09年初打出的这一枪,可谓是在上一年略显沉闷的英伦摇滚圈上空打响了。
Joel Stoker (vocals), Lucas Crowther (guitar), Rob Pyne (bass), and Grant Marsh (drums) create the jaunty garage rock sound of the Rifles. With their Jam-like swagger and matched playfulness to the Kooks, the Rifles came together in London in 2003. They made their performance debut a year later and praise from NME and BBC Radio 1's Zane Lowe quickly championed the Rifles' boyish rock & roll fun. Their debut "When I'm Alone" arrived in May 2005 and did moderately well among their growing fan base, however "Local Boy" gave the Rifles their first U.K. Top 40 hit that fall. Other chart hits such as the Strokes-like "Repeat Offender" and "She's Got Standards" added to the band's heightened popularity in 2006. Produced by Ian Broudie (the Coral, the Subways, I Am Kloot), No Love Lost marked the Rifles' debut full-length in July. Additional U.K. club shows and appearances at the annual V Festival in Chelmsford and Staffordshire followed in August.