Genre: Pop/Rock
Styles: Singer/Songwriter, Indie
Source: WEB
Codec: FLAC
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艺人：Nicole Atkins 语种：英语唱片公司：Oh Mercy! Records发行时间：2014年02月04日专辑类别：录音室专辑
01 Who Killed The Moonlight?
02 It's Only Chemistry
03 Girl You Look Amazing
04 Cool People
05 We Wait Too Long
06 Red Ropes
07 What Do You Know?
08. Gasoline Bride
09 The Worst Hangover
10 Sin Song
11 Above As Below
For her third LP, American pop chanteuse Nicole Atkins returned to the Nordic coastal city of Malmö, Sweden where she and her then band the Sea recorded their first album Neptune City in 2006. At that time, Atkins, flush with a new contract from Columbia and full of commercial promise, laid down a darkly romantic set of torchy songs written about her hometown back in New Jersey. Seven years later, an ultimately wiser and more world-weary artist made a second Scandinavian sojourn to reconnect with producer Tore Johansson and assemble the shadowy and richly detailed Slow Phaser. If Neptune City was a nostalgic tribute and 2011's Mondo Amore was an edgy post-breakup album, then Slow Phaser seems to be the unthemed album of a more mature songwriter letting her muse carry her any which way. There is an uptempo, almost disco-like groove on tracks like the opener "Who Killed the Moonlight?" and the single "Girl You Look Amazing" which bring a sense of fun yet still retain the singer's noir-ish tendencies. Johansson's production places an emphasis on the band's bottom end with rich, deep basslines, and rocksteady drums like on the catchy "Cool People" and pulsing "Red Ropes." Paired with a bevy of analog synths and other experimental affectations, this sultry, rhythm-heavy style is a great match for Atkins' smoky vocals and dishy delivery on "The Worst Hangover," with its soulful backing vocals and proggy arrangement. On the wry, folky "Sin Song," she sings a quirky call and response with the rest of the band in a sort of anti-gospel rave-up which then leads into the delicate and sublime closer "Above as Below." Atkins has come a long way since her debut and without the distractions of a major label or a major break-up, she seems to be in the driver's seat and completely in control of her destiny, delivering her most artistic and confident album to date.
小简介
13岁那一年,Nicole Atkins拿起了已经过世的叔叔所留下的吉他,自己摸索学会了一首Grateful Dead的歌.她的父亲也带她认识了一些玩音乐的朋友,她也在到North Carolina念艺术时加入了另类乡村乐团Los Parasols.直到她在纽约的anti-folk圈找到了自己的音乐,Nicole开始了自己早已累积多年的创作。Nicole Atkins时而迷幻,又带一点乡村而且又很怀旧的音乐就像是从一集Six Feet Under里所选出来的。Nicole Atkins的歌经常都是讲述了某个美丽的悲剧,这位神秘的说故事者用她温暖又力道十足的深厚嗓音将我们拉回到过去的时空;听着故事中主角的情绪,自己的心情也无法自拔的随之波动。
by Andrew Leahey & Kenyon Hopkin
With her throaty vibrato and nostalgic, orchestrated pop songs, singer/songwriter Nicole Atkins brings to mind a blend of Roy Orbison, Loretta Lynn, and Jenny Lewis. Atkins was raised in Neptune, New Jersey -- a town whose influence would later play a large part in her debut album -- and relocated to North Carolina during her late teens to study illustration at UNC Charlotte. After befriending members of the Avett Brothers and logging several years with the alt country band Los Parasols, she briefly returned to the tri-state area, where a series of open mic performances in Manhattan's East Village helped her hone a sound that was more indebted to pop music than her work with Los Parasols.
Atkins spent the following years traveling between North Carolina and the Northeast, eventually settling in New Jersey at her parents' house. Performances in New York City helped her attract attention from several local musicians, and Atkins eventually pieced together a backing band comprising guitarist Dave Hollinghurst, bassist John Flaughter, drummer Dan Mintzer, and keyboardist Daniel "Cashmere" Chen. Operating under the name Nicole Atkins & the Sea, the band secured a residency at Piano's -- a popular nightspot in the Lower East Side -- and struck a deal with Columbia Records on the strength of Atkins' demo recordings and impressive performances. Atkins released the Bleeding Diamonds EP in 2006, and the group decamped to Sweden later that year to work on a full-length album. Featuring the songwriter's self-professed "pop-noir" sound, Neptune City arrived in late 2007.
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